Hi, folks. This is Abel James, and thanks so much for joining us on Fat Burning Man, where we talk about real food and real results.

So this is a special bonus episode of the show. I've gotten a lot of questions from

you listeners recently and people who keep up with the blog in the newsletter about what exactly

the wild diet is. You just kind of wanted me to talk about it and explain it. So I never want

to force you to buy anything, but of course I put a lot of effort into my book,

The Wild Diet. Basically, I wanted to make it the only diet book you'll ever need because

diet books are usually really boring. So I tried to make this one fun and packed with actionable

information. So what I'm going to do here today is just read you a few sections of the book,

hopefully once that you can learn from eating this way,

eating real food isn't meant to be complicated.

It's actually quite simple.

And so in this book, I really try to make sure that it's explained as simply as it possibly can be.

So I'm going to talk about the wild diet plate, what your plate should look like if you want

to eat this way and kind of take on this lifestyle. But I'll start off by reading the author's note.

Earlier this year, my wife Allison and I dined at a farm to table restaurant in Florida with 20

leaders in the health movement, a motley crew of

best-selling authors, nutritionists, Olympians, cooks, and physicians. After a long week, we were

ready for a feast. Our waiters scribbled furiously, as Allison, my cute as a button 105-pound

wife, and I ordered bacon-deviled eggs, two roasted marrow bones with local herbs

and spices, two hearty

farm fresh salads with

aged meat, nuts, and avocado,

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