Ben Greenfield

anxiety, like the ability to be able to manage stress.

So basically what that means is like, if you have a wicked diet Coke habit, you might, um, you know, uh, have kids who are more prone to anxiety.

Holy crap.

And who knows how many other things like we do on a daily basis that have this kind of effects.

I mean,

Everybody knows about like the Dutch famine type of effect where like if your grandparents or great-grandparents went through a time of starvation and lack of access to foods, you may be born with like a calorie conservation genetic pathway that predisposes you to obesity because your great-grandparents had to just like stock weight.

Everything.

I feel like I have that one because my grandparents were in Ireland.

There was a lot of that over there.

And in an era of 24-7 access to hyperpalatable foods, that doesn't really do you any favors.

I used to struggle to put on weight, man.

It was an issue.

People couldn't relate with me at all.

They have the opposite issue usually, but it sucked.

Yeah, yeah, it does.

I mean, like, it's kind of brutal, but it's almost like life isn't fair, right?

Those are the choices your parents made.

And so there's so many things to be grateful for.

But yeah, it is kind of interesting.

Those are the choices my parents made.