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The video discusses the current state of health in America, with 9 in 10 adults having some form of metabolic illness, mainly caused by being undernourished and overfed. This is due to an increase in overweight and obese individuals, with ultra-processed foods being the main culprit. These foods are minimally satiating, highly calorically dense, and hyper-palatable, which leads to overconsumption and the development of chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. The video also emphasizes the negative impacts of added sugar, which is in many ultra-processed foods and is consumed at high levels by many Americans. While acknowledging that a little bit of sugar here and there is not toxic, the overconsumption of added sugar contributes to hyper-palatability and overindulgence in ultra-processed foods. Overall, the video encourages people to practice self-love and promote a shift toward a more healthy state.
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Max Lugavere, a science journalist and NY Times best-selling author, joins Tom Bilyeu to discuss 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. Lugavere offers insights on surprising impacts of sugar, the worst oils to consume, and the pros and cons of meat versus plants. He encourages people to avoid certain foods and indulge when they choose to, but to build discipline to achieve overall health. The US spends billions on medical costs related to obesity, and Lugavere advocates encouraging people to move towards healthier states.
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Max Lugavere, a renowned science journalist and NY Times best-selling author, recently joined Tom Bilyeu on his show to discuss 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. The discussion centered around how we can avoid a recipe for disaster when it’s leaving us undernourished and overfed.
The medical costs due to obesity were near $173 billion in the United States in 2019. And being overweight literally has a higher price tag that reaches far beyond the personal affects and limitations it places on your body and lifestyle.
At this point, 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.
Max Lugavere suggests that we “eat what you need to build” and avoid certain foods like processed sugars, dairy, and oils that were not part of the human food supply 200 years ago. He also recommends that we approach indulgences with caution and mindfulness. The episode not only addresses the food choices we make but also the impact of mouthwash on the bacteria in our mouth that is required to create and recycle nitric oxide.
Lastly, the discussion concludes with a comparison of health outcomes between meat-eaters and vegans. Max suggests that people who consume more meat, and especially processed meat, tend to have worse health outcomes but that’s because they tend to be more sedentary and smoke more. Therefore, adopting some sort of common sense when it comes to meat consumption and the regular intake of vegetables can reap healthier outcomes.
Max Lugavere is now promoting his latest book, Genius Kitchen, which serves as a guide to building a healthier diet. The book also contains delicious recipes to help readers get started with healthy eating habits.
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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]
Follow Max Lugavere:
Website: https://www.maxlugavere.com/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/user/maxlugavere
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxlugavere
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Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1379050662
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