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The Jay Ferruggia Show

#113: Optimizing Gut Health & Digestion With Wade Lightheart

The Jay Ferruggia Show

Jay Ferruggia

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🗓️ 8 September 2016

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, vegan natural bodybuilder, Wade Lightheart, joins me to discuss all things performance, health, and nutrition.

Wade is a world renowned expert in digestive health, muscle building, and high performance training.

Tune in to hear us discuss the protein myth, probiotics, digestive enzymes, and the path to a life of supreme health.

0:00 An introduction today’s topics including gut health, the protein myth, and his awesome digestive enzymes product.

3:35: How Wade’s start in fitness and nutrition happened in the back of a barn

6:17: What training mistakes did Wade make that he still sees today?

9:29: The psychological benefits of having a coach

10:32: The whackiest diets Wade and I have ever followed and our experiences as vegans and vegetarians

18:39: The often overlooked benefit of a plant based diet

23:16: An overview of Wade’s current diet and his current thoughts onthe importance of gut health

28:46: The downsides of antibiotics as a medicine and a component of our foods

32:47: Wade’s lifestyle approach to counting calories and manipulating his body composition

33:40: Dissecting the protein myth and understanding the importance of enzymes in protein synthesis

42:05: The nutrition supplement that, regardless of what the research says, gets the best results in real life.

45:33: The benefits of supplementing with enzymes and probiotics, including anti-inflammatory effects

53:29: What’s the best diet for mental clarity and how can you customize a personal nutrition protocol?

56:43: What are the downsides of too much fat or a ketogenic diet?

1:00:10: Wade’s fasting strategies to boost his health and longevity and how you can try them yourself

1:03:25: What’s the low level of fat intake where hormone problems start to occur?

1:08:21: What to look for in a digestive enzyme product and why they work

1:14:09: How to identify the optimal probiotic supplement

For more from Wade, be sure to check out his website at www.WadeLightheart.net

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If you have questions, shoot them my way on Twitter (@JasonFerruggia) or email [email protected]

Thank you for tuning in, subscribing, and listening. I appreciate every one of you that takes the time to listen.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Yeah, baby. We are back with another episode and I want to thank you guys for

0:16.4

tuning in. I hope you're having a great day or night or morning, whatever time

0:20.0

it may be, while you're listening to my lovely voice. In this episode I discuss a lot of

0:26.6

interesting things about nutrition, digestion, the high protein myth, all that good stuff

0:31.4

with a man named Wade Lighthart who's the only vegetarian to ever compete in both the I.

0:36.6

V. Mr. Universe and the natural Mr. Olympia.

0:39.6

Now a lot of times people hear the word vegetarian and they get scared because they think that's

0:43.6

what the whole thing is going to be.

0:45.1

We are not just pushing a vegetarian diet in this episode.

0:49.4

Weight is totally open to consuming animal products and the benefits that it can have

0:53.9

that's just a personal decision he made which he will explain to you how he

0:57.2

came to that but we do of course discuss the importance of including a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables and whatnot in your diet

1:07.3

and the difference that can have in your overall health and digestion and lowering your

1:11.5

inflammation and just feeling better overall. So we'll get into

1:15.0

you know a lot of discussion about digestion, the high protein myth, the importance of

1:20.6

enzymes and probiotics which Wade feels are probably two of the most important

1:25.3

supplements out there and really more beneficial than any kind of body building crap or anything like that.

1:33.0

It could really make a huge difference in your life and how you feel, how you perform, your immune system.

1:37.0

So Wade believes in these so much that he formulated some of the highest quality enzymes and probiotics out there, and I was lucky enough to try those

1:44.6

I think it's been two years now that Wade sent me some so Jen and I started using them

1:50.3

about two years ago and we definitely noticed a difference.

1:53.6

There's been very few supplements over the last 20 plus years that I have actually

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