#271: A BS Free Blueprint for Optimal Health with Ben Azadi

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Themes: Health, Mindset, Transformation, Growth, Wellness, Self-care, Self-discovery, Gratitude Summary: Today's guest, Ben Azadi, is a force to be reckoned with in the health and wellness world. Ben is on a mission to help 1 billion people live healthier lives after having gone through a personal health transformation and losing 80 pounds. Ben is the author of four best-selling books, Keto Flex, The Perfect Health Booklet, The Intermittent Fasting Cheat Sheet, and The Power of Sleep. Known as 'The Health Detective,' he investigates dysfunction and educates to bring the body back to normal function. In this episode, Ben and I jam on what it means to be truly healthy and why modern-day health advice is so misleading and ineffective. Ben takes us through his easy-to-implement steps to instantly improve our health, the top 8 highly most inflammatory foods we should avoid, and how intermittent fasting, ketosis, and protein intake can help us achieve optimal health when done right. If you’re like me and are constantly looking for ways to improve your health and need practical, no-BS guidelines to do it, this episode is for you! Discover: How small changes can lead to big results that transform the quality of your health and your life The top inflammatory foods that lead to poor health and why How you can minimize toxin intake and damaging your health when eating at restaurants The incredible benefits of the ketogenic diet, lowering glucose levels and increasing ketone production The immense power of your mind when it comes to improving your overall well-being 00:00 Intro 00:43 From victim to victor 04:46 From pain to purpose 06:09 The power of small changes 08:18 Importance of eating whole food 14:14 Eight highly inflammatory foods people should avoid 17:50 Start communicating your needs in restaurants 19:48 Three easy steps to instantly improving your health 24:58 Intermittent feasting 29:45 Ben's guidelines for protein intake 35:05 Benefits of ketones and the keto diet 39:49 Our body is a miracle 44:07 The cholesterol myth 48:25 The best ways to monitor your metabolic functions 53:43 The power of mindset on healing 58:00 The most important vitamin Links: Instagram: @thebenazadi LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/benazadi/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/thebenazadi YouTube: www.youtube.com/ketokamp TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebenazadi Podcast: The Keto Kamp Podcast Website: www.benazadi.com Sponsors: Cymbiotika | Use code GROVES at checkout for 15% off your first purchase at cymbiotika.com. (Save up to 45% off when you buy a bundle! Create the Love Cards | Use code CTLCARDS15 for 15% off at createthelove.com/cards Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	It was a vicious cycle looking for ways to end my life, thinking about my mom and stopping myself.
0:04.7	So at this point, I weighed 250 pounds, 34% body fat.
0:08.8	I worked at a 95 job that I hated and I had no goals in my life.
0:12.2	And I needed to make a change and that change was not going to be suicide.
0:19.3	Hi, my name is Mark Groves and I'm obsessed with understanding human behavior and why we do what we do.
0:25.3	In this podcast, I interview the world's most brilliant minds and hearts, where I get to explore, alongside you,
0:31.1	every subject you can imagine relating to our human experience and how we relate.
0:35.2	It is my deepest intention that we all learn how to create the life and love that we've
0:39.4	always dreamt of.
0:40.6	Now, before we get rolling, make sure you hit that subscribe button so you don't miss any episodes
0:44.6	and one ask that I have.
0:46.3	And an amazing way that you can help support the podcast is by wherever you listen to it,
0:50.2	giving it a five-star review and a written review.
0:52.7	With all that said, let's dive in and transform
0:55.3	our lives. Welcome to the Mark Groves podcast. Today I have Ben Azadi. Welcome. Mark, I am
1:03.5	honored to be on your show today. Thanks for having me. Well, I was pumped to be on yours, and I was
1:09.2	waiting for this day to get to pick your brain about the work
1:12.4	you do and why you do your work and I also need help swimming through the many pieces of
1:19.6	information about nutrition, diet and all the things so now we could start with what brought you
1:25.4	into your work because your platform is huge,
1:28.0	you know, and people follow you for all this information. So I'm sure that when you started,
1:32.9	you weren't like, hey, one day I'm going to turn this into this thing. And so, yeah, how did it begin?
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