If you want to live a healthier life, cutting out sugar from your diet is an impactful first step.  Not only is sugar harmful to your metabolism and energy levels, it's also highly addictive, so kicking the habit is necessary to retrain your taste buds and food preferences.  In today's episode, Zevia CEO, father, and athlete Paddy Spence shares his own journey of going sugar-free and explains how you can get started too.  Paddy Spence has been in the health food business for 26 years and has been sugar-free for almost 18 years. During this time, he has grown his low-calorie, sugar-free beverage company and overhauled his family's eating habits. Tune in to learn why sugar is so detrimental to your health, how to get off it, which sugar substitutes are better, and what going sugar-free can do for your health.

027: Paddy Spence - Cutting Out Sugar and Making Healthier Food Choices

Dr. Anthony Gustin believes the natural state of an organism is health. In this podcast he explores how we can reclaim our health rebuilding a proper human environment in the modern world. The Natural State features interviews with health and nutrition influencers, world-class thought leaders, and industry experts. With exclusive content that breaks down complex ideas to make them simple and digestible. We cover topics like nutrition, fitness and movement, regenerative agriculture, health, mental and emotional health -- anything that a functioning human being needs to thrive.

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Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CNS, is a certified doctor of natural medicine and clinical nutritionist who helps people heal and prevent illness by using food, lifestyle, and mindset medicine. He chats with Dr. Anthony Gustin about how the right mindset creates a more meaningful life.   Dr. Axe suffered a very traumatic injury that left him unable to walk. He spent the last year and a half recovering by using natural remedies and focusing on mindset, which he shares more about during the episode.   This experience solidified his beliefs about what’s important in life besides nutrition and physical health — faith, spirituality, and being a good human.   Tune in to hear them discuss:   Why “mindset medicine” is the biggest aspect of better health we’re not talking about   The benefits of finding your purpose and identity   How Dr. Axe defied his doctor’s expectations with a healing mindset   What religion and spirituality mean to them   Lessons we can learn about being a good human from the Bible to The Lord of the Rings   Our universal purpose to heal the Earth and its people   Using your unique talents to heed your calling and help others   Virtue ethics and what makes someone a good person   The difference between an Accomplishing mindset vs. a Becoming mindset     Resources mentioned in this episode:   Visit HVMN.com/AG to get 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQTM     Visit LineageProvisions.com and use code AG20 for 20% off your first order     Dr. Josh Axe’s website: DrAxe.com   Dr. Axe’s new book:  Think This, Not That   Dr. Axe’s Instagram: @DrJoshAxe   Dr. Axe on Facebook  

198: Dr. Josh Axe - Making Earth a Heavenly Place

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan are filmmakers, writers, and podcasters. They chat with Dr. Anthony Gustin about their crazy journey making their documentary and podcast: Death In the Garden.   For the last four years, Jake and Maren have been trying to untangle the complex, tangled web of how we address climate change, fix the food system, and, hopefully, save the world.   Their project discusses these and other problems in our society through the lenses of ecology, philosophy, myth, storytelling, and, ultimately, our fear of death.   Jake and Maren have experienced their fair share of anxiety, despair, and existential dread on their quest for ecological and cultural regeneration.   But as you’ll hear in the episode, they’ve learned how to find meaning and purpose. They also helped Jake’s mom start a grass-fed tallow balm company called The Beekeeper’s Granddaughter!   Tune into the episode as these three chat about:   What inspired Jake and Maren to start the Death In The Garden project   Why prioritizing “left-brain consciousness” is harming our society/planet   What it looks like to live ethically in an unethical world   The four reasons people go vegan (and why Jake stopped)   The potential collapse and finding good in the next “Dark Ages”   Finding meaning and purpose in life     The value of conscious, intentional consumption   The most important things we can do to change the food system   How being conscious about our mortality empowers us to embrace the natural cycles of life, death, and regeneration (and not make the same mistakes)   Their hopes for this generation and what’s next for them     Resources mentioned in this episode:   Visit HVMN.com/AG to get 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQTM   Visit LineageProvisions.com and use code AG20 for 20% off your first order   Jake and Maren’s substack: DeathInTheGarden.substack.com   @DeathInTheGarden on Instagram   @Death_TheGarden on Twitter   Jake’s Mom’s grass-fed tallow balm company: The Beekeeper’s Granddaughter    Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher     A Guide for the Perplexed by E.F. Schumacher     The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist    Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire by Morris Berman    Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress by Christopher Ryan  

197: Jake Marquez & Maren Morgan - Death In the Garden

Dr. Paul Saladino, double board-certified MD, author, and host of the Paul Saladino MD podcast, chats with Dr. Anthony Gustin about the journey and launch of their new brand: Lineage Provisions.   Sparked by their desire to make foods they want to eat and feed their loved ones, they set out to create an animal-based food company with the highest standards for nutrient-density, taste, and transparency.    But as you’ll hear in this behind-the-scenes peek, the journey wasn’t easy. After two years and 50+ formulas, Dr. Saladino and Dr. Gustin are now proud to offer the best meat snack the world has ever seen.   Tune into this episode to hear:   How the “Quest for Convenience” ruined our food supply and eating habits   What some meat producers hide behind grass-fed labels   Why the “naturally occurring” nitrates and nitrites in celery powder may not be any better for us   The incredible health benefits of vitamin K2 and where to get it in your diet   What inspired Dr. Saladino and Dr. Gustin’s collaboration   How they vet farmers, suppliers, etc., to bring their products to market   The proprietary air drying process they engineered to preserve nutrients      Why their small batch, 100% regeneratively raised, grass-fed and finished beef & organ meat sticks are unmatched by competitors    Their ideas for the next product launches (based on your feedback!)     Q&A; session, including why you won’t find Lineage Provisions in grocery stores yet, what the beef and organ sticks taste like, whether kids like them, and more!     Resources mentioned in this episode:   Dr. Paul Saladino and Dr. Anthony Gustin’s company: Lineage Provisions   Dr. Saladino’s podcast   

196: Dr. Paul Saladino - The Story of Lineage Provisions

Cole Mannix, President and Founder of Old Salt Co-op, chats with Dr. Anthony Gustin about creating a vertically integrated pasture-to-plate ecosystem.   Cole’s meat company brings together ranchers to support land stewardship, fix the local food system in Montana, and make regenerative more sustainable.    They’ve integrated everything from processing, sourcing, distribution, and marketing to running their own farm-to-table restaurants.   Though his family’s been ranching in Montana’s Blackfoot Valley since the 1880s, Cole holds degrees in biology, philosophy, and theology and worked in wildlife and natural resource conservation.    His unique perspective makes for an interesting conversation. Tune in to hear Cole and Dr. Gustin discuss:   What inspired Cole to tackle this challenge   How the co-op works and whether it can be replicated   International food policies that harm US farmers and ranchers   Why it’s impossible to industrialize sustainable food production   The “impact” of cattle emissions on climate change   How solely plant-based farming devastates ecosystems    Why international meat costs less than domestic   Creating the seed oil-free Old Salt Outpost, a burger joint sending out tallow-cooked french fries   The Old Salt Festival, Outside magazine’s #2 ranked climate-forward festival     Resources mentioned in this episode:   Cole Mannix’s company: Old Salt Co-op    Outside magazine’s article: “9 Best Climate Forward Festivals in 2024“   Wendell Berry’s book:  The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture   E. F. Schumacher’s book:  Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered   Visit HVMN.com/AG to get 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQTM  

195: Cole Mannix - Vertically Integrating Pasture-To-Plate

Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author. She discusses how to combine ancestral knowledge and evidence-based prenatal nutrition to support healthy pregnancies with Dr. Anthony Gustin.   Lily’s first bestselling book, Real Food for Gestational Diabetes, dives into why a nutrient-dense, lower-carb approach works for women worried about or managing gestational diabetes.   Her second book, Real Food for Pregnancy, is the most comprehensive text on prenatal nutrition to date — with nearly 1,000 citations that challenge conventional prenatal nutrition guidelines and confirm what our ancestors have known for generations.   Tune into the episode to hear Lily and Dr. Gustin chat about:   What inspired Lily to take this path (in a roundabout way)   What’s wrong with the current prenatal/postnatal nutrition guidelines   Foods women should be adding/avoiding during pregnancy   How hormone changes may influence pregnancy cravings (and aversions)   The “interpregnancy interval” and how long to wait between kids   The best prenatal supplements to help cover nutrient gaps   Raw eggs, seafood, saunas, cold plunges, and more!     Resources mentioned in this episode:   Lily Nichols’ website: LilyNicholsRDN.com   Lily’s books:  Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition and  Real Food for Gestational Diabetes: An Effective Alternative to the Conventional Nutrition Approach   Lily’s Instagram: @LilyNicholsRDN    FullWell Prenatal Multivitamins and Seeking Health Prenatal Vitamins (for men and women)  Visit HVMN.com/AG to get 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ™ 

027: Paddy Spence - Cutting Out Sugar and Making Healthier Food Choices

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