Peak Human - Unbiased Nutrition Info for Optimum Health, Fitness & Living - Part 144 - Mark Schatzker on How to Conquer Your Cravings and What Makes Us Overeat

Part 144 - Mark Schatzker on How to Conquer Your Cravings and What Makes Us Overeat

11/23/21 • 75 min

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Today’s episode features Mark Schatzker who just released his new book: The End of Craving. Back on episode 69, we discussed another one of his amazing books: The Dorito Effect. While many people are arguing about the calories or macronutrients in diets, Mark focuses on the experience of eating – the enjoyment and flavor of food. This episode is packed with mind-blowing bits of information on obesity, cravings, weight loss, brain science, and the history of our food system. Mark Schatzker is the author of three books: Steak, The Dorito Effect, and The End of Craving. A former feature writer for Conde Nast Traveler, his work has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Best American Travel Writing and Annual Review of Psychology. He is the writer in residence at the Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center, which is based at Yale University. He lives in Toronto. Visit his website! - https://www.markschatzker.com SHOW NOTES

[03:30] A recap of The Dorito Effect
[6:50] Mark’s new book: The End of Craving
[11:50] The pellagra epidemic
[18:50] The brain’s starring role in weight loss
[21:35] The science behind craving
[24:50] The truth about dopamine & food
[29:20] What causes us to WANT more food?
[33:20] Is sweetness an arbitrary sensation?
[36:10] How uncertainty affects our brain
[40:50] Does food insecurity cause us to eat more?
[43:50] How we’ve overlooked the experience of eating
[44:30] Is arguing about macronutrients a waste of time?
[51:50] Changing the conversation on diet
[57:50] Deliciousness isn’t the enemy
[1:00:20] What we can learn from animals & scurvy
[1:02:50] Did enrichment & fortification make obesity worse?
[1:06:50] How we can learn from fattening livestock
[1:10:00] Why companies are incentivized to fortify food
[1:12:50] The recipe for everlasting hunger – eating light

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[03:30] A recap of The Dorito Effect
[6:50] Mark’s new book: The End of Craving
[11:50] The pellagra epidemic
[18:50] The brain’s starring role in weight loss
[21:35] The science behind craving
[24:50] The truth about dopamine & food
[29:20] What causes us to WANT more food?
[33:20] Is sweetness an arbitrary sensation?
[36:10] How uncertainty affects our brain
[40:50] Does food insecurity cause us to eat more?
[43:50] How we’ve overlooked the experience of eating
[44:30] Is arguing about macronutrients a waste of time?
[51:50] Changing the conversation on diet
[57:50] Deliciousness isn’t the enemy
[1:00:20] What we can learn from animals & scurvy
[1:02:50] Did enrichment & fortification make obesity worse?
[1:06:50] How we can learn from fattening livestock
[1:10:00] Why companies are incentivized to fortify food
[1:12:50] The recipe for everlasting hunger – eating light

GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org

GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org

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Part 143 - Dr. Gary Shlifer on Immune Health & Public Policy - A Doctor's Controversial Take

Today's guest is my good friend Dr. Gary Shlifer who has a clinic in Los Angeles and is not afraid to speak his mind on the current public policy on immune health and other controversial topics. He previously made an appearance on episode 48. In this episode, we reflect on the mainstream narrative on immune health over the past 2 years. We primarily discuss how the media and government tend to ignore some of the most important factors for staying healthy and building a strong immune system – diet and lifestyle. Dr. Gary is a co-founder of Sapien where we promote a more ancestral diet and lifestyle and host the Sapien Podcast together. DISCLAIMER: The opinions and information provided here by Dr. Gary Shlifer and Brian Sanders are not to be taken as medical advice. Dr. Gary Shlifer is a board-certified internal medicine physician specializing in preventative care, nutrition/metabolism and anti-aging medicine. Dr. Gary brings his robust experienced with hospital inpatient medicine to his outpatient primary care practice in order to help prevent and cure disease in his patients. He is the founder of Evolve Healthcare in Los Angeles, a multi-specialty integrative medicine clinic focused on disease prevention and lifestyle optimization. After Immigrating to from Russia with his family at age 3, Dr. Gary grew up in the San Fernando Valley where he returned after his medical training to build his practice. Through his companies and community outreach, he works to promote his message of healthy living, eating and lifestyle practices while developing into a leader in his community. Learn more about his practice! - https://evolvehealthcare.com SHOW NOTES

[6:55] How big industry destroys our health
[12:55] Physicians and individuals need independence
[17:55] Is science being treated as a religion?
[21:55] Most risk factors are modifiable
[25:25] Our new culture of fear
[30:55] Does industry control mainstream health advice?
[33:55] Brian’s pothole analogy
[37:25] The political domination of our health
[41:55] Why your vitamin D level is so important
[44:55] Dr. Gary’s mandate story
[50:55] Why are so many people quitting their jobs?
[55:55] Dr. Gary’s parents’ generation
[1:00:25] How the government and media overplayed their hand
[1:04:25] Eating clean and feeling good go hand-in-hand

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Part 145 - Dr. Bill Schindler on How to Eat Like a Human, How to Detoxify Plant Foods, and Why Eat Nose to Tail

Dr. Bill Schindler is back for another great episode! This is his third appearance on the podcast, so be sure to listen to our previous episodes. After 10 years of hard work, he is excited to announce the release of his new book: Eat Like A Human. He was trained as an anthropologist and more recently as a chef. His work focuses on extracting the most nutrition possible from food, so we cover a wide range of fascinating topics and stories.

Dr. Bill Schindler is an internationally known archaeologist, primitive technologist, and chef. He founded and directs the Eastern Shore Food Lab with a mission to preserve and revive ancestral dietary approaches to create a nourishing, ethical, and sustainable food system and is an adjunct associate professor of archaeology at University College Dublin. His work is currently the focus of Wired magazine’s YouTube series, Basic Instincts and Food Science, and he co‐starred in the National Geographic Channel series The Great Human Race, which aired in 2016 in 171 countries.

Dr. Schindler has also been featured on CNN, Maryland Public Television, NPR’s Weekend Edition and Here and Now, as well as on such podcasts as Milk Street Radio, Peak Human, and The Academic Minute. Dr. Schindler’s work has appeared in the Washington Post, The Atlantic, and the London Times, among other publications.

Visit his website! - https://eatlikeahuman.com

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