Episode #154: Everything You Need To Know About How A Plant Based Diet Affects Your Performance.

bengreenfieldfitness.com/croissantdiet       My friend Ron Penna recently emailed me about a guy named Brad Marshall who...         "...has a fascinating take on why we get fat called the ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) Theory of Obesity and how ROS signaling as a result of eating saturated fats is critical for satiety. Provocative stuff and the more I read the more I’m pretty sure he is onto something. Joel Greene thinks Brad is crazy on this point but I have a feeling he will end up being right on most if not all of it. You can read more here: "The ROS Theory Of Obesity"         Essentially, our entire meat supply (pork and chicken especially) is much higher in polyunsaturated fats than they should be and the only real way to change it is to change what we feed them. He is also starting to offer meats that are fed properly to ensure lower levels of PUFA.  He also has been working on how eating croissants is the key to leanness. It has to be wrong but he makes VERY interesting arguments about it."         Naturally, I just had to get this guy on the show. Brad Marshall is the author of the Blog Fire In A Bottle and the creator of The Croissant Diet.  Mildly obsessed with food and its history, his work focuses on trying to place current ideas about diet, including keto and carnivore diets into the framework of traditional Dietary patterns.  For instance, the French diet before 1970 combined flour, sugar, butter and wine and the population was lean.         Brad wrote The ROS Theory of Obesity which posits that ROS generation in the mitochondria of fat cells could provide the mechanism that explains why a traditional chinese peasant diet - low fat with 85% of calories from starch; a French diet combining butter, wine and flour and a modern keto diet could all be expected to produce leanness but combining flour with polyunsaturated fats is a recipe for obesity.  The core idea comes from the Protons thread of Peter Dobromylskyj’s blog Hyperlipid.  Brad tested this hypothesis with his dietary experiment The Croissant Diet.         Brad is also the founder of Firebrand Meats, which is dedicated to producing pork and poultry products that are low in Linoleic acid, the n6 polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) whose intake has seen a dramatic worldwide increase in the last century.  Animals cannot make PUFA and so we can create pork and chicken that is nearly free of them.  You are what your animals eat.       Brad has a genetics degree from Cornell, a certificate from The French Culinary Institute, has studied cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer center and worked as a programmer for the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project.  He spent the last 15 years raising rotationally grazed pastured pork on his farm in upstate New York while running a butcher shop, local food restaurant and USDA inspected meat processing facility. During our discussion, you'll discover: - Brad's background in molecular biology and cooking...8:00           - The production Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) – and the ROS theory of obesity...18:43           - Unsaturated fats vs saturated fats in connection to ROS production and satiety...34:25         -What does all of this have to do with croissants?...44:45           -The Croissant Diet – getting specific...58:25           - Should we worry about endotoxemia with a diet high in saturated fats?...1:03:45           -The Wine Diet...1:09:30   bengreenfieldfitness.com/croissantdietSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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-What's new in Ben and Luke's lives...6:05         -Why Ben and Luke are drawn to writing books and hosting podcasts...21:20         -Living a life without asking, "What now?"...24:55         -The need for young men to undergo rites of passage into adulthood...34:25         -Ben's experiences with plant medicines...55:30         -How Luke changed his perspective on psychedelics...1:05:05         -Luke Storey's personal spiritual disciplines practice...1:17:15         -Where Luke and Ben see themselves in the future...1:35:50See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ben underwent an intensive series of tests for his heart at the Atelier Health facility in Los Angeles this past summer. In part 1 of this episode, you'll follow the tests in real time, including the amusing banter between Ben and the docs who did the tests. Then in Part 2, Ben and Dr. Lam Dandillaya review the results of the tests. Extensive show notes, including copious articles and the full lab results of the tests can be found at bengreenfieldfitness.com/heartpodcast     Part 1: Ben's examination at the clinic -Ben's heart ultrasound...6:06         -Carotid duplex scan...19:22         -Abdominal aorta ultrasound...30:43         -Endo PAT test...39:50         -12 Lead EKG...50:00         -EKG while on treadmill...54:45         -Coronary calcium scan...1:09:45         Part 2: Ben and Dr. Dandillaya review the results of the exam       -EKG...1:19:05           -Vascular ultrasounds (echocardiogram)...1:25:00           -Carotid artery scan...1:29:40           -Abdominal aorta ultrasound...1:32:20           -Treadmill EKG...1:33:50         -Advanced lipid panel...1:37:50           -Endo PAT test...1:52:23           -Coronary calcium scan...1:56:05   Episode sponsors: Kion, Organifi, Clearlight Saunas, Thrive Market       bengreenfieldfitness.com/heartpodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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bengreenfieldfitness.com/christianpsychedelic     My guest on today's show, Paul Risse, is not only a Christian who has a history with the use of psychedelics, but is also a husband, father, and a bit of modern Renaissance man.       He was a personal trainer on ABC's Extreme Makeover TV show in L.A., and Personal Trainer, Chef, Life Coach for "Average Joe on the Raw". He ate 100% raw vegan for a couple years and lived off grid with no electricity for a year. He is the CEO of Cleanse America, which has led 10,000 people through a cleansing process over the course of 2 years.     He created and ran a smoothie bar called Barefoot Market for 6 years. He built his own "tiny house" with no experience going into the process, and wrote a book about the journey called "Kinda Tiny Home, An Unorthodox Approach to Building & Owning Your Own Home".  He is currently a designer and builder with the Hayhurst Brothers. His business has been on the DIY network show "Texas Flip and Move" the past two years, and he is now preparing to film a new show for HGTV.         Paul has taken psychedelics around 1,000 times over the course of a decade, including DMT, Salvia, 2CB, 2CI, LSD but 99% of what he engaged with was mushrooms. He is almost finished writing the book called "The Psychedelic Christian". The book will be written for people searching the spirit realm for truth.       During our discussion, you'll discover: -Why tiny houses are so popular among the youth...7:30         -Paul's history w/ psychedelics...11:10         -Differences in the use of synthetic vs. natural substances...24:50           -The use of psychedelics in the Bible and early church...41:00         -Balancing creation and the use of it via psychedelics...49:30       -Are we entering the spiritual realm when we take psychedelics?...53:40         -Whether the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil actually a modern psychedelic plant...1:08:40         -Why you need to just come to Jesus before anything else...1:19:15       Episode sponsors: Kion decaf coffee; Organifi; Perfect Keto; Vuori clothing     bengreenfieldfitness.com/christianpsychedelicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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bengreenfieldfitness.com/mattandben         He's back! Not only is one of my most popular guests of all time, Dr. Matt Cook back on today's show, but he is joined by the CEO of BioReset Medical, Barb Branaman, along with my wife Jessa Greenfield - both of whom put Matt and I in the hotseat with a host of questions inspired by Tim Ferriss's "Tools Of Titans"           Dr. Cook, MD is a regenerative medicine specialist and the president of BioReset Medical in Campbell, CA. He graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine in 1997 and completed his residency in anesthesiology at University of California San Francisco in 2001. He is a board-certified anesthesiologist with over 20 years of experience in medical practice.       Currently Dr. Cook is President of California Anesthesia and Medical Director of the National Surgery Center in Los Gatos, CA. (In addition, Dr. Cook sits on the scientific advisory board of several high profile medical companies including VMDOC, FREMedica & Vasper Systems.) Dr. Cook’s early career as an anesthesiologist and medical director of an outpatient surgery center that specializes in sports medicine and orthopedic procedures provided invaluable training in the skills that are needed to become a leader in the emerging fields of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound imaging and nerve hydrodissection.     During this discussion, you'll discover: -Ben and Matt recall hunting stories...             -Question 1: What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why?...17:30             -Question 2: What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months (or in recent memory)?...25:45           -Question 3: How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?...31:00             -Question 4: If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it — metaphorically speaking, getting a message out to millions or billions — what would it say and why?...38:53           -Question 5: What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you’ve ever made?...49:50         -Question 6: What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love?...56:00           -Question 7: In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life?...           -Question 8: What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore?...1:09:15           -Question 9: What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise?...1:18:15         -Question 10: In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to (distractions, invitations, etc.)?...1:27:30             -Question 11: When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, or have lost your focus temporarily, what do you do?...1:33:00           -And much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Can those fancy vibration platforms at your health club or gym really help you burn fat or lose weight, and is there any research behind that? Is there any significant hormonal response to whole body vibration (WBV)? What is the effect of vibration training on cardiovascular fitness, and how would it be used for that? Any effect on lymph fluid or immune health, similar to a trampoline/rebounder? How about for muscle recovery or delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)?  How does one actually use a vibration platform the right way? Can you stack WBV with other so-called "biohacking" modalities, such as photobiomodulation, EWOT, isometric training, etc?         Jason M. Conviser, Ph.D., MBA, FACSM, is my guest on today's podcast to answer all these questions and more.       He is the Chief Science Officer for Performance Health Systems and with a long history in vibration research, the health and wellness industry, sport medicine, metabolic syndrome and bringing health care to the general public outside of a clinical environment. He has a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology/Cardiac Rehabilitation and an MA in Exercise Physiology. He is a Fellow of American College of Sports Medicine, Medical Fitness Association,  Medical Wellness Association and serves on the Power Plate Sport Medicine Advisory Board, Life Fitness Sports Medicine Advisory Board, National Commission on Reform of Secondary Education and National Task Force on Citizenship Education.       He has also authored over 45 articles in scientific journals, trade publications and large distribution newspapers and is past consultant and exercise physiologist for the Duchess of York.       During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Ben and Jason use vibration platforms at home...7:00         -How to use a vibration platform to burn fat...9:35         -Endocrine responses to WBV...         -How the body is better prepared for a workout after using WBV...24:25         -Ideal length and frequency of WBV sessions...34:00         -The efficacy of WBV on cardiovascular fitness...40:25         -The effect of WBV on lymph fluid circulation, improved immunity, etc...47:10         -Research and best practices on increased recovery potential w/ WBV...50:45         -Best practices while using a vibration platform...1:02:00         -Other modalities that combine well w/ WBV...1:07:30         -And much more!       Episode sponsors: Kion Decaf Coffee, Joovv, Water and Wellness, Seed Daily SynbioticSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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bengreenfieldfitness.com/418 News Flashes – Follow Ben on Twitter for more… Aside from the fact that only one sentence from this entire article is actually true, and it’s quite entertaining. "Meet the super-rich ‘biohackers’ turning into cyborgs with in-built armour and injecting teenagers’ BLOOD to stay young"...4:10       Wow. We only understand about 150 of the 26000+ biochemical components in the food we eat...7:15       Can a carnivore diet provide all essential nutrients? Read about it here...10:23       Interesting that an anti-aging effect was quite noticeable by addressing gut inflammation with “intestinal alkaline phosphatase”...13:37       What happens when you mix *baking soda* with ketone esters? Good stuff apparently...15:00       A fascinating host of metabolic reactions revealed in this new Japanese study on fasting...17:45     Japanese doctor who lived to 105—his spartan diet, views on retirement, and other rare longevity tips...21:15   Ibuprofen shrinks your balls, fellas...28:00         Listener Q&A: Is Phenibut A Good Nootropic or Smart Drug?...35:15   The Effects Of Excess Hygiene On Immunity...42:30   How To Fix Your Vision Without Glasses...47:40  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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