315: Convenience and Comfort are Killing Us Ft Michael Kummer
Get Leaner & Live Longer
Nate Palmer
4.9 • 300 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
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I used to think my pro athlete status meant health, but I was wrong. Is your comfortable, convenient life actually making you weaker?
I sat down with Michael Kummer, who shared his journey from professional athlete dealing with gut issues to becoming a health expert and supplement company founder. We explored the idea that comfort is killing us, arguing that we must deliberately expose ourselves to hermetic stressors like cold and exercise to build physical and mental resilience. I learned how stacking small wins reinforces a new, healthier identity. We also dove deep into his dietary philosophy—focusing on local, seasonal, animal-based foods—and his approach to raising resilient children in a modern, easy world.
Key Takeaways
● Comfort is detrimental because it removes the necessary hermetic stressors required for physical and mental strength.
● If you don't stress your body, your structure gets weaker; if you don't challenge your brain, you lose neural connections.
● Choosing to do something incredibly hard (like cold plunging) builds resilience, making non-chosen challenges significantly easier to handle.
● The more hard stuff you do, the more it can provide a dopamine response, making you enjoy difficult activities.
● Building positive momentum starts with small wins, such as making your bed first thing in the morning.
● Every action you take reinforces the identity of the person you are becoming.
● You will pay for cheap food one way or the other: either less upfront and more in medical bills later, or a little more upfront and no medical bills later.
● Nutrition should prioritize animal-based products, supplemented seasonally and locally with plants, while mitigating anti-nutrients.
● Organ meats are excellent sources of micronutrients that are crucial for endurance, especially when the body is under stress.
Resources
● Michael Kummer´s website: https://michaelkummer.com/
● Michael Kummer supplements website: https://shop.michaelkummer.com/es
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Host Nate Palmer The founder of The Million Dollar Body and Author of "The Million Dollar Body Method", Nate has been in the industry of coaching over 15 years and has worked with over 1000 clients personally.
· Nate Palmer's Website: https://milliondollarbodylabs.com/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever stopped to think about out of sync most of us are with the natural rhythms of food? |
| 0:04.5 | We sure, we know about DoorDash and Uber Eats, but you can buy strawberries in December, avocados 365 days a year, and chicken nuggets at the push of a button. So the convenience is there for sure, but it also means that we're eating foods that our bodies were never really meant to have on demand. And that's the bigger problem. The very comfort and |
| 0:21.5 | conveniences we've engineered to make life easier are often the same ones that are wrecking our |
| 0:25.2 | health. From food supply chains to fast delivery, we've outsourced so much of our survival that we've |
| 0:29.8 | become weaker for it. That's what today's guest Michael Coomer is here to unpack. Michael is a |
| 0:35.6 | performer, a hundred meter sprinter. He is a supplement founder. He's a homesteader, and he's the host of the Primal Shift podcast. In this conversation, we dig into what it actually means to eat seasonally, locally, and why that might be the missing piece in our nutrition. We also challenge the idea that comfort is the goal and why he's seeking out a little inconvenience might just save your health. Welcome to Get Leaner and live longer with Nate Palmer, the show for busy people who want to maximize their energy, burn fat, build a body that feels as good as it looks. I'm your host, Nate Palmer. Today we're diving into why convenience is killing us and how returning to seasonal and local eating can bring us back to optimal health. This show is where I share real strategies that help you get leaner, live longer, and unlock |
| 1:11.6 | your million dollar body. |
| 1:12.6 | One habit, one meal, and one workout at a time. So if you're ready to cut through the noise and take control of your health, start feeling like a high performer again, let's do this. Michael, welcome to the show. I'm so glad you're here. I've been looking forward to this episode. I think this is going to be a ton of fun. Yeah, thanks for having me. I agree. It's going to be awesome. |
| 1:28.7 | So for anyone who's not familiar with you or your blog or your |
| 1:32.1 | supplement company, can you just give us a little bit of background on who you are and how you came |
| 1:35.8 | to be in the position you're in right now? Yeah, I mean, the way I came into where I am right now |
| 1:40.6 | is really gut issues for three decades of my life at IBS irritable bowel |
| 1:47.1 | syndrome that my dad had and still has because he has not changed anything. And his dad died |
| 1:54.2 | of colon cancer at the age of 48 or so. So, you know, we've had issues in the family. And in the beginning, when I was in my 20s you know I could |
| 2:02.8 | compensate a lot for my less than a deal lifestyle choices that was a pro athlete you know worked |
| 2:08.5 | out twice a day for you know six days a week and you know never had any you know issues with |
| 2:14.7 | obesity or anything I was in fairly good shape, |
| 2:17.7 | but I was never super healthy. I just didn't know at the time because, you know, my baseline |
| 2:22.5 | was what it was. And so I thought I was, you know, doing well. And at some point, you know, |
| 2:28.3 | my athletic career ended and I moved to the U.S. and I focused more in IT, an IT security, and just adopted a standard American diet. |
| 2:38.5 | And as I kept looking in the mirror, I realized that things are not heading in the right direction. |
| 2:44.6 | You know, I was not as fit anymore. |
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