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On Today's Episode:

How do we avoid a recipe for disaster when it’s leaving us undernourished and overfed? Max Lugavere, science journalist, NY Times best-selling author and host of the Genius Life Podcast, is joining Tom and running down the role of sugar in obesity and what foods are better to avoid when you want to optimize your body’s nourishment and stop overeating.

Medical costs due to obesity was near $173 billion in the United States in 2019. Being over weight literally has a higher price tag that reaches far beyond the personal affects and limitations it places on your body and lifestyle.

By now, we are well aware of how sugar is destroying our health, but is it really every kind of sugar, and what can you do about it to see improvement without feeling shamed and degraded for not being “skinny.” Max also addresses why being skinny and a smaller size doesn’t equate to being healthier and healthy actually looks like.

“Eat what you need to build” -Tom Bilyeu

Check out Max Lugavere’s latest book, Genius Kitchen: https://www.amazon.com/Genius-Kitchen-Delicious-Recipes-Strong/dp/006302294X

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Introduction Max Lugavere
0:28 | Avoid These Foods
8:38 | Surprising Impacts of Sugar
20:03 | Should You Eat Dairy?
29:34 | The Worst Oils to Consume
45:34 | Is Mouthwash Bad for You?
52:48 | Meat Vs. Plants

QUOTES:

“There should be no shame attached to obesity. We should be encouraging people to shift their body at any stage to a more healthy state.” [2:25]

“The reason added sugar plays a role in the obesity epidemic is because we don’t tire of consuming it…” [7:05]

“I think butter is actually a food worth relegating to the indulgence category, [...] butter is a manmade product, dairy is made by nature.” [22:50]

“That’s the problem with eating out in general, you can’t always predict how a food is going to make you feel.” [29:25]

“Approach these oils with great caution because they didn’t exist in the human food supply 200 years ago.” [39:50]

“Indulge when you choose to because no single meal, single indulgence, is going to sway your health in any direction, positive or negative.” [45:03]

“People who frequently use mouthwash, what you’re doing is you’re nuking bacteria in your mouth that are required to create and recycle nitric oxide...” [46:13]

“People who consume more meat, and especially processed meat, they tend to have worst health outcomes but that’s because [...] they tend to be more sedentary, they tend to smoke more. People that are vegan tend to be more health conscious…” [56:11]

“I’m not saying that everyone should go out and become carnivores, [...] but I think we do need to get back to some sort of semblance of common sense…” [1:00:28]

“It’s not like plants don’t have a potential downside…” [1:01:42]

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Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1379050662