Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
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soups like what's better than like a hearty minestrone right where you could literally throw 12 or 15 different plants in there if you wanted to and the cooking of it because it's slow cooked it's very easy for your body to digest that And you're still getting tons of benefits from that. There's no loss of benefit there. And then like sauces. We're a big fan in our house.
We go to Costco and we get Rao's, Rao's tomato sauce. And I never thought that I would be someone enthusiastic about paying $8 to $10 a jar for sauce. But to me, it's worth it. And you set that up on the stove and then you just kind of figure out, like, what do you want to throw in there? Right. Tomato sauce by itself is nice.
We go to Costco and we get Rao's, Rao's tomato sauce. And I never thought that I would be someone enthusiastic about paying $8 to $10 a jar for sauce. But to me, it's worth it. And you set that up on the stove and then you just kind of figure out, like, what do you want to throw in there? Right. Tomato sauce by itself is nice.
We go to Costco and we get Rao's, Rao's tomato sauce. And I never thought that I would be someone enthusiastic about paying $8 to $10 a jar for sauce. But to me, it's worth it. And you set that up on the stove and then you just kind of figure out, like, what do you want to throw in there? Right. Tomato sauce by itself is nice.
Tomato sauce that basically you've thrown in six different plants, including garlic and onions, maybe some maybe some spinach, mushrooms. peppers. Like there's so many options of what you could put in that sauce and it cooks it down. It makes it delicious. It adds flavor, right? The addition is to your benefit on so many levels.
Tomato sauce that basically you've thrown in six different plants, including garlic and onions, maybe some maybe some spinach, mushrooms. peppers. Like there's so many options of what you could put in that sauce and it cooks it down. It makes it delicious. It adds flavor, right? The addition is to your benefit on so many levels.
Tomato sauce that basically you've thrown in six different plants, including garlic and onions, maybe some maybe some spinach, mushrooms. peppers. Like there's so many options of what you could put in that sauce and it cooks it down. It makes it delicious. It adds flavor, right? The addition is to your benefit on so many levels.
How are you eating that sauce? Yeah. So we'll do like in our house, we'll do an organic whole wheat pasta, but like Rio's tomato sauce is so versatile. You could throw that over anything. You could throw it over your quinoa, your white rice, your sorghum. You could throw it and you probably could throw it over your steak if you wanted to, like whatever you want. Yeah.
How are you eating that sauce? Yeah. So we'll do like in our house, we'll do an organic whole wheat pasta, but like Rio's tomato sauce is so versatile. You could throw that over anything. You could throw it over your quinoa, your white rice, your sorghum. You could throw it and you probably could throw it over your steak if you wanted to, like whatever you want. Yeah.
How are you eating that sauce? Yeah. So we'll do like in our house, we'll do an organic whole wheat pasta, but like Rio's tomato sauce is so versatile. You could throw that over anything. You could throw it over your quinoa, your white rice, your sorghum. You could throw it and you probably could throw it over your steak if you wanted to, like whatever you want. Yeah.
Well, I love to take a fantastic dump, so that's part of it. Don't we all? Yeah, exactly, exactly. But as a gastroenterologist, I'm the one who is given the professional freedom to actually go out and talk about it. Yeah, it's beautiful. Yeah, it's a great thing. It's liberating. You know what? I think that there's actually like, this is an interesting story. So let's talk about this for a moment.
Well, I love to take a fantastic dump, so that's part of it. Don't we all? Yeah, exactly, exactly. But as a gastroenterologist, I'm the one who is given the professional freedom to actually go out and talk about it. Yeah, it's beautiful. Yeah, it's a great thing. It's liberating. You know what? I think that there's actually like, this is an interesting story. So let's talk about this for a moment.
Well, I love to take a fantastic dump, so that's part of it. Don't we all? Yeah, exactly, exactly. But as a gastroenterologist, I'm the one who is given the professional freedom to actually go out and talk about it. Yeah, it's beautiful. Yeah, it's a great thing. It's liberating. You know what? I think that there's actually like, this is an interesting story. So let's talk about this for a moment.
Yeah, for sure. Because so. For those of you who are meeting me for the first time, this story really started in roughly 2012 for me, where I was 32 years old. I was well into my medical training, but still in my training. So I spent 16 years total, including college all the way through to the finish line in order to become a board-certified gastroenterologist. So, and I was 50 pounds overweight.
Yeah, for sure. Because so. For those of you who are meeting me for the first time, this story really started in roughly 2012 for me, where I was 32 years old. I was well into my medical training, but still in my training. So I spent 16 years total, including college all the way through to the finish line in order to become a board-certified gastroenterologist. So, and I was 50 pounds overweight.
Yeah, for sure. Because so. For those of you who are meeting me for the first time, this story really started in roughly 2012 for me, where I was 32 years old. I was well into my medical training, but still in my training. So I spent 16 years total, including college all the way through to the finish line in order to become a board-certified gastroenterologist. So, and I was 50 pounds overweight.
I mentioned earlier, like I played soccer, I played three sports in high school, right? So I was an athlete, but here I am. And I was 50 pounds overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. I was anxious, depressed. And even though on paper, everything was going my way in real life, I was like basically had extremely low self-esteem.
I mentioned earlier, like I played soccer, I played three sports in high school, right? So I was an athlete, but here I am. And I was 50 pounds overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. I was anxious, depressed. And even though on paper, everything was going my way in real life, I was like basically had extremely low self-esteem.
I mentioned earlier, like I played soccer, I played three sports in high school, right? So I was an athlete, but here I am. And I was 50 pounds overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. I was anxious, depressed. And even though on paper, everything was going my way in real life, I was like basically had extremely low self-esteem.
So I was struggling and I knew I was struggling and I needed to fix this and I needed to figure out. All right. And so what I did being at this time, single in my early thirties, being a dude, I went to the gym and I started doing like really quite intense workouts where I would like basically smash the weights for 45 minutes. And then if it was cold, then I would run.