The Jesse Chappus Show 145: Robb Wolf - You Can't Cheat On Your Diet • Wired To Eat • Is The Paleo Diet Right For Everyone?
Robb Wolf is the New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Solution – The Original Human Diet. He is a former research biochemist and one of the world's leading experts in Paleolithic nutrition. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast and wildly popular seminar series. He has a brand new book, Wired to Eat, which is the focus of today's interview.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How Robb's health was a mess 20 years ago
- Robb's experiment with a high carb, low fat, vegan diet
- How the paleo diet saved Robb's life
- Grains and legumes can be harmful to your gut
- How to enhance the digestibility of grains and legumes
- What to expect when making the switch to a paleo diet
- Carbs and the ancestral diet
- Is a low carb diet ideal for females?
- Low carb/ketogenic diets are great for reducing appetite
- Autoimmune paleo (AIP)/autoimmune protocol diet
- The fasting mimicking diet
- Is the paleo diet right for everyone, including kids?
- Kids need to chew to help develop their dental arch and sinuses
- Don't be a scale watcher
- The dark side of using a Fitbit
- You can't cheat on your diet
- Robb's 4 pillars of health
- Optimum foraging strategy
- Palate fatigue and how it's causing us to eat too much
- The kitchen sink ice cream challenge
- Short or disordered sleep makes us tend to want more food and refined foods
- Getting a full nights sleep isn't enough, you need to get to bed early too
- How Robb gets away with spending less than an hour a week at the gym
- The importance of community/socializing
- 2 things Robb does each morning to start the day off right
Related links:
Sunwarrior <== 20% off all Sunwarrior products & free shipping over $50 (US only)
Robb Wolf - Wired to Eat (book)
Follow Robb Wolf on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Robb Wolf - The Paleo Solution (book)
The Weston A. Price Foundation
Listen to Dr. Terry Wahls previously on TUHP (episode #120)
Adam Richman - Man v. Food (TV series)
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