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.

Let's talk about air for a second. When was the last time you checked how safe your air is?

I know with all of the wildfires, increases in industrial pollution, increases in population, not just in the US, but around the world,

most of us, more than half of us, are breathing dirty polluted air, especially if you're living anywhere close to an urban area or an industrial area.

So one of the things that Allison and I have been doing over the past few years, since we can kind of work from wherever we've tried living in a bunch of different places,

and one of the things we've been chasing is clean air, clean water, a healthy balanced ecosystem.

One of the most concerning things though about breathing dirty polluted air is that it not only shaves years off of our lives, but it also decreases cognitive performance.

It actually makes us less intelligent when we're basically our bodies have to filter through a lot more junk and they have to work harder or livers are basically on overdrive when we're breathing polluted air, when we're eating polluted food or drinking polluted water.

It's a very holistic thing, we don't just exist in component parts, and to help us put it all together, someone who's been personally touched in his own life by dementia and has now made his mission to spread the word about how you can actually prevent a lot of these horrible things from happening.

I'm really excited to say I'm back here today. We're turning to the show with Mr. Max Lugovier.

Max is a filmmaker, health and science journalist, and now a New York Times bestselling author as well.

Now before we get to the interview, here's a review that just came in from Steve. He says, the wild diet changed my life.

I have always been a relatively healthy eater, but hearing more about how the food industry works really changed the way me and my fiance approach what we eat.

We now adhere to the wild diet and are loving every meal. We don't just eat to eat now, we turn every dinner into an event with great anticipation that we truly enjoy together.

The book didn't only change the way we eat, it strengthened our relationship by spending more quality time together. That's from Steve.

Steve, thank you so much for writing in and sharing that. What a gem right there, because the wild diet is not meant to be this dogmatic diet that you follow at all.

It's almost like a philosophy or a lifestyle. It's certainly a lifestyle, but it's more of a way to approach food again in this crazy, messy, confusing world of dieting and nutrition and fitness and industry and all of that.

But really, one of the biggest gifts, I think, about getting into food and becoming a foodie is it comes when you share it with the people who you love.

So for myself, like sharing dinner every night with my wife, Allison, is always one of my favorite parts of the day.

And we even shop together for food. We go to farmer's markets, we kind of make it something that really means a lot to us. It's a small, primal, visceral thing that we get to enjoy together, but you also get to make mistakes together, learn together.

And man, I'm just so glad that that you folks are enjoying that yourselves and really enriching your own relationship through food. It's a great excuse to do that.

So if you're listening and you haven't tried getting into food as a fun hobby, then carve out some time for it. It's really worth it.

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