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How CO2 is the Key to Obesity, Longevity, Metabolism, Wound Healing, and Mental Health

David Gornoski sits down with Steve Scott to discuss why we need Co2 more than we realize. Why does living at high altitudes reduce cancer and obesity risk? How does one know if they’re CO2 deficient? How should we breathe? Why should we watch out for cosmic radiation and PUFA? Carbogenetics website here.

Amber O’Hearn on Keto & Ray Peat’s Bioenergetics vs Metabolic Crisis

 Amber O’Hearn joins David Gornoski to talk about why red meat is important, why a high protein diet may not work for everyone, how our metabolism is being destroyed, solutions to impaired thyroid, whether people get aggressive from carnivore, and more. Check out Amber’s website here.

Ray Peat’s Bold Insights on High Altitude Health Benefits – Seed Oil Survival

David Gornoski explores Ray Peat’s observation on how living at high altitudes increases longevity and lessens the chances of cancer and obesity.

Seed Oil Survival: Are PUFAs Essential? Sugar vs Starch, Thoughts on Ray Peat with Tucker Goodrich

Tucker Goodrich returns to the show to look back at the Ray Peat bioenergetic paradigm while also addressing PUFA damage, qualms about Keto diet, whether Omega 6 should be avoided, sugar vs starch, and more. Read Tucker’s Substack here.

Seed Oil Survival: Suzanne Alexander Goes to Africa (Part 2)

Watch Part 1 here. Suzanne Alexander, co-author of the Ancestral Diet Revolution, picks up where she left off in her presentation of her recent and fascinating expedition to Africa. Among the dietary-centered topics, Suzanne also touches on lifestyle issues people struggle with in the West; wisdom gained from living among the Maasai and Sonjo peoples; […]

Seed Oil Survival: Brad Marshall on Low BCAA vs Ketogenic Solutions to Reductive Stress

David Gornoski is joined by Brad Marshall for a conversation on plastics in food, using emergence diet to move out of torpor, genetic vs metabolic solutions, low BCAA, saturated and unsaturated fats, keto solutions to reductive stress, starch and sugar consumption, and more. Check out Fire in a Bottle here.

Seed Oil Survival: Suzanne Alexander Goes to Africa

Suzanne Alexander returns to talk about her recent adventures in the African continent where she observed the ancestral diets of various tribes and how the food is affecting the health of these indigenous communities. How are processed foods and seed oils affecting these tribes? Do vegetable-based diets affect teeth negatively? What are the gender and […]

Seed Oil Survival: The Cellulite Scourge

David Gornoski sits down with Steve Arena for a discussion on the cause of the cellulite scourge and what we can do to remedy it. Why do skinny people have cellulite? Are flax seed oils healthy or is there something dangerous about them that we don’t know about? Are fish supplements healthy? Listen to the […]

Seed Oil Survival: Suzanne Alexander on Her Ancestral Diet Adventure

Suzanne Alexander returns to the show to talk about her experience of traveling through the Pacific islands. She gives us a look at what the indigenous people in these regions are eating and whether they are benefiting from their traditional diet. First, Suzanne describes the sweet potato diet of the Dani Tribe, and then she […]

Seed Oil Survival: Tucker Goodrich on Gallbladder Issues, Plaque Formation

David Gornoski is joined by Tucker Goodrich for a conversation on why gallbladder removal is one of the most common surgeries in America, what would solve this gallbladder problem, whether fat consumption is to blame, what causes plaque buildup, why obesity spiked in Japan, why we are becoming incapable of handling stress, the importance of […]