Learning Through Differences with Dr. Steven Gundry

Have you ever considered an alternative to your current beliefs and made a big life change? Dr. Gundry established his career by taking on patients that no one else wanted to take on. When he met "Big Ed," he told him what all the other doctors had told him: there's nothing I can do for you. Ed convinced him to give his heart another check by explaining that he's made significant life changes, and he was shocked by what he saw.

Dr. Steven Gundry is a cardiologist, heart surgeon, medical researcher, and author. His mission is to improve health, happiness, and longevity through a unique vision of human nutrition. During his 40-year career in medicine, he performed countless pediatric heart transplants, developed patented, life-saving medical technology, and published over 300 articles and book chapters on his research. (www.drgundry.com)

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Dr. Gundry's background and why he became interested in the health and nutrition space (1:45)
• His experience with "Big Ed" and how that changed his feelings towards diet and supplements (2:28)
• Grains, beans, and lectins and their relatively recent appearance in human diets (8:19)
• Side-effects of too much lectin consumption, including leaky gut (10:31)
• The composition of our gut and how lectins affect it, causing inflammation, bacteria leaks, etc. (12:38)
• How plants can feed the good bacteria in our gut (17:54)
• Long-term effects of a carnivorous diet (21:16)
• Cancer and immune detection (26:39)
• Dr. Gundry's typical diet as a "vegaquarian" (27:38)
• Cholesterol and coronary artery disease (28:46)
• Statin drugs for coronary calcification and why they don't work (31:24)
• Elevated triglycerides and their link to coronary artery disease (33:45)
• The catalyst for writing Unlocking the Keto Code (38:11)
• Ketones as fuel (43:46)
• Traditional ketogenic diet as an anti-epileptic diet, with a higher fat ratio (48:36)
• Caloric intake, surplus vs. deficit (49:45)
• Key dietary changes to make to uncouple mitochondria (52:07)
• Cycling in and out of ketosis on a daily basis (53:46)
• Fruits in a low carb diet (56:19)
• Sources of polyphenols (58:04)
• Optimizing your diet for mitochondrial uncoupling (59:29)

Where to learn more from Dr. Gundry:

• Dr. Gundry
• Supplements (Use code "Gundry" for 30% off your first order)

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