The Problem of Nutrient Deficiency, w/ Chris Kresser
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 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:
📍 The reasons Chris says eating a clean diet isn’t enough anymore
📍 Why our microbiome is so important to our overall health
📍 The various ways you can get a sense of your own gut health
📍 The benefits of organ meats
📍 Some bad news about chicken
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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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