Dr. Peter Diamandis

But let's break them down. First on diet, if you think about your body, your genetics, what powers you...

But let's break them down. First on diet, if you think about your body, your genetics, what powers you...

evolved 200 000 years ago on the savannas of africa and our dna has not changed very much in 200 000 years and back then uh two things were true number one there was no sugar in the environment you had some small amount of natural fruits there was no refined sugar and the second was there you know feeding was intermediate um there was no defined gluttony of food consistently we didn't have whole foods or or mcdonald's and so um

evolved 200 000 years ago on the savannas of africa and our dna has not changed very much in 200 000 years and back then uh two things were true number one there was no sugar in the environment you had some small amount of natural fruits there was no refined sugar and the second was there you know feeding was intermediate um there was no defined gluttony of food consistently we didn't have whole foods or or mcdonald's and so um

evolved 200 000 years ago on the savannas of africa and our dna has not changed very much in 200 000 years and back then uh two things were true number one there was no sugar in the environment you had some small amount of natural fruits there was no refined sugar and the second was there you know feeding was intermediate um there was no defined gluttony of food consistently we didn't have whole foods or or mcdonald's and so um

Today, what I tell people, if you want to go on the diet front, what you can do for yourself, number one, it's cut out this poison called sugar. Refined sugar is a neuroinflammatory, a cardiac inflammatory. We just did a study at Fountain Life in which we looked at cardiac disease as a function of a bunch of things like LDL, HDL, triglycerides, LP little a, all these things you hear about.

Today, what I tell people, if you want to go on the diet front, what you can do for yourself, number one, it's cut out this poison called sugar. Refined sugar is a neuroinflammatory, a cardiac inflammatory. We just did a study at Fountain Life in which we looked at cardiac disease as a function of a bunch of things like LDL, HDL, triglycerides, LP little a, all these things you hear about.

Today, what I tell people, if you want to go on the diet front, what you can do for yourself, number one, it's cut out this poison called sugar. Refined sugar is a neuroinflammatory, a cardiac inflammatory. We just did a study at Fountain Life in which we looked at cardiac disease as a function of a bunch of things like LDL, HDL, triglycerides, LP little a, all these things you hear about.

And the number one correlant to heart disease was none of those things. It was your hemoglobin A1C. It was what was your average blood glucose levels over the last three months. And so sugar correlates with heart disease. It also correlates with obviously diabetes and correlates with neurodegenerative disease. So can you minimize that first and foremost? And- It takes a while. Sugar is addictive.

And the number one correlant to heart disease was none of those things. It was your hemoglobin A1C. It was what was your average blood glucose levels over the last three months. And so sugar correlates with heart disease. It also correlates with obviously diabetes and correlates with neurodegenerative disease. So can you minimize that first and foremost? And- It takes a while. Sugar is addictive.

And the number one correlant to heart disease was none of those things. It was your hemoglobin A1C. It was what was your average blood glucose levels over the last three months. And so sugar correlates with heart disease. It also correlates with obviously diabetes and correlates with neurodegenerative disease. So can you minimize that first and foremost? And- It takes a while. Sugar is addictive.

But I've trained myself to minimize that in my diet. We actually ran a no sugar challenge for 22 days that a friend of mine, Guillermo Navarrete, ran for my abundance community. And if you do it as a group, it's a lot easier to do. Whole plants, of course, everybody talks about whole plants. It is true. I'm not going to go plant versus animal protein.

But I've trained myself to minimize that in my diet. We actually ran a no sugar challenge for 22 days that a friend of mine, Guillermo Navarrete, ran for my abundance community. And if you do it as a group, it's a lot easier to do. Whole plants, of course, everybody talks about whole plants. It is true. I'm not going to go plant versus animal protein.

But I've trained myself to minimize that in my diet. We actually ran a no sugar challenge for 22 days that a friend of mine, Guillermo Navarrete, ran for my abundance community. And if you do it as a group, it's a lot easier to do. Whole plants, of course, everybody talks about whole plants. It is true. I'm not going to go plant versus animal protein.

I mean, minimizing sugar, whole plants, even the order which you eat your food, right? So when you're sitting down at your plate, at lunch or dinner, eat the vegetables first, which is the fiber going through your stomach and small intestines. It slows it down. It allows you to absorb nutrients. Eat your protein next. And then eat your carbs last, if you have room.

I mean, minimizing sugar, whole plants, even the order which you eat your food, right? So when you're sitting down at your plate, at lunch or dinner, eat the vegetables first, which is the fiber going through your stomach and small intestines. It slows it down. It allows you to absorb nutrients. Eat your protein next. And then eat your carbs last, if you have room.

I mean, minimizing sugar, whole plants, even the order which you eat your food, right? So when you're sitting down at your plate, at lunch or dinner, eat the vegetables first, which is the fiber going through your stomach and small intestines. It slows it down. It allows you to absorb nutrients. Eat your protein next. And then eat your carbs last, if you have room.

Just doing that alone will flatten your insulin curve and help you lose weight. Anyway, I mean, those are just a few small fundamentals.

Just doing that alone will flatten your insulin curve and help you lose weight. Anyway, I mean, those are just a few small fundamentals.

Just doing that alone will flatten your insulin curve and help you lose weight. Anyway, I mean, those are just a few small fundamentals.