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The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#071 - Dr. Douglas Graham: Raw Vegan Diet, High Carb Low Fat (HCLF), Grains Vs Starches Vs Fruits, Diet Experimentation, 80/10/10, Caloric Density, Protein Needs, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/801010 2:35 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/PaleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:50 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 9:40 - Dr. Douglas Graham's Background 11:40 - An Apple A Day 13:05 - 500,000 Nutrients 14:25 - Intuitive Diet Changes 15:25 - Nutrient Interactions 16:00 - Going Vegetarian 17:05 - Connections Between Food And Allergies, Behavior, Athleticism, Etc 17:45 - Discovery of Raw Food 19:30 - Finding Benefits in Raw Diet 22:05 - Raw Food for Athleticism 23:25 - Looking at Macros For Long-Lived People 24:00 - Coining 80/10/10 26:50 - What is the Optimal Diet For Humans? 29:00 - Science of Nutrients in Plants 30:00 - Importance of Vitamin C  36:10 - Gorilla Diet Experiment 38:55 - Uptake Transport And Delivery Efficiency Of Glucose 45:00 - Evolutionary Changes in Diet 54:00 - Choosing or Not Choosing "Junk" 56:35 - Appreciating "Rules Of The Game" 58:15 - Creating Insulin Sensitivity In T1D 1:00:35 - Grains Vs Starches Vs Fruits 1:03:00 - Complex Carbohydrates 1:04:30 - Starch Digesting Enzymes 1:06:20 - Digestive Distress On 80/10/10 1:08:05 - The Problem with Stimulation 1:11:15 - Why Different Diets Work 1:21:00 - What Happens When You Heat Proteins 1:22:25 - Enzyme Resistant Protein Bonds 1:27:20 - Intermittent Fasting With 80/10/10 1:30:10 - Volume of Meals 1:33:00 - Expense of Food 1:33:20 - Alcohol 1:34:00 - Lies Within Nutritional "Science" 1:35:00 - Supplementation 1:37:15 - Anti-nutrients 1:39:25 - The Complexity of Health 1:40:30 - Experimentation and Trying 80/10/10 1:44:20 - Listening To Your Body Vs Food Addiction

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's been a bunch of studies really nailing fructose is a horrible thing to be avoided at all costs.

0:06.0

But if you actually read the studies, you find that all of them were done on high fructose corn syrup,

0:11.0

which is a completely different product than fructose.

0:14.0

You'll see that they mention we should be able to eat all the fruit we want.

0:18.0

Fruit is a good thing for us.

0:20.0

I don't find any restriction.

0:21.7

I just decided what consequences do I want to go after. And the consequences I want are health

0:27.3

and happiness. And when the light bulb went off, there was no shutting it down.

0:32.8

Welcome to the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast, where we meet the world's top experts to explore the secrets of health, mindset, longevity, and so much more.

0:44.7

Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack your life?

0:49.0

This show is for you.

0:50.9

Please keep in mind, we're not dispensing medical advice and are not responsible for any

0:55.9

outcomes you may experience from implementing the tactics lying here in. Are you ready? Let's do this.

1:04.3

Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking podcast. Friends, I am so excited about this episode.

1:10.6

While you guys know I don't personally

1:12.5

practice an entirely plant-based whole foods diet like Dr. Graham does, I am really, really

1:17.9

fascinated by the whole movement. There seem to be a lot of people really doing well on that

1:23.4

dietary approach. I do have my concerns about protein and some long-term nutritional issues just

1:29.3

from my own experience and based on conversations with people I've had like Rob Wolf, Dr. Ted

1:34.8

Naiman, some of the carnivore people, Paul Saladino. So yes, I know there's a lot of dietary

1:40.0

debate out there, but I myself, when I am not in my own Facebook group, which is IF BioHackers,

1:46.0

you all should join me there. When I'm not there, I'm typically oscillating back and forth,

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