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Maximal Ep. 384 | Food Clutter
🕑 Added 2023-03-20 11:01:01 +0000 UTCThe Minimalists talk with Dr. Paul Saladino about foods to subtract from one’s diet, the four healthiest foods, what causes autoimmune disease, dietary supplements, the problem with keto, whether coffee is healthy, high cholesterol, the overlooked health effects of polyester clothes, obsolete kitchen items, minimalist exercises, and much more!
Discussed in this episode:
What should we remove from our diet to improve our health? (03:24)
What are your perspectives regarding dairy and dairy alternatives? (13:08)
Are nuts and seeds healthy snacks? (20:43)
What should we add to our diet to improve our health? (23:48)
Should we limit our consumption of carbohydrates? (34:58)
Why did Dr. Saladino switch from a carnivore to an omnivore diet? (46:34)
Is stress ever beneficial? (50:00)
What are your opinions regarding the ketogenic diet? (51:30)
Why is autoimmune disease so prevalent? (53:53)
What roles do stress, trauma, and the gut microbiome play in disease? (54:02)
Segment: Lightning Round (1:03:12)
Why isn’t the vegan diet sufficient for most humans? (1:04:16)
What one meal could you eat for the rest of your life? (1:05:28)
What’s wrong with tap water, and what kind of water do you drink? (1:08:01)
What ancestral practices should we adopt to improve our lives? (1:10:44)
What are the most common environmental toxins? (1:12:10)
Can a healthy diet include coffee, olive oil, and vinegar? (1:13:31)
Segment: Right Here, Right Now (1:17:16)
Listener comments and minimalism tips. (1:20:03)
Segment: Talkaboutables (1:23:22)
What are your concerns regarding sunscreens? (1:23:40)
What do you consider the most addictive unhealthy food? (1:28:55)
What issues have you experienced with synthetic fabrics and scents? (1:32:49)
Can we undo any of the damage we’ve done to our health? (1:40:57)
How important is portion control and calorie counting? (1:41:39)
How effective is intermittent fasting? (1:46:51)
Are multivitamins and supplements beneficial? (1:48:51)
What healthy options are available at convenience stores? (1:55:13)
What can we do to adequately consume electrolytes naturally? (1:59:29)
Will fermented foods improve our gut health? (2:00:27)
What seasonings are the healthiest to use? (2:02:23)
Is white rice good for us? (2:04:41)
Are fish and fish oil ideal for us to consume? (2:08:29)
Is there any danger of hypervitaminosis with the regular consumption of organ meats? (2:13:01)
What advice do you have regarding children’s diets? (2:20:22)
Is decaf coffee a healthy option? (2:22:24)
What foods positively and negatively affect belly fat and fatty liver? (2:26:02)
How do you create the most healthy diet for yourself? (2:27:09)
What concerns do you have regarding LDL cholesterol and statins? (2:28:38)
Segment: Obsolete Objects (2:47:02)
Segment: Sucky Ads (2:52:17)
Are there healthy quantities of alcohol consumption? (2:56:14)
What minimalist exercises do you use? (3:14:28)
Segment: Added Value (3:17:47)
LINKS
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Book: Live a Meaningful Life
Event: Sunday Symposium
Health: Brio Prism Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration
Health: Heart and Soil
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Podcast: Fundamental Health Podcast
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Wallpapers: The Minimalists
Watch: Less Is Now
Website: Dr. Paul Saladino
MAXIMS
To optimize for health and happiness, one must be willing to pay the cost.
What you do occasionally is less important than what you do consistently. —Dr. Paul Saladino
The way to lose weight is not to think about calories but to think about food quality. —Dr. Paul Saladino
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wendy b
Such a good episode. Between this one and some others recently, it is going to have a significant positive impact on my life. That I’m very happy about.
LunaFrancesca
Yes! Thank you, not to mention religious obligations toward vegetarianism and veganism- ie. Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, depending
Sharmila Gopalakrishnan
Dr.P did not acknowledge cultures such as Indian , Chinese and Japanese etc that have entire food cultures that are not preeminently red meat . These cultures and people have been in existence for thousands of years , living healthy and long lives without all the maladies linked to grains , veggies and spices. There is plenty of research by scientists in these cultures about the health benefits of spices and plant based derivatives. What Dr.P espoused is only one narrow way of living a clean well nourished life . There are many ways to be mindful and eat clean , healthy foods that are practical and non- processed . Even in the United States social , religious, cultural and economic factors impact why people eat what they eat . Rural and urban communities in food deserts cannot afford or access steak , raw milk and freshly plucked honey .
Starting on the carnivore diet in 2020 completely changed my life: both physically and mentally. Within a few months of a meat & eggs-only diet, lifelong ailments and significant health issues which I assumed were just a sign of getting old...and that I'd have to accept as 'just the way it's going to be' either completely disappeared or reduced to such a degree that I no longer recognised them. A lot of what Paul is saying here has undoubtedly worked for me. However, I completely understand how difficult it is for some people to hear. If you're doing great, feeling great, no matter what you're eating, I think even Paul would encourage you to keep doing what you're doing. But if, like me, you do have autoimmune / health issues that you're struggling with, perhaps it's at least worth considering. After three years of this, I'm trying to learn not to park my own common sense at the door: not to blindly hand over responsibility for my own health to others, but instead listen to how my body reacts to the foods I eat. For those who do have issues similar to mine (asthma, eczema, IBS, chronic fatigue) I would strongly recommend keeping a food diary to track which foods might be contributing to your issues. Doing this helped me understand that it was heavy-carb meals (pasta, porridge, sandwiches) that were causing the fatigue.
