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 peanuts 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 newbie-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

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