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The A few months ago, Brad Gerlack's wife, Anna, asked me if I followed Paul Saladino.

I said no, his name wasn't familiar, but when I looked him up, I realized I knew exactly who she was talking about.

Instagram had been feeding me his content in recent months, and upon slightly deeper investigation,

I realized that I was actually familiar with Saladino's work as a doctor and a dietitian.

Brad Gerlach was among a number of people who had been touting the benefits of an animal-based diet.

In an effort to further improve his surfing and just feel better, Brad had put down the

beer, gotten regimented about his diet, and was getting nearly all of his nourishment

from meat. He lost weight, felt mentally sharper, physically stronger, slept better than ever, all from following Saladino's animal-based diet.

What appealed to me most about Saladino's messaging was his acknowledgement that while medical sciences are more advanced than ever, there is also a higher incident of chronic illness in America.

So what is going on? We have more access to

information, more access to quality food than ever, and yet people are more medicated than ever,

and still chronic illness seems to be pervasive, if not in everyone's life, certainly within your

family. So after Brad was committed to his lifestyle and reaping the benefits, completely coincidentally,

he received a new wave key sign up from one Paul Saladino.

And boom, now it all ties back to surfing, and here we have a podcast about it.

Paul came through Southern California for work, and he was kind enough

to carve out time to share his story with us. So this is actually going to be a three-way chat with

Brad, myself, and Paul. Of course, this work is made possible with support from our partners

at Florence, Veir, Real Water Sports, and the Surf Rider Foundation. The Ocean needs more friends, so become a, and the Surf Rider Foundation.

The ocean needs more friends, so become a member of the Surf Rider Foundation, from suing

the world's largest single-use plastics producer like they did recently with Exxon, to beach

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