Why Clean Nutrition Starts With Better Standards

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Thomas Edwards, the entrepreneur behind Organic Gorilla, a grassroots brand redefining what functional food can be. We talk about why fueling the body is central to manifestation, performance, and self-mastery, and how clarity in ingredients cuts through a crowded, misleading food industry. Thomas shares his personal journey, including hard lessons, time spent rebuilding his life, and how those experiences shaped his standards for health, business, and relationships. We also unpack why Organic Gorilla bars deliver both clean nutrition and real flavor, challenging the idea that eating well has to feel like punishment.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Entrepreneurs the Playbook. I'm David Meltzer, and I have the privilege and the honor
0:06.0	of having some of the world's best entrepreneurs, and some of them sit in my backyard. I've been
0:11.7	familiar with this CEO, this entrepreneur, and also his company, because they are a grassroots
0:18.8	growth phenomenon here in Orange County.
0:23.8	Thomas Edwards is joining me, the CEO at Organic Gorilla.
0:27.7	Welcome to the Playbook.
0:29.7	Thanks for having me, David.
0:30.9	How's everything going?
0:32.4	Amazing, man.
0:33.2	You know, one of the things that we have in common is we try to bring best out of people.
0:37.1	We believe in manifestation.
0:38.9	We believe in our higher selves.
0:41.0	And within the context of that comes the human experience, which is bookend by when our
0:46.4	heart starts and when it stops.
0:48.1	And a lot of people ignore self-care in the manifestation process.
0:53.2	They don't realize the ultimate materialization is the human body.
0:56.6	It's the only thing that causes the struggle and pain that we have.
0:59.9	And there's well in ways to dissipate or dissolve some of the pain and struggles that we have
1:05.1	by taking care of the body.
1:07.7	And the body takes fuel, and a lot of people ignore the intention that it takes to give
1:13.6	it the appropriate fuel. The space is crowded. The information is dispersed and differentiated
1:20.2	throughout, you know, the country, but you've made some noise in giving clarity and purity to fueling the human body.
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