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Hi, I'm Ethan Sopli, welcome to American Blood. Outside of acting, my two favorite things

to do are diet and eat. I have a very complicated relationship with food and on this podcast,

we're going to talk about all of it. Food as entertainment, food as sport, food as fuel.

I'll talk to experts and the average person, just like you and me.

It's no secret that here at American Glutton, we are big fans of the team at RP, Renaissance

Periodization. And our guest today is no exception to that rule. I'm joined by Dr. Melissa

Davis, who holds a PhD in neurobiology and behavior and has 10 years of research experience.

She is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion. Today, we'll talk about her new book, Evidence

Based Habit Build. Finally get shit done. What a fucking title. You can find her on Instagram

at Progressive Under Spore Under Low.

Dr. Mal, welcome to the American Blood and Podcast.

Thanks for having me.

I have in my life, you know, I don't want to say I'm super susceptible to ideas, but if

somebody has a good idea, I and makes a good argument, I go like, okay, that sounds good,

maybe I'll try that. And you know, I walked around for the majority of my life believing

in free will. And then I did a deep dive into, I think he's an anthropologist, Robert

Sapolsky. Are you familiar with him at all?

Not very familiar, but I know the name.

Excuse me, heat. Basically just goes, oh, you think you have free will. Let me destroy

that notion for you. And then I come out of it going like, nothing is my responsibility.

I have no free will. You know, at the end of the day, it's just bacteria that's taken

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