Welcome to the Dr. Gundry podcast. Today, we’re discussing the benefits of fasting and why it’s crucial for your health span. Our guest is Dr. Joseph Antoon, CEO of El Nutra. He works closely with Dr. Valter Longo and focuses on providing people with the knowledge and products they need to live 110 years old and beyond. We will talk about shifting away from sick care, how a fasting-mimicking diet can help you live your most extended, whole life, and why most of the foods we’re eating these days are less nutritious than they used to be.
Dr. Antoon is a trained physician who realized that the United States has sick care rather than a health care system. As a medical student, he began to understand that he first interacted with patients when they were already ill. And when he witnessed this, the doctor prescribed many medications that didn’t solve the root cause of the problem. Dr. Antoon realized that the medical industry is not effectively addressing chronic diseases. He felt that it is not just medications but lifestyle changes that are also needed.
He discovered that a prevention approach to healthcare is much more effective and cost-efficient than a medication-based approach. People should understand that prevention is better than a cure and adopt a healthy lifestyle to avoid illnesses that a sick care system can’t address. However, there is no actual market for prevention for healthy eating, exercise routine, and other lifestyle changes. The market in sick care is positioned as a set of products and services that helps ill patients rather than keeping people healthy longer.
Dr. Antoon also provided insights into fasting. He stated that a five-day vegan fast can dramatically boost your health span and even your lifespan. Fasting will help put your mitochondria on a five-day spa retreat, which is crucial for your health. Mitochondria power your cells and protect against diseases as you age. While they help to keep you healthy longer, a poor diet can cause mitochondrial dysfunction. A fasting-mimicking diet protects your mitochondria and can help improve longevity and healthy aging.
The problem is that our foods are less nutritious now than they were a half-century ago. For example, conventionally grown fruits and vegetables have lower vitamin and mineral content than their organic counterparts. And modern farming methods are not as nutrient-rich as traditional farming practices. Thus, making it more difficult to obtain vital nutrients for our bodies.
In conclusion, Dr. Antoon emphasizes that it’s high time healthcare systems worldwide shift towards prevention and lifestyle medicine so that society can focus on keeping people healthy for longer rather than just treating sick people. The healthcare system must focus on the short term, support sick care first, and then work on prevention. Fasting and healthy eating routines can protect our bodies by keeping our mitochondria healthy. Moreover, keeping our body nutrition-rich prolongs good health. This approach will benefit society, so people should take their health and lifestyle changes seriously.
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Summary of Transcript:
In this, Dr. Gundry Podcast, Dr. Joseph Antoun, CEO of El Nutra, discusses the benefits of a five-day vegan fast and its ability to boost health span and lifespan. He and Dr. Gundry also delve into the issue of the US healthcare system being a sick care system instead of a healthcare system, focusing on treating symptoms rather than the root causes of chronic diseases. Dr. Antoun believes that lifestyle medicine is critical in preventing these chronic diseases and that the healthcare system needs to focus on keeping people healthy longer. However, he acknowledges that several factors are hindering this shift, including a lack of market for prevention, short-term-focused policies and elections, and the lack of a tangible benefit for prevention.
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Dr. Joseph Antoun, CEO of L-Nutra and a proponent of fasting-mimicking diets, discusses the benefits of a 5-day vegan fast, which can improve healthspan and even lifespan. He argues that most food’s nutritional content decreases yearly and emphasizes the importance of maintaining a nutritionally dense diet. Dr. Antoun also explores how fasting can aid weight loss and potentially extend lifespan and offers tips on determining which fasting techniques are best suited for individual needs. Additionally, he touches on the importance of stress and how it can benefit health while cautioning against misleading “gluten-free” labels.
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#Fasting #PlantBasedDiet #LNutra
Full show notes and transcript: https://drgundry.com/Dr-Joseph-Antoun
People are always asking me for recommendations about how to live longer, healthier lives.
If you read my book, The Longevity Paradox, you might already know my answer.
Because one thing that can dramatically boost your healthspan (and even your lifespan) is a 5-day vegan fast. This simple technique is like taking your mitochondria on a 5-day spa retreat (good news – you can still eat on this fast).
And my guest is one of the biggest proponents of this type of fas-mimicking. Dr. Joseph Antoun is the CEO of L-Nutra, which focuses on providing people with the knowledge and tools to live to 110 and beyond.
On this episode, Dr. Antoun and I talk about shifting away from “sick care;” how a fast-mimicking diet can help YOU live your most extended, most whole life; and why most of the foods we’re eating these days are LESS nutritious than they used to be.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The unfortunate truth about the United State’s “sick-care system,” how it’s impacting YOUR health, and what you can do to protect yourself and your family (2:00)
Why the nutrition content of most food decreases EVERY year – and the trick to maintaining a high-quality, nutritionally-dense diet (14:00)
Why fasting WORKS when it comes to weight loss (and even has the potential to extend your lifespan) – and how to determine which fasting technique is proper for you (17:00)
The fasting mistake made by most Americans – and the change you need to make to support your health better and manage your weight (25:00)
Why Dr. Antoun says THIS is the best thing you can do for your health – and one simple step you can take today (28:00)
How to get ALL the benefits of fasting… while EATING (This is not a trick!) (30:00)
Why your body needs STRESS (the good kind, at least) – and how it can dramatically impact your health (41:00)
Why “gluten-free” labels are incredibly misleading – and the best way to avoid gluten entirely (44:00)
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