From Workaholic to Health Activist with Jason Karp PH 311

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Jason H. Karp is the Founder and CEO of HumanCo, a mission-driven company investing in and building brands focused on healthier living and sustainability. He is also the Co-Founder of Hu Kitchen, which created the #1 premium organic chocolate in the U.S. After spending over 21 years in the hedge fund industry, where he led a $4 billion investment fund, Jason shifted his focus to fixing the broken food system in the U.S. As a long-time activist investor, he has been a vocal advocate for cleaner food options and continues his fight against the use of harmful ingredients, including launching a shareholder activist suit against Kellogg’s for their use of artificial food dyes. His efforts focus on promoting transparency in the food industry while also addressing the prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases, chronic illnesses, and childhood obesity. Jason graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. You can connect with Jason via Instagram @humankarp and HumanCo via their website Humanco.com Related Episodes:Ep 305 - Dr. Marty Markary on What Modern Medicine Gets Wrong Ep 291 - Brigid Titgemeier on Nutrition for Pregnancy If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice. I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

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0:00.0	And I left that doctor's office and that was the beginning of the rest of my life.
0:03.4	And that was when I realized I had to change the way I was living.
0:07.8	I had to help other people.
0:10.1	I had to help other people wake up as to the problems of modern living, not just the toxic
0:17.4	food system and the toxic environment that we're all in, but also the toxic
0:21.7	aspects of workaholism and giving up all things that make us human.
0:32.1	Hello and welcome to pursuing health. I'm Dr. Julie Foucher, family physician and former CrossFit Games athlete.
0:40.8	Here I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the gap between fitness and medicine
0:45.6	and support your journey toward your healthiest self.
0:48.7	Thank you so much for joining me.
0:50.3	Now let's get started with this week's episode.
0:56.0	Welcome back to pursuing health. I am very excited to be here today with Jason Karp.
1:02.3	A little bit about Jason before we dive in. He is the founder and CEO of Human Co,
1:06.6	which is a mission-driven company, investing in and building brands focused on healthier living and sustainability.
1:12.7	He's also the co-founder of Hugh Kitchen, which created the number one premium organic chocolate in the U.S.
1:18.0	You may know it. My mom's number one fan.
1:20.5	He's also the co-founder, oh, excuse me, after spending over 21 years in the hedge fund industry where he led a $4 billion investment
1:28.9	fund, Jason shifted his focus to fixing the broken food system in the U.S.
1:33.0	As a longtime activist investor, he's been a vocal advocate for cleaner options and continues
1:37.4	his fight against the use of harmful ingredients, including launching a shareholder activist
1:42.1	suit against Kellogg's for their use of artificial
1:44.2	food dyes. His efforts focus on promoting transparency in the food industry while also addressing
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