Hey folks, this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us on the fat burning man show where we talk about real food and real results

Okay, here's a pretty deep question for you. Do you ever feel isolated and alone? I think most of us do especially in these crazy times

There were more technologically connected than ever many of us can help but feel separated detached and depressed or like it's us versus the world or like people are against us

And we don't have real community and social media in the internet unfortunately don't seem to be helping so to help us

Rise above the madness of today's world. We're here with Dr. Caroline Leif

Dr. Leif is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist with a masters in PhD in communication pathology specializing in cognitive and medicognitive neuro psychology

Today we're talking about how to handle toxic stress techniques to overcome eating disorders of various kinds, the power of the placebo effect and the no-cebo effect and tons more

But first here's a note that just came in from Russell. He says, hey Abel, after reading the wild diet last winter, I've given up simple sugars with the exception of IPAs and simple carbs and have been eating a lot of whole foods and grass fed and organic meats, eggs, butter and healthy fats from nut seeds and avocados

I also intermittent fast from dinner until my mid-day meal

Even though I've always been very active mountain biking and hitting the gym, I was developing quite the dad bod while trying to keep up with not only my own IPA habit but my kids ice cream and cookie habit

I started eating the way you recommend last February and lost 10 pounds within a few weeks and then another 10 pounds over the next few months and have been maintaining that weight ever since

I'm down a couple of inches in the waist and I'm at 9% body fat. I listen to all your podcasts, they really help keep the fire stoked. I can't thank you enough for being my enabler, Russell

Wow, Russell? Well enabler, I don't know if I'd use that term but I will take that as a compliment and I'm happy to be your enabler as a health nut anyway

And also, man, 9% body fat, not too bad, that's probably lower than me right now, that's fantastic

To all of you who have sent in notes and I haven't responded, thank you for every single one of them

They go straight to my heart whether it's a good one or a bad one and I just really appreciate hearing from you and you being along with the journey

So don't don't be shy, just write me at able at fatburningman.com, leave a review wherever you can and I'll do my best to read it

But the best way to keep in touch is always going to be fatburningman.com and able james.com

So anyway, I really appreciate hearing from you and a great way to keep in touch especially in these crazy times is to sign up for my free newsletter over at fatburningman.com

You'll just throw in your best email address and you'll get free goodies, you won't get spam, you can unsubscribe at any time

But who knows what we might be sending you next, there are a lot of things that only go to our newsletter that you wouldn't hear about otherwise

So make sure you go to fatburningman.com and sign up for that

...