Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield. I think you're really gonna dig today's episode with Joe the Stefano.

And by the way, I wanted to apologize for

Wednesday's podcast where my voice sounded very echoey. I had my microphone settings way messed up and now I have a giant piece of tape in front of my desk

that says

microphone on it in black sharpie

reminding me to ensure that the microphone settings are indeed set up to make this a good listening experience for you.

But before we jump into the podcast with Joe, I want to tell you about pistachios.

They actually did a study on pistachio consumption and its effect on the gut

microbiota composition. In other words, can the consumption of pistachios specifically increase the number of beneficial

butyrate producing bacteria? These are the kind of bacteria that would increase if you ate a lot of say like

dark leafy greens or grass-fed butter and it turns out that

pistachios do indeed

significantly increase the number of good bacteria in your gut just like a little probiotic.

So why am I telling you all this? Well, it's because you can get pistachios from today's sponsor

Nuts.com. You can get a really cool old-fashioned burlap bag packed to the brim with their perfectly roasted

insulted California pistachios as well as any number of other things like chia seeds and raw almonds and dark chocolate. You name it Nuts.com.

Now you can actually get four free samples. That's a $15 value along with of course your pistachio

probiotics when you go to Nuts.com slash fitness. That's Nuts.com slash fitness.

Now this podcast is also brought to you by something else that you can eat.

There is a recipe up in my refrigerator right now at least what's left over from the recipe card that was sent to me by this company.

It's a recipe for this stuff called Thai chicken meatballs. So

this is basically like a Thai version of spaghetti and meatballs. But instead of spaghetti, you use these wide flat rice noodles.

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