519: What Should We Actually Eat? An Evidence-Based Guide to Eating for Health and Longevity | Ty Beal, PhD

The Genius Life

Max Lugavere

Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Ty Beal, PhD is a nutrition scientist and head of data and analytics at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), whose research for WHO, FAO, and UNICEF helps shape international nutrition policy. In this episode, he cuts through diet confusion with an evidence-based, pragmatic framework for eating to support long-term health and longevity.

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0:29.6	What up, family. It's episode 519 of the genius life. Let's go.
0:35.6	Genius. A's go.
0:53.4	What up, What up everybody? Welcome back to The Genius Life.
0:55.0	I'm your host, Max Lugavir.
0:57.0	If nutrition feels like a shouting match right now, you're not imagining it.
1:00.0	Between carnivore threads, vegan clapbacks, and high protein labels slapped on everything from cereal to chips, it's no wonder people are confused.
1:07.0	Well, today we're hitting pause on the noise and turning up the signal with someone
1:10.8	who actually reads the whole paper, not just the abstract, Tybiel. Tye is a nutrition scientist
1:16.2	whose work maps where diets succeed and where they quietly fail on essential nutrients across
1:21.4	the globe. He's data-driven, allergic to dogma, and great at translating nuance into simple,
1:26.5	do-this, this not that guidance.
1:28.4	In this episode, we clarify what ultra processed really means and why the definition both helps
1:32.8	and hurts. How to eat for satiety without obsessing over macros, why protein prioritization
1:37.9	works for most people, and which nutrients of concern like iron, vitamin D, magnesium, potassium,
1:43.3	and more actually deserve your attention.
1:46.5	We also dig into greenwashing, whether protein washed snacks help or hurt, why biomarkers like
1:52.2	LDL and ABLEB still matter, and a pragmatic middle lane way to eat that's sustainable in real life.
1:58.4	Bottom line, this episode is going to present less rage bait, more roadmap. By the end,
2:01.8	you'll have a clear framework you can use at the grocery store tonight. And if you've got anybody
2:07.6	in your life who seems to be particularly confused with regards to nutrition, this is a great
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