Episode #842
Chris Kresser
Books mentioned
Dead Doctors Don't Lie
Mentioned by Chris Kresser · at 01:24:52
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Chris Kresser, an investigative medicine educator and Paleo diet advocate, joins Joe Rogan to examine ancestral nutrition, diet and lifestyle, gut health, weight loss, and functional medicine. They also discuss research limitations, pharmaceutical incentives, veganism, food production, and the interpretation of LDL particles, saturated fat, cholesterol, and statin use.
What they talked about
- Baggage of the term 'paleo'
- Problems with symptom-treating medicine vs. root causes
- Big Pharma's influence and direct-to-consumer advertising
- Gut health, microbiome, and leaky gut
- Flaws in scientific research and peer review
- Nutritional challenges of vegan/vegetarian diets
- Ethical and environmental considerations of eating meat
- Saturated fat, cholesterol, and heart disease myths
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