Abel James Show

Why do we eat when we’re not hungry?

Today we’re here with Andrew Miles, award-winning doctor of oriental medicine, whose work connects traditional Chinese medicine, Western science, and the future of healing.

Andrew Miles specializes in treating chronic pain, opiate dependence, and gut health. He has received awards from the Chinese and Taiwanese governments for the preservation of and contribution to Chinese martial arts and medicine. Andrew's wife holds a PhD in herbal pharmacology and together they work to bridge the gap between Chinese culture and the Anglo-sphere through “botanical biohacking.”

On this show, you’re going to learn:

• Why so many of us overeat
• The importance of balancing your gut microbiome
• How herbs fit into the future of medicine
• Why Jägermeister is healthier than Diet Coke, and more!

We're here this week with one of our show-listeners, 18 year-old Joshua Weissman. Joshua is the foodie behind the delicious Paleo recipes at the blog "Slim Palate," and after taking control of his health in his mid-teens and loosing 100lbs, Joshua is quickly becoming one of the leaders in the Paleo movement.

I am very excited to say that my team & I are working on fully redesigning the blog with TONS of new content to come. Brand new videos, recipe ebooks, and fat loss and fitness resources, there's a bunch of awesome stuff coming along soon! If you'd like to get these bonuses before anybody else, be sure to enter your email below to get on the email list and I'll send those right over.

On today’s show with Joshua, you will learn:

• The secret to sticking to your nutrition plan and dodging junk food.
• How our children are still being taught the wrong information in health class.
• Why Joshua’s “nutritionist” gave no advice about nutrition.
• Why chubby kids are the new normal (and what to do about it).
• Why quitting soda is so dang hard.
• And how this incredible young man is changing the world with real food and cooking.

People knew me as the food hipster. They saw it as taboo "Ooo that guy's so cool, he eats so healthy!" Click to Tweet!

• Connect with Joshua here: Slim Palate | The Slim Palate Paleo Cookbook | On Facebook | On Twitter

Can a tomato change a child’s life?

“Yes,” says artist and designer Ron Finley, also known as the Gangsta Gardener.

Ron lives in South Central Los Angeles and quips that it’s “home of drive-thrus and drive-bys.” But Ron wanted to change that.

A few years ago, Ron planted a curbside garden in the strip of soil in front of his house in LA. The city tried to shut it down. So Ron accidentally started a revolution and changed the game of urban gardening. Now he’s teaching others to grow real food in urban landscapes and it’s transforming “food deserts” into “food forests”... one garden at a time.

You may know Max Lugavere as host of Al Gore’s Emmy-nominated “Current TV.”  Max has a brand-new documentary in the works—Bread Head which explores the effects of diet on brain health and degenerative disease. The choices you make at the kitchen table now have a marked impact on how you think, how you age, and your risk of mental dysfunction in the future. Don’t miss this one!

Dr. Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and fellow of the American College of Nutrition specializing in preventative medicine. He has contributed extensively to medical literature, with publications in the Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Applied Nutrition, and Archives of Neurology.

You may have seen him on Oprah, Larry King, Dr. Oz, or the Today Show. I've been told he never leaves home without fresh avocados and sockeye salmon in the can. He even plays a mean guitar, ladies and gentlemen!

Coming up on the show, you'll learn:

• How food changes your genetic code
• The effect of food on Alzheimer’s disease
• The science of gratitude and health
• What sugar does to your brain
• And what to do every day to maintain health as you age

Yasmina Ykelenstam worked as a journalist for CNN and BBC, diving right into combat zones and even getting shot at in a helicopter. But we're talking about the other thing that almost killed her - her diet.

Learn about the hidden epidemic of histamine intolerance...

On this week’s show with Dr. Andrew Saul, The MegaVitamin Man, you’ll learn how to take your health into your own hands with inexpensive, readily available, and easy-to-use vitamins.

We’re on the show today with Dr. Amy Myers, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Autoimmune Solution and a leader in Functional Medicine.  On this show, we dig into the causes, prevention, and healing of autoimmune issues that you might not even realize you have—but suffer with every day!