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The Primal Kitchen Podcast

#67: Al Danenberg

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4717 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2015

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode, hosted by Elle Russ, features seasoned periodontist Dr. Alvin Danenberg (Dr. Dan). After experiencing a health crisis several years ago, he explored alternative ways to get himself off medications and back on track. After doing his due diligence, he came across the Primal/Paleo path, recovered his health, and never looked back. He credits the lifestyle for his recovery and continues to research and advocate for the importance of a Primal lifestyle for his patients. As a means to learn more about the nutrition, lifestyle, and behavior modifications necessary to achieve success, he eventually became a Primal Blueprint Certified Expert. You can check out his current insights, research, and anecdotes at his blog, drdanenberg.com/blog.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast, featuring fresh and lively commentary on all things Primal,

0:06.7

including Q&A sessions with Primal Blueprint founder, Mark Sisson.

0:11.3

Special guest interviews hosted by Mark Sisson in conversations with Primal Blueprint authors and other health and fitness experts.

0:19.4

The show is presented by Damage Control, Master Formula,

0:23.3

the world's most potent, multivitamin, mineral, antioxidant, anti-aging supplement,

0:28.9

available at primalblueprint.com.

0:32.6

Past episodes are available for download

0:34.7

or to review written summaries at blog.

0:37.3

com. Primalblueprint.com.

0:42.3

Hey everyone, welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast. I'm your host, L. Russ, and today I'm going to be speaking with Dr. Dannenberg, best known as Dr. Dan.

0:52.4

Dr. Dan has over 40 years of experience as a periodontist specializing

0:56.9

in the treatment of gum disease, and he is also a fellow Primal Blueprint Certified Expert.

1:01.5

Welcome to the show. Well, thank you. It's exciting to be here.

1:06.0

You have a really interesting story because you experienced a really scary health crisis years ago that led you

1:12.1

down the primal paleopath and then you eventually became a primal blueprint certified expert.

1:16.9

So can you tell us about that health crisis and how you were led to primal?

1:21.6

Absolutely.

1:22.5

Well, you indicated that I've been in practice for a long time.

1:26.1

So right now I've been in practice for 41 years.

1:29.1

That's a hell of a long time, right? So back in 2006, and I was a periodontist for 30-some years at that

1:37.9

point, I felt like I was pretty healthy. I did everything that the media told me to do.

1:47.0

So I ate whole grain foods and I drank skim milk and I didn't eat a whole lot of butter.

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