WildFit: The Diet That Upgrades Your Health, Enhances Human Performance and Protects Against Diabetes with Eric Edmeades

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May 27, 2024

In this enlightening conversation, Eric Edmeades, an award-winning speaker and expert in nutritional anthropology, shares insights from the transformative WildFit program. He explores how the food industry shapes our eating habits and emphasizes the importance of consumer behavior change. Eric discusses seasonal eating and metabolic flexibility, advocating for a diet informed by our evolutionary history. He also addresses the challenges of diabetes and the critical role of proper nutrition over exercise, ultimately guiding listeners towards lasting health breakthroughs.

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Food Industry Incentives

The food industry's structure incentivizes profit maximization, sometimes at the expense of nutritional value.
Changing consumer behavior is crucial to drive positive change in the food industry.

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Sugar and Blood Glucose

The nutrition industry is prone to extremes, like demonizing sugar.
Occasional blood sugar spikes aren't inherently bad; metabolic flexibility matters more.

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Intuitive Eating and the Hadza

Listening to your body's food cues only works with a healthy diet.
The Hadza tribe demonstrates this by intuitively understanding how certain foods impact their energy levels.

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Angela is joined by nutritional expert, Eric Edmeades, who discusses his work with the WildFit nutrition program and the impact it has had on people's lives.

Eric explains his decision to write the book "Post-Diabetic" and the importance of making nutrition programs accessible. He delves into the influence of the food industry on health and the need for consumer behaviour change, as well as metabolic flexibility, seasonal eating, and the lifestyle of the Hadza people.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The WildFit program has shown significant results in terms of weight loss, diabetes reversal, and overall health improvement for participants.
Understanding the optimal human diet based on nutritional anthropology is crucial for achieving long-term health and well-being.
The WildFit program incorporates behavioural change dynamics to help individuals develop new habits and transform their relationship with food.
seasonal eating based on ancestral metabolic modes can lead to better metabolic flexibility and overall health outcomes.
While exercise is important, prioritising proper nutrition over exercise is key for achieving optimal health and body composition.

BEST MOMENTS

"I made the decision to go a different route, and that was to do multimedia, so that people could go through a long-term multimedia journey with me."

“You geared this at type one diabetics and reducing the amount of insulin."

"The issue is not whether or not sugar is bad. I would argue that there is bad sugar. No question about that, I would say."

"It's very interesting when you dial it back, I see the same as you, actually you see more fat loss and actually better body composition."

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Eric Edmeades is an award-winning international speaker, author, and pioneer in the field of evolutionary biology, nutritional anthropology, and behavioral change dynamics. He guides people towards profound and lasting health breakthroughs through science-based protocols that deliver results far beyond the ordinary. His achievements have also earned him an award from the Transformational Leadership Council: a panel of 150 of America’s top visionaries in health, wellness, and peak performance.

ABOUT THE HOST

Angela Foster is an award winning Nutritionist, Health & Performance Coach, Speaker and Host of the High Performance Health podcast. A former Corporate lawyer turned industry leader in biohacking and health optimisation for women, Angela has been featured in various media including Huff Post, Runners world, The Health Optimisation Summit, BrainTap, The Women’s Biohacking Conference, Livestrong & Natural Health Magazine.

Angela is the creator of BioSyncing®️ a blueprint for ambitious entrepreneurial women to biohack their health so they can 10X how they show up in their business and their family without burning out. Angela’s BioSyncing®️ Blueprint is currently closed. Click here to get on the waitlist.

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