Part 4 - Dr. Shawn Baker on Human Evolution, Meat, and Healing Yourself Through Diet

Welcome back everyone! I'm Brian Sanders and this is Peak Human - the podcast where you start back at episode 1! I met Ben at our Toronto MeatUp in 2019 and really like him - maybe it's because he eats pretty similar to how I do - 2 Sapien meals per day of mostly animal foods and low anti-nutrient plant foods on the side. Seriously though he's really great and has an awesome mindset on pretty much everything. Goes way beyond building muscle - which is important for absolutely everyone listening. It's not about being a bodybuilder and we don't talk much about that - it's about effectively doing some kind of workout to carry some lean muscle mass which everyone needs and will benefit them as they age. His info is legit - I already have been getting a better workout since we recorded this episode last week. I took some of his advice and went slower, stayed under control and focused on the muscles I was trying to work and was sore the next for the first time. Gyms are still closed in LA so all I have is my living room yet I was still able to train my muscles hard in my little 15 min routine I do. We actually talk way more about the mental side to diet, health, and living a meaningful life. This really was a great episode that touched on so many important topics that haven't been explored with previous guests. Check out our new product - Droewors (air-dried sausage) with liver and heart https://www.nosetotail.org/product/traditional-droewors-with-liver-heart-air-dried-beef-sausage-with-organs/ We also now have Nose to Tail artwork https://www.nosetotail.org/art/ GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org SHOW NOTES [5:10] Focus on what you can control. [9:40] Get comfortable being uncomfortable. [16:20] His backstory and how he got to where he is now. [24:10] How much do genetics have to do with building muscle? [29:25] 3 genetic traits that help you build muscle. [32:10] The importance of challenging your muscles and obtaining skill acquisition. [42:40] His tips on training at home. [47:40] Cardio, aerobic systems, and burning fat. [52:10] Breathwork. [56:10] Carbohydrates and stress. [1:02:10] His current diet and nutrition. [1:04:00] Bro split vs full body for workouts, crossfit, drop sets, and muscle confusion. [1:08:40] Gut health and choice of plant foods. [1:10:40] Other lifestyle factors that might be preventing you from living your best life. [1:14:00] Closing thoughts and words from Ben. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

20 Jan 20211h 19min

Welcome back to show everyone, I hope everyone is doing well, and I hope everyone is starting back at episode 1 to make sure to catch all the great info. This is supposed to be an audio series on health & nutrition as well as lifestyle and it unfolds live over the past 112 episodes. I don't have sponsors so I don't have any other motivations to do this podcast other than to provide valuable information that I believe in. Each guest is purposefully picked and researched and adds another piece to the endless puzzle of human health. Today I'm talking with my friend Judy Cho who I've been following for a long time on Instagram and has done a great job of providing people with easy to understand animal-based health information. She is a nutritional therapy practitioner and the author of Carnivore Cure. Judy holds a Psychology and Communications degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Judy has a holistic health private practice and works with clients by focusing on the root cause for an array of health challenges. Together, they work to create individualized solutions that are sustainable for the long term. She lives in Austin and will be part of our growing Sapien community there. We start off with some mask and covid talk, so I want to put out a trigger warning for sensitive viewers who don't want to hear differing opinions than the ones on mainstream media. For the first time that I'm aware of a guest talks about vaccines. I don't like to touch the subject but it was nice to hear some thoughts on this from someone who's balanced and considers both sides. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org SHOW NOTES [6:40] Children and Covid. [12:55] Lockdowns and fear mongering in the media. [20:05] Herd immunity. [25:25] Infant mortality and vaccines. [28:55] Her take on vaccines. [36:55] Foods to help grow a fetus/during pregnancy. [43:35] How she uses the Carnivore diet. [50:55] Minerals and absorption. [52:45] Organic food, glyphosate and gut health. [1:00:55] The way we process foods. [1:03:25] Food dye and its carcinogenic effects. [1:08:05] Her journey from plant based to meat based. [1:21:25] Least harmful plant foods. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

13 Jan 20211h 26min

Dr. Lyon practices muscle-centric medicine which focuses on the most important organ in the body! She received her doctorate in osteopathic medicine from the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board-certified in family medicine. She earned her undergraduate degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she studied vitamin and mineral metabolism, chronic disease prevention and management and the physiological effects of diet composition. She also completed a research/clinical fellowship in Nutritional Science and Geriatrics at Washington University in St. Louis.   GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org   SHOW NOTES [5:23] Her background and muscle centric medicine.  [8:23] The fat focus paradigm. [11:03] Muscle and glucose disposal.  [13:38] The protein paradigm.  [18:23] How current medical professionals are very misguided.  [22:03] Plant based protein and nutrients compared to animal proteins. [25:23] Moral and ethical issue of dietary choices. [26:33] Old age and protein. [36:23] Environmental challenges of food and the transportation of it  [41:23] Some actionable tips from Dr. Lyon in relation to protein, carbs, and nutrient timing.   GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

6 Jan 202151min

This interview has been a long time coming. I've always loved everything Robb has been doing over the years. He's been doing great work in this space far before I had a clue about health. It was a treat to dive deep with him on a variety of topics including censorship, the importance of the free share of ideas, germ vs. terrain theories, carnivore, protein & lifespan, seafood & human development, seed oils, electrolytes, and a lot more. It's a very different episode than any of his recent interviews so I definitely wouldn't miss this one! Everyone listening should already know who he is, but it doesn't hurt to read over a quick bio: Robb Wolf, a former research biochemist is the 2X New York Times/WSJ Best Selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, books and seminars. He is the co-creator of the Sacred Cow film and book as well. Robb has functioned as a review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism (Biomed Central) and as a consultant for the Naval Special Warfare Resiliency program. He serves on the board of Directors/Advisors for: Specialty Health Inc, The Chickasaw Nation's "Unconquered Life" initiative and a number of innovative start ups with a focus on health and sustainability. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org SHOW NOTES: [10:20] Censorship by Big Tech. [16:20] Censorship of Type I Diabetes remedies. [21:50] The importance of the free exchange of ideas. [35:10] Germ/Terrain Immune system theory. [42:50] Carnivore diet and Type 1 Diabetes. [44:50] Robb's take on protein. longevity, and mTor. [59:50] His take on seed oils. [1:08:40] Marine food sources and nutrition. [1:12:50] His thoughts on what pushed the obesity spike in the 1980's. [1:24:30] Protein energy diet/protein leverage hypothesis. [1:26:50] Electrolyte supplementation. [1:34:50] His long term life goals and his idea of long term success. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

30 Dec 20201h 49min

Morley Robbins is the creator of The Root Cause Protocol. Morley (aka. "Magnesium Man") is one of the foremost experts on Magnesium's role in the body, and the delicate dance Magnesium plays with Iron, Copper, and Calcium. In 2012, Morley founded the Magnesium Advocacy Group (GotMag.org). And he remains the de facto leader of the Magnesium Advocacy Group on Facebook, with over 175,000+ members (and growing daily). As a certified health coach with an expertise in Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA), Morley has performed over 4,500 one-on-one consultations with clients from around the world. Morley received his BA in Biology from Denison University in Ohio and holds an MBA from George Washington University in healthcare administration, with additional concentrations in finance and marketing management. Morley has completed his training for becoming a Wellness Coach, a Nutritional Counselor, and a Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org SHOW NOTES [5:05] His background and how he got into his career. [15:35] The immune system and iron. [17:05] The importance of copper in your immune system. [23:15] Bioavailability of minerals in our foods. [25:35] Food sources with plenty of copper. [30:05] Supplements vs natural sources from food. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3997530/ [35:05] Big Pharma and supplements. [41:35] There is no disease, only metabolic dysfunction caused by mineral dysregulation that changes molecular dynamics. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7366458/ [46:55] Vitamin D. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-11-187 [53:00] We don't need as much Vitamin D as we've been programmed. [55:00] Getting food through whole food sources rather than supplements. [58:00] Root Cause Protocol. [1:04:30] Retinol in brain development. [1:07:40] Parkinson's. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

17 Dec 20201h 17min

Hello, hello everyone, it's time for another great guest on the Peak Human podcast. I'm Brian Sanders the founder of Sapien.org, NoseToTail.org, and creator of the Food Lies film that I continue to work on daily while I do these podcasts and post daily on social media. You can check out clips from the Food Lies film interviews and other presentations I've done on the Food Lies youtube channel. Today I'm talking to the great Michael Crawford, PhD. He is a storied researcher and has contributed a lot to our knowledge on brain development, human evolution, and marine foods high in DHA. I think the meat crowd needs to rally behind seafood a bit more and recognize its unique nutrients. He's a sharp guy for an older fella and there's a lot to learn in this one! Dr. Michael Crawford is a professor and researcher at the Imperial College of London. He is part of the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction. He is the Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, Founder Trustee of The Mother and Child Foundation and The Little Foundation. His research focuses on (i) the biological reason why docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) has been so unique in neural signaling for the past 500-600 million years of evolution (ii) application of the knowledge to prevent and treat neurodevelopmental disorder. To date we have organised 22 international conferences on nutrition, brain development and mental health. He also has an impressive list of publications I'll link to in the show notes. List of his publications: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/michael.crawford/publications.html Presentation of DHA and current mental ill-health catastrophe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk5Qh-AL30g GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org SHOW NOTES [6:10] His background and research. [11:10] Savannah hypothesis and its problems. [15:40] Iodine deficiency. [24:55] What the climate and geography may have looked like millions of years ago. [33:40] BSFA (brain specific fatty acid) supplementation in pregnancy affects newborn infants' brain size/volume. [35:10] Fish oil supplementation vs whole food sources. [39:40] Aquatic ape theory. [45:10] The big game changing nutrient that we ate that caused us to diverge in evolution. [48:40] Brain size and the marine food web. [57:40] Subcutaneous fat, the vernix, and the aquatic ape theory. [1:03:20] Some more characteristics of marine mammals/aquatic ape theory. [1:09:40] The escalation and cost of mental illness and how we can fix this detrimental issue. [1:13:40] Methods for sustainable marine food/agriculture. [1:18:40] The conversion of ALA into DHA. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

9 Dec 20201h 24min

Dr. Jason Fung is a Canadian nephrologist. graduated from the University of Toronto and completed his residency at the University of California, Los Angeles. He lives and works in Toronto, Canada. He's a world-leading expert on intermittent fasting and low carb, especially for treating people with type 2 diabetes. He has written three best-selling health books and he co-founded the Intensive Dietary Management program. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org SHOW NOTES [5:20] The focus from infectious diseases into chronic disease. [7:40] What actually is cancer as a disease. [11:00] What is cancer, how does it form, and how do we treat it? [16:30] How cancerous cells evolve and mutate backwards. [21:30] Chronic vs acute stressors. [26:10] What makes different cancers the same rather than different. [33:00] Mutations we see in cancer are not random. [39:20] The acceptance of cancer being an evolutionary disease rather than genetic mutations. [43:00] The Warburg effect and how it benefits cancer cells. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783224/#:~:text=In%20tumors%20and%20other%20proliferating,studied%20extensively%20(Figure%201). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849637/ [53:10] Growth signals and how it relates to cancer cells. [58:40] How to live and eat to prevent too many growth factors. [1:00:20] The importance of eating traditional diets and living traditional lifestyles. [1:08:00] Exciting new progress towards cancer research and treatments. GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

2 Dec 20201h 12min

We're back for round 2 with the one and only Dr. Sean O'Mara! We get into much greater detail than last time on things like visceral fat, physical markers of disease that track better than certain blood markers, the importance of physical appearance, optimal thriving diet for humans, and much more like how to lose visceral fat, how to heal your brain, the importance of sprinting, why we don't revere our elderly as much anymore, immune system, the microbiome, avoiding viruses, and beyond.   This is a really great one and I'd recommend catching it on YouTube (embedded below) so you can see all the great visuals he shares with us.   Here are the photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cwvqtgz6g5snopf/AAByOIUZdPnpER4XmgnoG1cYa?dl=0   Dr. Sean O'Mara is a Performance and Longevity MD/Researcher, Speaker , and 2016 NSF Grant Recipient. He runs MedCon Wellness - A unique Executive and Professional Athlete practice innovatively exploiting both science and nature along with proprietary technology to achieve "Best In Class" results in Reversing Chronic Disease as well as Human Performance Optimization. They are dedicated experienced physicians, researchers, PhD's and Coaches coordinating their work to improve client's health. They have developed their practice after years of medical and scientific research as well as years of ultra-high-end concierge medical care.   They maintain an exceptionally small practice for clients to ensure an incomparably high level of service. They operate a Non-Profit to return excess profits to continue what we believe is critically important: the continued Reversal of Chronic Disease and Human Performance Optimization. Very few physicians today are concerned with either of these but it is his passion. It is the only Executive Health practice in the world to have received a National Science Foundation grant awarded in 2016 for their work on Reversing Chronic Disease.     GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org Just to remind everyone, I don't have any sponsors. So far I've turned them all down so I can remain independent from any outside interests. I have my own beneficial products and services we offer at Http://Sapien.org and http://nosetotail.org to support the show, the film, myself, and my great team. I make a lot less money this way, but it's a lot more satisfying to not have to rely on anyone else or promote any other products.   However, it only works if people support Sapien and Nose to Tail. Luckily we have amazing things to offer. Sapien is the health platform I've built with my business partner Dr. Gary. We have a practice in Woodland Hills, CA as well as an online program anyone in the world can join if they're serious about weight loss and disease reversal using diet and lifestyle. You can find out more about the program at http://Sapien.org You can also get the free Sapien Food guide there. Another thing we've got going is the Sapien Tribe. We have a growing community of people who are living this lifestyle and dominating life. I know that sounds pretty bro-ey, but it's what is happening. People have gone from a life of mediocrity or even ill-health to being in top shape, reversing their chronic disease, having great body composition, and not getting sick anymore! Tribe members also get all the extras like the bonus episodes of this podcast, the extended show notes, the private members area, and special access and live Zoom calls with Dr. Gary and me. You can find that at http://sapien.org as well.   You can also get the Nose to Tail meats at http://nosetotail.org where we ship grass finished, ethically and sustainably raised beef, buffalo, pork, and chicken to your door. It's all raised in Texas and ships out each week to the 48 contiguous states. Our specialty products include ground beef with liver, heart, kidney, and spleen mixed in. I don't know of anyone else getting all these organs mixed in like we do. I think it's the best and tastiest way to eat the fresh organs to get the ultimate in nutrient dense, bioavailable nutrition. We also have high omega 3, low omega 6 pork and chicken. We feed them a special gluten free, non-GMO feed that makes their meat and fat very low in PUFAs. I can go on forever about how great this stuff is, but just check it out for yourself at http://nosetotail.org   SHOW NOTES [5:45] Recap on his introduction and how he got into this industry. [10:05] LDL cholesterol. [17:05] Why our elderlys' health has gone so downhill in the past generation. [19:25] What he recommends for diet in general. [26:25] Immune system and the gut microbiome. [35:35] How he transformed his health to where he is now. [44:45] Explanations and analysis of his visceral fat MRI's. [51:35] Sprinting and its effect on visceral fat. [1:00:05] The physiology of scarring and how it works depending on your health. [1:06:45] Comparing today's doctors to the doctors of old. [1:15:05] One of his client's results after a 7 day fast. [1:18:35] His sprinting tips and routines. [1:21:05] Blood flow restriction training.     BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg

18 Nov 20201h 23min