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Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

EFR 881: Anhedonia - Why High Performers Crash (and How to Fix It), How to Reset Your Dopamine in 3 Days and Why Every Diet Fails After 12 Weeks with Vince Pitstick

Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

Chase Chewning

Healthcoach, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Wellness, Fitness, Humanoptimization, Resiliency, Holistic, Highperformance, Coaching, Biohack, Health, Military, Entrepreneurship, Mindset, Health & Fitness

5 • 927 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by Caldera Lab, State & Liberty, and Joi & Blokes.

We are joined today by functional health coach Vince Pitstick. He delves into the intricate relationship between success and well-being, exploring the interplay of psychology, genetics, and nutrition. The episode covers a wide array of topics, from the effects of the "warrior gene" on dopamine metabolism and the challenges of anhedonia in high achievers, to the benefits of a diverse and seasonally adjusted diet. Vince also shares his personal journey overcoming OCD and addiction, illustrating the power of functional medicine and holistic approaches in achieving sustainable success and mental wellness. This episode is your comprehensive guide to unlocking your full potential by harmonizing physical, mental, and spiritual growth.

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In this episode we discuss...

(00:00) Psychology and Physiology of Success

(11:59) Link Between Biology, Genes, and Personalized Success

(17:35) Build Your Best Diet and Nutrition Diversity

(27:29) Why You Need Diet Variation

(39:09) Optimizing Health With Lab Analysis

(54:49) Integrating Functional Medicine

(01:05:04) Balancing Fitness, Health and Success

(01:12:10) Building a Foundation Before Optimizing

(01:23:52) Benefits of Peptides in Biomedicine

(01:32:10) Peptides cont'd, Cancer Risk, and GLP-1

(01:38:51) Metformin and Adaptation in Health

(01:46:48) The Metabolic Impact of Chronic Dieting

(01:54:57) Ever Forward

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0:00.0

The following is an operation podcast production.

0:03.4

Speak to the high performer.

0:05.2

To speak to the dreamer on top of the health, the number one sensitive, all hormones we should care about is dopamine.

0:11.4

I like that.

0:11.9

I like that.

0:12.7

I like that.

0:12.7

Yeah.

0:13.7

Have you heard of this word?

0:15.7

This is where we can drop some shit.

0:17.3

As things change, it's very important that you read research and search your demographic.

0:22.3

What's the research based on your symptomatology and your genetic snips? Because you have what's

0:27.3

called the warrior gene. You make shorter dopamine strains and you detox slowly, not fast.

0:33.2

Peptides of the future, if you don't know about them, you better know about them. Carbohydrates

0:37.4

while they

0:37.9

convert into glucose in your body, so does protein. The reason we think carbs are the problem is that when

0:42.2

we eat carbs, we see a little bit of a higher spike for one hour, but not realizing that every

0:47.4

food that we eat will spike us a little bit and then at two hours, it should be gone. The average

0:51.2

blood glucose you have in your body is not because of carbs. It's inflammation.

0:59.0

Hi guys. I'm functional health coach Vince Pitsick and we're here on Ever Forward Radio talking all about the psychology and the physiology of success and vitality.

1:08.9

I've been watching a lot of your content lately to speak to the business people, to speak to the high performer, to speak to the dreamer on top of the health.

1:19.5

The number one sensitive, all hormones we should care about is dopamine and serotonin.

1:24.8

I like that.

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