I've been thinking a lot about the phrases and thoughts I hear repeated often that are simply not tied to any evidence of truth. So, in this episode, I hope to maybe offer a little bit of insight on just a few of the things people let hold them back daily. 

A few examples I talk about are:
"I can't workout because my knees are 'bad'"
"I've not been feeling well, but I eat a lot of vegetables and drink kombucha so it can't be food related."
"I can't do curls because I have weak wrists."
"I'm clinically diagnosed with anxiety and depression, so exercise or food won't help."

The problem with these thought patterns and taglines I hear so often, is they have blatant disregard for the incredible capabilities that our bodies have to not just heal in amazing ways, but to completely go beyond what we would consider our usual limits and abilities. The human body is a complex machine, but I promise you, there is (almost) always a way to improve and often reverse your situation from whatever ailment or "diagnosis" you might receive.

In this episode I explore the heated ongoing debate that I hear all too often. Is fruit just the same as processed sugar at the end of the day?

After a deep dive and hours of research, I am convinced that fruit does NOT effect us in the same ways that simple processed sugars do, and in this episode, I review a few studies that suggest this. One of them actually looks at the insulin resistance and glucose regulation in diabetic patients over 4 years, and has some pretty amazing results.

Take the dive with me on this topic and let me know what you think. If you feel like I've overlooked some more important research, feel free to send it my way!

In this episode, I wanted to dive deeper on what I believe is one of the greatest detriments to our human health. This topic is slowly become more engrained in the health and wellness community, but I'm on a mission to bring this to the public as much as possible to hopefully help some people take control of their health. Seed oils are a relatively new part of our human diet, and it has recently become recognized as a major issue for many reasons. In this discussion, I explore the following topics:

When did seed oils become introduced to our population?
Why are they so harmful to our health?
How are they produced?

I also discuss how Procter and Gamble was the company that overturned the legal label of "toxic waste" that seed oils had in the 1870's when they wanted to use their byproducts to make soap, and eventually in the 1940's they paid the American Heart Association off with 1.5 million dollars to produce studies that touted the health benefits of seed oil consumption in spite of the evidence showing quite the opposite.

I wanted to go back to basics for this episode and discuss one of the first problems I learned about in my younger years. The FDA has had a history of loose laws around the labeling of our foods, and as one might imagine, corporate incentives have motivated companies to take advantages of those loopholes. Things like "All Natural", "Heart healthy", or "Superfoods" on labels often tend to give people incorrect assumptions about those particular products and what they contain. I decided to take a deeper dive into our Public Medical database and see what kind of information had been presented by doctors and scientists on the matter, and I was not surprised to find that it is a very defunct subject that needs much attention if we want to make our society a healthier place both physically, and mentally. 

In this episode I decided to look at some recent research from the past few years which is confirming what many have suspected for decades. The idea that our gut health is directly related to our mental health is starting to take root, and proving to be more substantial than previously perceived. This evidence is exciting because it may present a clear path to healing people from "mental illnesses" by simply healing their gut. Take a ride with me while I first visit the corruption in our food industry, and then discuss this new and exciting evidence.

If you missed episode 22 : Misleading Diet Fads, I'd recommend checking that episode out first! This is a continuation following up on the information I shared in that episode, and further investigating the mechanisms of the diets and foods I spoke about. In this episode, I mainly discuss the misleading information about vegan diets and "Detox cleanses," both of which are heavily promoted in today's diet cultures, and both of which carry potential dangers and false claims. I wanted to use the best medical sources I could find to present this information, and investigate things like polyphenols (source of antioxidants), Phytic acid, oxalates, and more.

Elmer Little was my cohost on a podcast called Kontraband that we had two plus years ago. We decided to do a zoom meeting and catch up for a bit about his new life in Northern California! We talk about our different experiences with the pandemic, his new firefighting career, and we chat about martial arts and jiu jitsu! 

Welcome to 2022! After some time off I decided to redirect the podcast to be more nutrition based, and we'll still be having other guests on, and talking about all the same things but I want the health and wellness portion to be the bigger focus here. So this episode I decided to look into some of the trendier diets that we see come in and out of the media and public eye, and discuss what things might be good, or sometimes dangerous about them. The next episode will break down more of the research behind these ideas and why I'm saying what I'm saying.

I had Nick Pauly (bass for Red Sage, marketing wiz, producer) on again and our guitar player Stephen Hashbarger (Hashtones, Step Beats).
We had a 2 plus hour episode over the weekend discussing everything from our new music coming soon, to the state of our world today and some of the lesser talked about topics. We also listened to our new single as a group and talked about our experience recording it. Some of it was serious, and some of it was just being silly and enjoying ourselves. 

I rambled a bit in this episode, but it was with good reason. A lot has happened in three weeks since our last episode so I spent time getting people updated on our new single release, new strange facts about food and nutrition that I've been learning, and my current take on where our world is in regards to the atmospheres of society around the globe.