Episode 485: Dr. Josh Axe: Why Your Healthy Smoothie is Making You Sick (And What Actually Heals)

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Think you're eating healthy with your daily green smoothie and salad? What if the foods you believe are nourishing you are actually working against your body's natural design? In this episode of Habits and Hustle, I sit down with Dr. Josh Axe to discuss why many "superfood" staples might be sabotaging your health – especially for women with thyroid issues. We also discuss the Biblio diet, explore why organ meats are nature's ultimate multivitamins, and share natural alternatives to antidepressants that actually address root causes. Dr. Josh Axe is a doctor of natural medicine, clinical nutritionist, and author of multiple bestselling books including his newest one "The Biblio Diet." He's helped thousands reverse chronic conditions through personalized nutrition and runs The Health Institute, a virtual functional medicine practice. His approach combines ancient healing wisdom with modern science to address the root causes of disease. What We Discuss: (06:54) The supplement trap: why you can't medicate your way out of lifestyle issues (23:28) Why smoothies and salads are terrible for women with hypothyroidism (25:43) The Biblio diet vs. paleo: what our ancestors actually ate (40:35) The shocking truth about modern bread vs. ancient sourdough (46:47) Raw milk vs. pasteurized: why A1 casein is inflammatory like gluten (51:18) Natural alternatives to SSRIs and why purpose matters more than pills (59:42) Saffron: the most powerful natural antidepressant (1:09:56) The GLP-1 epidemic: why everyone's becoming "skinny fat" (1:25:26) Five longevity practices for your 50s that actually work …and more! Thank you to our sponsors: Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off Air Doctor: Go to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code HUSTLE for up to $300 off and a 3-year warranty on air purifiers. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout. 99designs by Vista: 99designs.com/jen20 – click "Claim my discount" to get $20 off your first design contest. Momentous: Shop this link and use code Jen for 20% off Manna Vitality: Visit mannavitality.com and use code JENNIFER20 for 20% off your order Find more from Jen: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Dr. Josh Axe: Website: https://thehealthinstitute.com/ New Book: https://a.co/d/9EI9ZYc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjoshaxe/

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0:00.0	Hi, guys. It's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.
0:07.0	Before we dive into today's episode, I first want to thank our sponsor, Therasage. Their
0:16.4	trite panel has become my favorite biohacking thing for healing my body. It's a portable red light
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1:38.3	Magic Mind, this is for you. Okay, Dr. Josh Axe is here, and he said to me, do you have the sleep version of the Magic Mind healthy shot or performance shot?
1:43.7	Because he loves it and he wants to
1:45.4	take it home. He went to Erdogan to look for it. Is that not accurate? It's accurate. I actually
1:50.6	had a patient who said, hey, this has been helping me sleep. And so I, yeah, and so he's one time,
1:58.6	but I was looking forward to Air One here in Culver City. L.A. It's L.A. L.A. Okay, we're going to get you one. All right. So that is really funny because I literally didn't even like have to use you. I do this all the time with people because. You can send this to them. I have to think about if they can post it. I have my part of my non-compete. They probably won't anyway. For a year as, uh, no, no, I've literally sent them so many people because they, people are actually big fans of this. Yeah. With like not, not for any other reason, because it actually is delicious. And they're just, I just do it because I'm like, excited for them. It's a really, I think this is a great product. Anyway, let's do a shot together if you want.
2:34.2	Okay, are we filming this? I just do it because I'm, like, excited for them. It's a really, I think this is a great product. Yeah.
2:34.4	Anyway, let's do a shot together if you want.
2:36.9	Okay, are we filming this?
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