Dr. Alan Goldhamer is the co-founder of True North Health Center, the world's largest facility specializing in medically supervised water-only fasting. Founded in 1984 and located in Santa Rosa, California, Truth North has seen well over 20,000 people complete upwards of 40-days of consuming only water.

The True North health experience is a fully supported adventure that includes modalities like meditation, yoga, psychotherapy, workshops, and education. True North is an alcohol-free, stimulant-free environment designed to allow guests to fast, detoxify, lose weight and make the lifestyle changes they desire in a health-promoting, therapeutic environment.

Dr. Goldhamer is co-author of a game-changing book that I read many years ago entitled The Pleasure Trap; Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness.

As you can imagine, anything with the word "mastering" in its title has our attention because, for YogiTriathlete, mastery is the only option. This episode is information-rich, we hope you enjoy it and take something away to uplevel your health today.

In this episode, we discuss:

- the pleasure trap

- why people are obese in industrialized countries

- what is poo’ing inside of you?

- living a good life and dying a good death

- why athletes age out of their sport

- healthy people need younger friends

- dehydration as a cause for injury

- strategic fasting for athletes

- the foundations of health

- radical life of eating well and exercising

- ancient roots of fasting

- what the research says about feeding windows

- hard workouts during a fast is a mistake

- the most powerful way to mobilize visceral fat

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Namaste-

Jess