Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
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If I want to actually pull a lever that can impact a person's health, really the most powerful lever is going to be the one that's a combination of a powerful tool that simultaneously they're not doing. So I think there's diminishing returns that exist where if a person's already exercising heavily, you can tweak those approaches. You can make them better. You can make them more efficient.
But you're not going to get the benefits that you would get in the way that you would if you take a person who's sitting on the couch and you get them up and moving. So I think that's a big part of also sort of laying the framework of the way that I approach these things is that people are not eating plants. The average American is 10% plant-based. People are not eating plants.
But you're not going to get the benefits that you would get in the way that you would if you take a person who's sitting on the couch and you get them up and moving. So I think that's a big part of also sort of laying the framework of the way that I approach these things is that people are not eating plants. The average American is 10% plant-based. People are not eating plants.
But you're not going to get the benefits that you would get in the way that you would if you take a person who's sitting on the couch and you get them up and moving. So I think that's a big part of also sort of laying the framework of the way that I approach these things is that people are not eating plants. The average American is 10% plant-based. People are not eating plants.
People are not consuming fiber. And here are these foods that have an opportunity to really power our health. And it doesn't need to go from 10% to 100%. It could go from 10% to 60% or 70%. And I'm in a super good place because I think you're going to feel the benefit from that regard.
People are not consuming fiber. And here are these foods that have an opportunity to really power our health. And it doesn't need to go from 10% to 100%. It could go from 10% to 60% or 70%. And I'm in a super good place because I think you're going to feel the benefit from that regard.
People are not consuming fiber. And here are these foods that have an opportunity to really power our health. And it doesn't need to go from 10% to 100%. It could go from 10% to 60% or 70%. And I'm in a super good place because I think you're going to feel the benefit from that regard.
Yeah, well, so I think the big issue is that medical education is completely disconnected from diet and lifestyle. And I think part of the reason why this happens is that medical education happens inside of a hospital.
Yeah, well, so I think the big issue is that medical education is completely disconnected from diet and lifestyle. And I think part of the reason why this happens is that medical education happens inside of a hospital.
Yeah, well, so I think the big issue is that medical education is completely disconnected from diet and lifestyle. And I think part of the reason why this happens is that medical education happens inside of a hospital.
where you meet a person for the first time, they're acutely ill, they're so severely ill that they need to be hospitalized in order for you to get them reoriented and back on track. And in that particular moment, that's not where your focus is. Your focus is on medications.
where you meet a person for the first time, they're acutely ill, they're so severely ill that they need to be hospitalized in order for you to get them reoriented and back on track. And in that particular moment, that's not where your focus is. Your focus is on medications.
where you meet a person for the first time, they're acutely ill, they're so severely ill that they need to be hospitalized in order for you to get them reoriented and back on track. And in that particular moment, that's not where your focus is. Your focus is on medications.
What are the medications that I can use on this person who's acutely ill for me to get them back on track, out of the hospital, back home and healing? So I understand why medical education is structured the way that it is. But the problem is it's a total failure in terms of our goal of having a healthier America.
What are the medications that I can use on this person who's acutely ill for me to get them back on track, out of the hospital, back home and healing? So I understand why medical education is structured the way that it is. But the problem is it's a total failure in terms of our goal of having a healthier America.
What are the medications that I can use on this person who's acutely ill for me to get them back on track, out of the hospital, back home and healing? So I understand why medical education is structured the way that it is. But the problem is it's a total failure in terms of our goal of having a healthier America.
Because at the end of the day, we have completely missed the opportunity to prevent the person from ending up in the hospital in the first place. And how can we have a healthcare system that doesn't care about your health until you're actually diseased? That's insane. And in medical school, the amount of nutrition that we're taught
Because at the end of the day, we have completely missed the opportunity to prevent the person from ending up in the hospital in the first place. And how can we have a healthcare system that doesn't care about your health until you're actually diseased? That's insane. And in medical school, the amount of nutrition that we're taught
Because at the end of the day, we have completely missed the opportunity to prevent the person from ending up in the hospital in the first place. And how can we have a healthcare system that doesn't care about your health until you're actually diseased? That's insane. And in medical school, the amount of nutrition that we're taught
So you have to keep in mind, here I am, it's 2025, and I was in medical school from 2002 until 2006. In 2003, I had two weeks of nutrition education. And that was not how do I talk to a patient about what they should eat in order to improve diabetes or to improve their blood pressure, whatever it may be, or to lose weight.