183 - From Chronic Disease to Food Freedom w/ Brian Sanders

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Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In today’s episode, Brian shares his personal journey from being a mechanical engineer to becoming a leading voice in the health and food industry. After losing both his parents to chronic diseases and experiencing his own health transformation by changing his diet, Brian embarked on a mission to uncover the truth about our food system. Key Topics Discussed: Brian's Personal Health Journey: Learn how Brian's background in mechanical engineering and root cause thinking led him to question government dietary guidelines and discover the lies behind them. The Making of "Food Lies": Brian gives us an inside look at his seven-year journey creating the "Food Lies" documentary series, which aims to educate people about real nutrition and debunk common food myths. Processed Foods vs. Whole Foods: Understand the real battle in our diets—it's not about plants vs. animals, but processed foods vs. whole foods. The Truth About Meat and Saturated Fats: Brian discusses the historical and scientific context behind the demonization of red meat and saturated fats, and why these beliefs are misguided. Regenerative Agriculture: Discover how regenerative farming practices can be a sustainable solution for our health and the environment, and why supporting local farmers is crucial. Tune in now to learn more! Bio: Brian Sanders is the filmmaker behind the Food Lies documentary, host of the top 5 nutrition podcast Peak Human, and an international speaker. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He’s the founder of Sapien Center, a popular health club in Austin. He also works to spread the awareness of regenerative agriculture and increase access to well-raised animal products through his nationwide meat & body care company Nose to Tail. Connect with Brian Sanders: Instagram: food.lies YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz5NswBixu4 Ready to kickstart your New Year with a healthy routine? Just Ingredients offers nourishing, effective products to support energy, immunity, sleep, weight management, and strength—crafted with non-toxic, trustworthy ingredients. Visit justingredients.us to make the switch and prioritize your wellness in 2025! Looking for more Just Ingredients content? Instagram Stories: @just.ingredients Podcast Instagram: @just.ingredients.podcast Facebook Community: Join our group Discover our non-toxic product line: Shop Just Ingredients Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:23 Brian Sanders Bio 0:53 Welcome Brain Sanders 5:38 Food Lies Documentary 8:09 The War Between Processed Foods vs Whole Foods 12:48 How Did We Get Here? 14:03 There Is More Beyond Calories In, Calories Out 15:17 The 4 Things Your Body Wants 16:18 Low Nutrient Foods Make You Want to Eat More 17:36 Mice Study 19:11 Food Lie: Saturated Fat Is Bad 23:29 How Do We Educate People? 25:20 How Grains Got Put at The Bottom of The Food Pyramid 28:30 An Early, Unknown Whole Foods Based Food Pyramid 31:54 Why Whole Food Profit Margins Are Low 34:36 Just Ingredients Ad 35:27 Documentary Episode Topic Breakdown 37:06 Companies Slowly Being Interested In Regenerative Agriculture 42:47 Invest In Quality Food Now Or Medical Bills Later 44:47 Myths On Cows Being Bad For Farmland 47:02 Excessive Pesticides and Herbicides 51:01 Steps To Implementing A Whole Foods Diet 57:21 This Is The Biggest Food Lie 59:01 Benefits of Grass Fed And Pasture Raised 1:00:50 Resources Available 1:01:15 What Is The Best Ingredient In Life?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Just Ingredients podcast. I'm Kar-Linn, and here we talk all things nourishing to the mind, body, and soul.
0:15.5	This is a place where you can find just good ingredients to life.
0:22.9	Welcome back to the show, everyone.
0:25.2	Today I have Brian Sanders, the filmmaker behind the Food Lives documentary.
0:30.2	He is also the host of the Top Five Nutrition podcast, Peak Human, and an international speaker.
0:36.4	He works to spread the awareness of regenerative agriculture
0:39.6	and increases access to well-raised animal products through his nationwide meat and body care
0:44.7	company knows to tell. I'm excited to talk to him about his documentary and all things real food today.
0:51.4	Welcome to the show, Brian. Yeah, thanks for having me.
0:55.8	Like I said, I'm really excited to talk to you about your documentary and your company and just so many
1:01.6	different things. But first of all, will you just tell my listeners a little bit about yourself
1:06.0	and your background? Sure, yeah. I kind of fell into this health and food industry by just fixing my own health, by changing my diet.
1:16.4	So I was a mechanical engineer by trade, which helped a lot, really coming from a background of root cause thinking and technical, you know, science where it didn't make sense if you just say, follow what the government
1:31.2	guidelines say, because I did that and I got sick and my parents got sick. And when you start
1:37.6	to think about it more critically and, you know, from a root cause perspective, you realize that
1:43.4	their guidelines, not to jump too far ahead
1:45.4	in the story, but the guidelines are based on different things other than health, right?
1:50.1	They could be based on money and food availability and the USDA trying to promote agriculture
1:55.0	instead of just promote people's health. So, yeah, it was sort of a wake-up call 10 years ago. I lost both my parents.
2:03.5	And at the same time, I actually, well, I turned 30 and I started changing my diet because I was
2:10.2	becoming like every other 30-year-old. Dad bod, different conditions popping up. All these things
2:16.3	started happening. And I changed my diet and they all
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