Episode #266

Rich Roll

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Rich Roll reflects on recovering from addiction, transforming his health through exercise and plant-based nutrition, and becoming an ultramarathoner who completed the Ultraman. He and Joe Rogan discuss diet, endurance training, heart disease, agriculture, technology, and unconventional paths to success and well-being.

What they talked about

  • Rich Roll's transition from out-of-shape lawyer to endurance athlete
  • Plant-based diet and its effects on health and performance
  • Comparison of vegan vs. paleo diets
  • Gut microbiome and food cravings
  • Industrial farming and animal welfare
  • Endurance training methods and heart rate monitoring
  • Persistence hunting theory of human evolution
  • Bee communication and colony behavior

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