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Hi again everyone, another week has begun! We’ve slipped into season 7 without a break in the action. There’s no time for a pause, there’s so many interesting people to talk to. If you're new to this podcast, I’m Brian Sanders and I'm making a film called Food Lies that goes to the beginning of human history to find out what we should be eating. We go through all the bad science that has led us astray, the new science that vindicates ancestral eating, and we even get into how we can eat meat in a not only sustainable way, but one that it is regenerative to the environment. All of these topics have been covered in the last 83 episodes of this podcast, so please start back at episode 1.

Today Dr. Paul Mason and I get into a wide variety of topics including salt, blood pressure, lectins, gluten, intestinal permeability, the microbiome, fiber myths, autoimmune issues, animal based diets, and we end on how this all lines up with staying healthy and protecting yourself from viruses like COVID-19. Get out your notepad for this one!

Dr. Paul Mason is a Sport Exercise Medicine Physician Specialist. He obtained his medical degree with honors from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He works with a variety of patients from the general public to elite athletes from teams such as the Penrith Panthers, Sydney FC, and the Australian Men’s Waterpolo team. He also presents at conferences around the world.

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Here’s Dr. Paul Mason

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SHOW NOTES

• [2:00] Australian dietary guidelines about sodium intake.
• [3:45] Optimal ranges for biomarkers.
• [14:20] Debate on saturated fat vs polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs).
• A great video done by Dr. Paul Mason covering the 4 buried studies regarding the saturated fat vs PUFAs debate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lJPjsuftmQ
• [26:10] There is no such thing as one diet that works for everyone.
• [29:30] Intestinal permeability and gluten.
• [39:15] Lectins and its effects on the body.
• [49:00] Diet should depend on metabolic health and autoimmune issues.
• [59:30] Fiber myths.
• [1:04:30] Fiber is essentially a waste product.
• [1:07:30] The gut microbiome and internal health.
• [1:16:30] Insulin resistance and COVID-19. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31142858

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Hello everyone, welcome back. I’ve been getting a lot of questions on dairy, grains, food processing, and what humans evolved to eat. This is a very nuanced topic so I wanted to do a thorough podcast with probably the best person in the world to speak on this, Dr. Bill Schindler. We frame this whole conversation around a recent New York Times opinion piece called “The end of meat is here” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/opinion/coronavirus-meat-vegetarianism.html

This is an absurd article that uses the coronavirus era we’re in as a way to propose that the human race should not eat meat anymore. It’s a strange notion that we’d stop eating the most important food in human history, a super food that literally made us human. I usually wouldn’t pay much attention to such a thing, but it was a good way to frame our discussion and expose all the errors the author made. It’s always fun to debunk these type of things but there's not always time for each and every one that keeps popping up. This episode should also go a long way to clear up many aspects of meat-eating and a proper human (or should I say Sapien) diet.

Dr. Bill Schindler is the director of the Eastern Shore Food Lab at Washington College where he is also an associate professor of archaeology and anthropology. Two years ago he co-hosted the National Geographic show The Great Human Race. He spent a year abroad recently continuing his hands-on research and professional development by immersing himself and his family with indigenous and traditional groups around the world to learn about their food and diets. As an experimental archaeologist and primitive technologist his specialties are in recreating technologies of the past to better interpret our ancestral diets. His current focus is learning how to translate the outcomes of that research into something meaningful for modern day diet and health and is working to fuse lessons from our ancestral dietary past with modern culinary arts to create a food system that is relevant, accessible and meaningful to modern Western life.

Stay tuned for the Sapien Tribe bonus podcast with Dr. Bill if you are a Sapien Tribe member. If you aren’t a member yet, we have a limited time offer for a lifetime membership at a steeply discounted rate. You can do this at http://Sapien.org We’re giving a whole bunch of exclusive content and special features to members of the Tribe. It’s going to be a much more comprehensive version of the Patreon. Members will get the extended show notes, the bonus episodes of the podcast each week where I spend some more time with the guests, and a lot more. You can see all the perks at http://Sapien.org

This is our new way of powering all our efforts instead of taking outside money or advertising outside products. We want to be as transparent as possible and not be influenced by any other interests.

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And share this podcast and give it a review. Thanks so much everyone, we’re all in this together! Please enjoy this episode with Dr. Bill Schindler.

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SHOW NOTES

• [18:05] Plants were not made on earth to feed us.
• [29:15] Bill explains why we should include animal sources in our diets.
• [39:30] How to make bread much more digestible.
• [51:55] Food processing of the past makes food very safe, nutrient dense, and bioavailable.
• [55:15] Milk is a food that if treated the right way, can be one of the most nutritious foods possible.
• [1:00:05] Infants and how they are able to digest milk.
• [1:09:55] Why cheese in the US is usually not real.
• [1:18:55] The benefits of making food from scratch.
• [1:30:55] Animal agriculture and global warming.
• [1:41:35] The amount of food that can come from animals if we eat them differently.
• [1:44:20] Bill’s experience in Kenya.

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Hello, hello! What a beautiful day it is to be alive and well. I hope everyone is getting outside and getting some sun each day if they live someplace where that is possible. If not, at least getting outdoors and getting some exercise will have a ton of other benefits.

Today’s podcast is all about vitamin D and how it relates to human health and the immune system. Living a healthy lifestyle, avoiding metabolic disease, eating nutrient dense animal foods, and getting responsible sunlight all play into your vitamin D status. Even some supplementation can be sometimes very necessary and beneficial. I posted another great study out of Indonesia on the correlations between vitamin D status and deaths from COVID-19. They are very striking and everyone should check them out on social media on my Food Lies accounts. Just search for “Food Lies” on any platform.

I’ve been talking to Joel about this vitamin D stuff for about a year now and have been tracking it over the past 6 weeks during the Coronavirus pandemic. We’ve been trading information and it was good to see that some good data has finally been coming out. I kept mentioning getting outside and getting sun exposure but didn’t want to post anything definitive until the science was clear. I think we’re getting to that point now with multiple studies from multiple countries. Even Dr. Gary has been reporting extremely low levels in all his patients who are having bad cases of COVID. I’d also like to point out that the logo for my company Sapien is a sun. I couldn't think of a better representation of everything that represents healthy humans.

Dr. Joel Gould is a dentist with 30 years of experience in Canada and the United States. He is on the forefront of revolutionizing modern dental approaches by furthering his knowledge on science, technology, and the human body. He has been featured for his innovative work on network TV such FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS. He launched His unique “Sleep Restoration” program in 2016, focusing on organic, non pharmaceutical solutions for insomnia and sleep apnea. Dr. Gould’s new book The Modern Epidemic set to be released this summer lays out a new health paradigm based on sleep and breathing, and natural regeneration, founded on ancestral health, and evolution.

Before we jump in I want to make sure everyone knows about http://NoseToTail.org where we ship 100% grass finished beef and buffalo, and high omega-3 pork and chicken to your door. This is all raised beyond organic in Texas. Our primal ground beef with liver, heart, kidney, and spleen is flying out the door these days. Get while you can, we only process animals every 2 weeks. There’s so many nutrients in this tasty ground beef that are hard to get otherwise. You can make a custom box at http://nosetotail.org and get free shipping if it’s 20lbs or more.

You can also support this podcast and everything else I do at http://patreon.com/peakhuman I’ve been able to scrape by without taking on any advertisers or outside money for any of my ventures so far and really want to keep it that way. The Food Lies film, the Food Lies youtube channel, and all my social media is powered all by the community. I have yet to take a cent from another company. That’s http://patreon.com/peakhuman or click through http://sapien.org where you can find out about all the projects I’m working on including the health technology. We’re still looking for doctors, healthcare providers, and health coaches to work with us. You can add yourself to the waiting list at http://sapien.org

Thanks for sharing this podcast and reviewing it on iTunes and the Apple podcast app! Really appreciate all of you and all the inspiring messages of positive health journeys! Now let’s hear some more great information about vitamin D from Dr. Joel Gould.

• [1:25] Vitamin D and how it relates to COVID-19.
• [5:30] Vitamin D regulates our gut microbiome.
• [7:50] When the Vitamin D level is lower, the sicker the person is according to this study. https://www.grassrootshealth.net/blog/first-data-published-covid-19-severity-vitamin-d-levels
• [12:00] How you can know your Vitamin D levels are low.
• [16:25] Grassroots health...

Welcome back everyone! Thanks for tuning in and I hope you are putting your health first during this time. In case anyone is wondering, I'm working on the Food Lies film daily and we’re still trying to get it out in the fall right when everything is hopefully back to normal. You can still preorder a copy on Indiegogo and also get great extras like the special features or the Eat Meat shirt. We just sent out the new batch of shirts last week and have about 20 left if people want to jump on those. That's on http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post and search for Food Lies Post or click through http://FoodLies.org

Today Dr. Mike Eades joins me for a really great and comprehensive interview. I’ve been following his work for many years and always enjoy his presentations that can be found on YouTube. We got to hang out all weekend in Denver a little ways back and I got to see another of his amazing presentations live talking about what humans evolved to eat and what happened as we strayed away from that diet. It’s shocking stuff and sure to ruffle the feathers of every single mainstream doctor, dietitian, and nutritionist around. We go over this and much of his other work in this interesting episode.

Dr. Michael Eades is a physician and the author of 10 books in the fields of health, nutrition, and exercise over the last several decades––among them the New York Times best seller Protein Power and The Protein Power LifePlan which laid out one of the first nutritional concepts of the paleo lifestyle. Since 1986 Dr. Eades has been in full time practice of bariatric, nutritional, and metabolic medicine.

Become a producer of the show on Patreon by searching for Peak Human there or going to http://Patreon.com/peakhuman This show is made possible entirely by listeners like you. I really appreciate this model and us making it happen as a team with only a few bucks here and there.

Find out about everything else at http://Sapien.org and join the newsletter there to stay in tune with the new announcements and other special features we’re offering to the Sapien tribe.

Everyone knows about the great meat we deliver at http://NoseToTail.org by now. We’re selling out each week so jump on it Friday midday to Sunday night to make sure we can get it out Monday or Tuesday morning.

Here’s Dr. Mike Eades

SHOW NOTES

• [5:05] Some noted evidence of meat eating since the dawn of man until now from Dr. Eades.
• [13:30] Our brains are our weapon.
• [20:20] Hunter gatherers’ health vs agriculturists.
• [26:05] How the Egyptians’ wheat based diet destroyed their health.
• [40:20] Eades’ take on the history of obesity in the US.
• [49:35] How PUFAs play a role in the obesity crisis.
• [55:30] How PUFAs affect the Reverse Electron Transport. Watch this presentation for a deeper dive with graphics to help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIRurLnQ8oo
• [58:10] The role incretins play in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and obesity. Watch this presentation if you want to dive deeper and see the graphics that go along with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMO-5mq3crU
• [1:11:30] Why he advocates alternate day fasting.
• [1:12:55] His experimentation with a continuous glucose monitor.

Hello everyone, we’re here with another fresh episode of Peak Human, hot off the press. I’ve been recording these each week and posting them within a few days to make sure they’re current and relevant. For those of you who are new to the show, I’m Brian Sanders and I’m creating the Food Lies film which we are trying to finish by the end of the year. We got slowed down a bit due to the current state of the world, but are actively working on it daily.

I also work with an internal medicine physician, Dr. Gary Shlifer here in Los Angeles where we treat patients with diet & lifestyle instead of rushing to medications. In fact, our goal is to remove as many medications as possible which we successfully do across the board. We have just launched the Sapien Program where people can radically change their life with our physician supervised diet & lifestyle program that includes, videos, written materials, visual resources, and health coaching. You can learn more about it and get the free Sapien Food Guide at http://Sapien.org Anyone in the world can take part in this program if they are serious about losing weight and dedicating themselves to a change. We’re all about making it fun, delicious, sustainable, and enjoyable. This isn’t about counting calories, being hungry, or needing tons of will-power.

We also have the Sapien Tribe for people who have already made diet & lifestyle changes and are looking to further their knowledge and keep themselves motivated, accountable, and up to date on new info. It’s an amazing group of people that help each other grow. We also have a ton of perks like our private members area, private Zoom community meetings, extended show notes of the podcast, and unlisted video resources on meal prep and exercise routines. You can also find out about this and join at http://sapien.org

Get in on the ground floor of this community and be a founding member for life with a deep discount on a lifetime membership. We are running out of these limited spots. We’re building something special together.

Brian Lenzkes is an internal medicine doctor in San Diego. Dr. Lenzkes received a BS in Biology from UC Irvine, and an MD from USC Medical School. He practices root cause medicine and has moved away from the standard insurance-based medical system to a Direct Primary Care model to better serve his patients. He also speaks around the country on the benefits of diet & lifestyle-based medicine.

We speak today on the future of medicine. Not only does this of course rely on root cause medicine and diet & lifestyle intervention, but aligned incentives, new technology, and a collaborative model. This includes wearable technology such as CGM or continuous glucose monitors, smart blood pressure cuffs, smart scales, and more. Things will really make sense concerning our current nightmare of a healthcare system after listening to this episode.Once again please go to the new version of http://sapien.org to get the free Sapien Food Guide, learn about http://NoseToTail.org grass finished meat delivery service from our ranch in Texas, and to join the Sapien Tribe. Thanks so much for supporting this podcast with a review and sharing it with friends and family! Now here’s my friend, Dr. Brian Lenzkes.

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SHOW NOTES

• • [8:25] Dr. Brian’s own health journey.
  • [13:45] Bigger tests/biomarkers to look at.
  • [20:55] Cardiac disease and insulin levels.
  https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/type-1-diabetes-and-heart-disease-linked-inflammatory-protein
  • [22:15] The difference between the direct primary care model and normal medicine.
  • [28:35] The issues with westernized medicine.
  • [31:15] The power of community and positive peer pressure.
  • [34:35] Incentivizing better health and results for doctors towards their patients.
  • [50:35] Benefits of being metabolically healthy and flexible.
  • [58:15] Finding the correct amount of “moderation” in relation to your own health and goals.
  • [1:02:45] Different technology and wearables to improve your health.
  • [1:10:25] The best and most valuable things Dr. Brian has learned throughout his journey and experiences in the field.
  • [1:15:25] What Dr. Brian offers at his practice and his services. https://lowcarbmdsandiego.com/

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