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.

Can you improve your longevity, health and overall well-being just through lifestyle factors

alone?

Or are we doomed to the fate brought on by our family history and genetics?

To help us find out, today we're here with Dr. Stephen Gundry, a best-selling author

and former cardiac surgeon who put himself out of business and is now known as, I love

this, no more Mr. Knife Guy.

In 2002, Dr. Gundry founded the Center for Restortive Medicine based in Palm Springs,

California, where he teaches patients how to live healthier lives through diet and lifestyle

choices with the ultimate vision of helping people avoid the kinds of surgeries that he

performed for over three decades.

And on today's show, we're chatting about improving longevity, elimination diets, what's

the deal with penance and cashews, the importance of vitamin D, the benefits of snake oil and

much more.

But before we get there, here's a note that came in from Frida.

She says, hi Abel, I have to let you know that your program and the book are amazing.

The book is really well written and very new be centric.

I found most of the questions answered just as I was starting to form them.

I've already been dieting in air quotes for the past six months and have managed to

lose 35 pounds, but I am very dissatisfied with centering my life on counting calories.

I went paleo long ago when I just thought of it as the way that I eat when I'm seriously

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