Ep. 235 The Impact of Nutrient Density and Why it Matters

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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I am delighted to connect with Chris Kresser today! Chris is the co-founder of the California Center for Functional Medicine, the founder of Kresser Institute, the host of the top-ranked health podcast Revolution Health Radio, and the New York Times best-selling author of The Paleo Cure and Unconventional Medicine. Chris is as gracious in person as he is online! I have been following him for years and feel honored to have him joining me on the show today! He shares his background, and we dive into bio-individuality and functional medicine. We talk about changes to the nutrient density of food, why the RDA is inadequate, why synthetic nutrients are not beneficial, genetics, how mindset affects our health, and measurable ways to improve neuroplasticity. We also discuss his new supplement line, Adapt Naturals. I hope you will enjoy listening to today’s information-packed conversation with Chris Kresser as much as I did recording it! Stay tuned for more! IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: How Chris’s journey to health led him to where he is today. How has his approach to bio-individuality and personalized medicine changed over the last ten years? Chris explains why it is hard to do research studies on functional medicine treatment. Chris dives into his current focus on the nutrition spectrum. Solving people’s nutritional problems is usually pretty straightforward and could have a massive impact on the burden of chronic disease. How modern-day changes have decreased the nutrient density of our food. How chronic disease and environmental toxins impact our ability to absorb nutrients. Why has the US government failed to update the RDA to meet the current research on our daily nutritional requirements? Chris talks about nutrient synergy and shares his thoughts on synthetic vitamins. What is neuroplasticity, and how can it be measurably improved by a shift in mindset? What makes Adapt Naturals unique in the supplement space? Bio: Chris Kresser M.S., L.Ac. is the co-founder of the California Center for Functional Medicine, the founder of Kresser Institute, the host of the top-ranked health podcast Revolution Health Radio, the creator of ChrisKresser.com, and the New York Times best-selling author of The Paleo Cure and Unconventional Medicine. He is one of the most respected clinicians and educators in the fields of Functional Medicine and ancestral health and has trained over 2,000 clinicians and health coaches from >50 countries in his unique approach. Chris was named one of the 100 most influential people in health and fitness by Greatist.com and has appeared as a featured guest on Dr. Oz, Time, The Atlantic, NPR, Fox & Friends, and other national media outlets. He has recently launched Adapt Naturals, a supplement line designed to add back in what the modern world has squeezed out and help people perform and feel their best. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Chris Kresser On his websites: www.chriskresser.com or www.adaptnaturals.com (Chris spoke about the Core Plus Bundle) On Facebook On Instagram On Twitter On YouTube

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast. I'm your host, Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.0	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:14.0	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the
0:19.2	health and wellness industry each week and impact over a million lives.
0:23.4	Today I had the honor to connect with Chris Kresser who is the co-founder of the California Center for
0:34.4	Functional Medicine, founder of the Kresser Institute, the host of the top-ranked
0:38.3	health podcast Revolution Health Radio, the creator of the New York Times best selling book, The Paleocure and Unconventional Medicine.
0:46.9	Today we dove deep into his background, as well as the role of bio-individuality, functional medicine, the impact of Bruce Ames' work,
0:56.7	changes to our food nutrient density, why the RDA is inadequate, why synthetic nutrients are not beneficial, the impact of genetics, the role of
1:06.8	mindset as it pertains to health, as well as measurable ways to improve neuroplasticity and we talked at great length about his new
1:15.9	supplement line adapt naturals. I hope you will enjoy this conversation as much as
1:20.7	I did recording it. It really was an honor connecting with Chris. I've been a
1:23.9	follower of his for years and he really is as gracious in person as he is online. to be on your show. Absolutely. I love for you to start the conversation sharing a bit about your background and your own health
1:46.9	journey because I think it plays a large part in your open-mindedness and your willingness to, you know, look at each patient as a bio individual.
1:57.0	Yeah, well going into the health profession was not my original plan in my early 20 film industry, believe it or not. And I burned out of that very quickly and decided
2:10.7	to take off all by myself for a couple of years.
2:14.0	And about a year into that trip,
2:16.3	I was in Indonesia on a little island called Subawa,
2:20.1	surfing, one of the things that I was doing on that trip, and I got extremely ill with a tropical, you know, at that time, unknown tropical illness and at Dasdor for several days.
2:33.2	There was an Australian,
2:35.4	the only other Westerner in the village
2:36.9	was an Australian guy who had some antibiotics
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