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Chasing Excellence

The Problem of Nutrient Deficiency, w/ Chris Kresser

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

Self-improvement, Crossfit, Holistic Health, Mindset, Selfimprovement, Education, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Goalsetting, Health, Attainability, Fitness

4.8 β€’ 2.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Chris Kresser is one of the most respected clinicians and educators in the fields of Functional Medicine and ancestral health and one of Ben’s go-to’s for all things nutrition. He joins us this week to talk about nutrient density, feeding kids, gut health, and a bunch more.

EXPECT TO LEARN:

πŸ“ The reasons Chris says eating a clean diet isn’t enough anymore

πŸ“ Why our microbiome is so important to our overall health

πŸ“ The various ways you can get a sense of your own gut health

πŸ“ The benefits of organ meats

πŸ“ Some bad news about chicken

Learn more about Chris here.

Big thanks to our sponsors this week: Miracle Made | BlueChew

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Send Patrick a DM with your Five Factors questions!

ABOUT US:

πŸ“ Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.

πŸ“ Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter and podcaster. Find him on Instagram.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Chasing Excellence. My name is

0:04.1

Patrick Cummings. Every week here on the show we dedicate some time to exploring

0:07.4

how we can live a life of better health and increased fulfillment and Ben and I

0:12.2

thank you for joining us. This week on the show we've got Chris Cresser. He joins

0:17.5

us to chat about nutrient density, bioavailability, while eating a clean diet

0:22.0

might not be enough anymore. Benefits of organ meats and more Chris is a

0:28.1

globally renowned functional medicine clinician and educator. He's also the

0:32.0

New York Times bestselling author of the PaleoCure and unconventional medicine.

0:36.6

You can find him online at Chris Cresser. Before we dive into the conversation if

0:41.2

you are not yet subscribed or following wherever you are watching or listening

0:45.6

please do. It'll help ensure you do not miss another episode and we'll ensure

0:50.0

we get to continue having conversations like this into the future which we

0:54.0

hope certainly to do. Okay without further ado here is our conversation with

0:59.8

Chris Cresser. Okay Chris I wanted to start our conversation with something I

1:04.0

know that you've been thinking about talking about working on a lot these days

1:08.2

which is nutrient deficiency and you have a free ebook on your website that I

1:13.4

downloaded and I was reading an anticipation of this and one of the things

1:16.1

that really popped out at me and please provide the context for this but you

1:21.2

were saying effectively like of all the people who you'll you'll you'll you'll

1:24.6

do a blood panel with or you'll look at their their particular health. 95% of

1:29.8

people will come back to you as being deficient in some number of nutrients and

1:35.5

this is even though they're eating primarily whole foods unprocessed foods

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