Paul Saladino

Because in your gut, in your intestines, you need glucose and fructose together for these to be absorbed properly. This is what we've always done as humans. We never... There's no fructose tree, right? You can't just go out and consume pure fructose.

Because in your gut, in your intestines, you need glucose and fructose together for these to be absorbed properly. This is what we've always done as humans. We never... There's no fructose tree, right? You can't just go out and consume pure fructose.

But in so many studies with fructose, they will give animals or humans pure fructose, and that gets malabsorbed, meaning more of it stays in the gut, and then you get this problem again, which is dysbiosis. So, so many things that we are eating are assailing our gut microbiome and changing the balance there.

But in so many studies with fructose, they will give animals or humans pure fructose, and that gets malabsorbed, meaning more of it stays in the gut, and then you get this problem again, which is dysbiosis. So, so many things that we are eating are assailing our gut microbiome and changing the balance there.

I think the food dyes are a good place to start. And I think that, you know, again, right at this moment, we're really hitting the intersection of health policy and business. And that's a tough one because I don't really think anything here on the table is healthy. So if you're doing these things, you are certainly negatively impacting your body. Now, What's the relative effect of that?

I think the food dyes are a good place to start. And I think that, you know, again, right at this moment, we're really hitting the intersection of health policy and business. And that's a tough one because I don't really think anything here on the table is healthy. So if you're doing these things, you are certainly negatively impacting your body. Now, What's the relative effect of that?

Could you drink this twice a week and be okay? Probably, but it's cumulative, right? So if you're drinking vitamin water, you're probably also drinking a Monster a few times a week, and then you're probably eating Chips Ahoy once or twice. I'm not passing judgment. I'm just trying to paint a picture.

Could you drink this twice a week and be okay? Probably, but it's cumulative, right? So if you're drinking vitamin water, you're probably also drinking a Monster a few times a week, and then you're probably eating Chips Ahoy once or twice. I'm not passing judgment. I'm just trying to paint a picture.

You might be eating Pringles two or three times a week, and you're maybe cooking with seed oils or going to Chick-fil-A, which cooks in seed oils. You might be getting takeout one day a week from a Chinese restaurant. that cooks in soybean oil. So you see this is all cumulative. So any one of these things, could you eat two Oreos a week and probably not impact your quality of life? Yeah.

You might be eating Pringles two or three times a week, and you're maybe cooking with seed oils or going to Chick-fil-A, which cooks in seed oils. You might be getting takeout one day a week from a Chinese restaurant. that cooks in soybean oil. So you see this is all cumulative. So any one of these things, could you eat two Oreos a week and probably not impact your quality of life? Yeah.

But at some point, it's all cumulative. And all of these things contain ingredients, especially the seed oils, which accumulate in our bodies. Some of these things contain ingredients that transiently affect our gut flora. But at some level, if you're consistently eating ultra-processed food with ingredients that

But at some point, it's all cumulative. And all of these things contain ingredients, especially the seed oils, which accumulate in our bodies. Some of these things contain ingredients that transiently affect our gut flora. But at some level, if you're consistently eating ultra-processed food with ingredients that

your lineage would not recognize from two or three generations ago, great grandmothers, you're essentially tonically, consistently affecting your physiology negatively.

your lineage would not recognize from two or three generations ago, great grandmothers, you're essentially tonically, consistently affecting your physiology negatively.

So the interesting answer to this question is it's holistic, right? You kind of have to back up. And I can try and brainstorm in the moment and tell you what I would do if I needed more energy. But it's also, you said you come back from lunch and you're crashing. So I'm going to ask you, what did you eat for breakfast and what did you eat for lunch?

So the interesting answer to this question is it's holistic, right? You kind of have to back up. And I can try and brainstorm in the moment and tell you what I would do if I needed more energy. But it's also, you said you come back from lunch and you're crashing. So I'm going to ask you, what did you eat for breakfast and what did you eat for lunch?

Because sometimes it's what you want to do for energy and sometimes it's things you should not be doing earlier in the day that are affecting your energy negatively. So the first thing I would say is how well did you sleep the night before, right? How much blue light did you have on your phone? How much TV did you watch? How long were you scrolling?

Because sometimes it's what you want to do for energy and sometimes it's things you should not be doing earlier in the day that are affecting your energy negatively. So the first thing I would say is how well did you sleep the night before, right? How much blue light did you have on your phone? How much TV did you watch? How long were you scrolling?

How much did you completely disrupt your circadian rhythm before you went to sleep? How dark is your bedroom? Is it really dark? Or is it a lot of lights in which are changing your sleep quality? Because if you have a bad night of sleep, and again, you start to see that this really is all connected. Everything is connected here. It's hard to say this one thing is the answer.

How much did you completely disrupt your circadian rhythm before you went to sleep? How dark is your bedroom? Is it really dark? Or is it a lot of lights in which are changing your sleep quality? Because if you have a bad night of sleep, and again, you start to see that this really is all connected. Everything is connected here. It's hard to say this one thing is the answer.