My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Ben Greenfield Life Podcast.

Miss Diagnosis is the third leading cause of death in America.

I won't say modern medicine is the third leading cause, but modern medicine's

miss diagnosis kills more people than morbid obesity and diabetes combined.

What drove me crazy on my previous career was that I wasn't allowed to have any contact with

the patient or any contact with the treating physician. So even if I saw life-threatening drug

interactions, I couldn't pick up the phone call. Faith, family, fitness, health, performance,

nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and a whole lot more. Welcome to the show.

I don't think it's any secret especially for those of you who have read my cookbook that I

guzzle extra virgin olive oil. I use it in like everything. Not only is it a myth that you're not

supposed to cook with olive oil cause extra virgin olive oil actually has a bunch of flavanoles

and polyphenols in it that allow it to be pretty heat stable even for things like sauteing,

baking, boiling, etc. But the health benefits of this stuff. I mean as far as like lowering

risk of heart disease, helping prevent type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer, high blood pressure,

Alzheimer's disease, obesity. I mean it's basically zero carb, low carb, ketogenic, friendly to a

pale lifestyle, a cornerstone of the longevity enhancing Mediterranean diet and as any chef will

tell you that's where the flavors are at and a really good extra virgin olive oil has amazing

flavor. The problem with the ones that you buy at the grocery store is they're not fresh,

right? After six months the polyphenols and antioxidants in olive oil start to degrade and if

you actually look at the bottle label at the grocery store of the olive oil that you're probably

buying right now it's older than six months. It's in plastic, it's not in like that dark glass

container and if they're already older than six months at the time that you buy them,

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