Dr. David Perlmutter
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And it's really, I think, the fundamental of the so-called paleo movement that we really need to respect our paleolithic genome and give it the signals that we can control that it wants in order to keep us healthy and allow us to survive, allow us to procreate, and allow us to be disease resistant.
And it's really, I think, the fundamental of the so-called paleo movement that we really need to respect our paleolithic genome and give it the signals that we can control that it wants in order to keep us healthy and allow us to survive, allow us to procreate, and allow us to be disease resistant.
And it's really, I think, the fundamental of the so-called paleo movement that we really need to respect our paleolithic genome and give it the signals that we can control that it wants in order to keep us healthy and allow us to survive, allow us to procreate, and allow us to be disease resistant.
It's such an important point because so many times when people... whether they're in the wellness world or they're just somebody who's just trying to live their best life. This is not an area they study. They may not be listening to this podcast. Anybody who's dealing with extra fat on their body and has struggled with it for a while feels that their body is working against them.
It's such an important point because so many times when people... whether they're in the wellness world or they're just somebody who's just trying to live their best life. This is not an area they study. They may not be listening to this podcast. Anybody who's dealing with extra fat on their body and has struggled with it for a while feels that their body is working against them.
It's such an important point because so many times when people... whether they're in the wellness world or they're just somebody who's just trying to live their best life. This is not an area they study. They may not be listening to this podcast. Anybody who's dealing with extra fat on their body and has struggled with it for a while feels that their body is working against them.
They feel that there's something wrong with them. They feel like even some cases I've heard people – go to an extreme and feel like their body is almost punishing them. And what you're really highlighting here is that your body is doing exactly what it was designed to do. It's just, we're giving it the wrong signals.
They feel that there's something wrong with them. They feel like even some cases I've heard people – go to an extreme and feel like their body is almost punishing them. And what you're really highlighting here is that your body is doing exactly what it was designed to do. It's just, we're giving it the wrong signals.
They feel that there's something wrong with them. They feel like even some cases I've heard people – go to an extreme and feel like their body is almost punishing them. And what you're really highlighting here is that your body is doing exactly what it was designed to do. It's just, we're giving it the wrong signals.
It's constantly preparing for winter based on the way that we're eating, living, and going about our modern lives. It reminds me of a story that I was, uh, hiking up in a glacier national park, um, up in Montana, near and by the border of Canada. And I was with a guide, and she was like, you know, there's this really cool edible berry that I want to show you. And it was about...
It's constantly preparing for winter based on the way that we're eating, living, and going about our modern lives. It reminds me of a story that I was, uh, hiking up in a glacier national park, um, up in Montana, near and by the border of Canada. And I was with a guide, and she was like, you know, there's this really cool edible berry that I want to show you. And it was about...
It's constantly preparing for winter based on the way that we're eating, living, and going about our modern lives. It reminds me of a story that I was, uh, hiking up in a glacier national park, um, up in Montana, near and by the border of Canada. And I was with a guide, and she was like, you know, there's this really cool edible berry that I want to show you. And it was about...
end of September, getting ready for snow season, October up there, especially at higher elevation. She said, let's go through this path over here. We went to that path and the berry bushes were there, but all the berries were gone. She's like, oh, the bears actually came in and must have eaten all the berries. They're getting ready for hibernation.
end of September, getting ready for snow season, October up there, especially at higher elevation. She said, let's go through this path over here. We went to that path and the berry bushes were there, but all the berries were gone. She's like, oh, the bears actually came in and must have eaten all the berries. They're getting ready for hibernation.
end of September, getting ready for snow season, October up there, especially at higher elevation. She said, let's go through this path over here. We went to that path and the berry bushes were there, but all the berries were gone. She's like, oh, the bears actually came in and must have eaten all the berries. They're getting ready for hibernation.
So they're eating as much fruit as possible because they're going to go hibernate over the winter. And so they need to store all that fat. And so in that same way, we're going around in our diet and
So they're eating as much fruit as possible because they're going to go hibernate over the winter. And so they need to store all that fat. And so in that same way, we're going around in our diet and
So they're eating as much fruit as possible because they're going to go hibernate over the winter. And so they need to store all that fat. And so in that same way, we're going around in our diet and
Between the grains that we're eating, the fructose that's in our diet, the severe blood sugar dysregulation, the overproduction of insulin, we are telling our body winter is coming and we better get ready. You know, one of the things that I'm sure you've seen this too with a lot of people that follow your book, blood sugar...
Between the grains that we're eating, the fructose that's in our diet, the severe blood sugar dysregulation, the overproduction of insulin, we are telling our body winter is coming and we better get ready. You know, one of the things that I'm sure you've seen this too with a lot of people that follow your book, blood sugar...