The Rich Roll Podcast

I believe that humanity's original wound, if we have one, is that we saw our self-separate from nature.

There's a lot of truth to the idea that we are quickly approaching a significant tipping point for both human and planetary health.

Despite the breakneck pace of innovation and technology striving to solve these problems, some of which are truly existential, I can't help but feel the solutions we need continue to elude us.

This is a sensibility I share with my friend, today's guest, Zach Busch, who is one of the more fascinating medical minds currently working to improve our understanding of whole body and whole planet health.

Today Mark Zach's fifth appearance on the show, but for those who have yet to be acquainted with this unique and gentle soul, Zach is a triple-bored certified physician.

He's an internationally recognized thought leader and educator on the microbiome.

The focus of his advocacy centers on soil and food systems, as well as the need for a radical departure from factory farming and the many deleterious impacts of chemical intensive farming practices.

He couples all of this with solutions, not just for farmers and consumers, but also for mega industries, so that we can all work together for a healthy future, for not just ourselves, but also for the animals and the planet at large.

I got a couple more things I would very much like to mention before we dig into this one, but first.

I believe in responsible supplementation, no matter how dialed in your diet, most people, surprisingly, are nonetheless deficient in certain key nutrients, blindly ignorant to this fact until a blood test reveals the truth.

But I'm also sensitive to how complicated and confusing responsible supplementation can be, which is why I love AG1 by Athletic Reigns, which is a comprehensive and very simple solution to the complications of nutrition.

Just one scoop of AG1 is packed with 75 high quality vitamins, minerals, whole foods, source super foods, probiotics, and adapted gins to meet those pesky daily nutritional needs and help you start your day or keep it going right.

Tastes great, perfect in a smoothie or juice, and also just fine in water, which is my daily gym practice.

Travel packs make it extra convenient when I'm on the go or traveling. I always keep them in my backpack and in my car stash away at all times.

Sustainable routines are key for me and AG1 is a micro habit that just makes it easy to absorb key nutrients, lead a healthy lifestyle and feel great feel my best no matter what the day holds.

And right now, Athletic Reigns is giving away a free one year supply of immune supporting vitamin D and five free travel packs with your first purchase.

All you have to do is visit AthleticReigns.com slash Rich Roll. Again, that's AthleticReigns.com slash Rich Roll to take ownership over your health and pick up the ultimate daily nutritional insurance.

We are brought to you today by Roca as a lifelong athlete as a lifelong wearer of prescription glasses. I've really spent the better part of my life dealing with not so great tradeoffs.

Either I'm wearing eyewear that's clunky, heavy, ugly and slips off my face the second I start to sweat or I would just go out there with non prescription eyewear or no eyewear at all and risk being unsafe.

And that is not good, especially when it comes to cycling. But then these geniuses at Roca while I was sleeping read my mind and like awakening from a Rick van Winkle slumber.

I found myself in this new world in which my problem had suddenly and miraculously been solved with a line of lightweight premium prescription eyewear that not only looks great for everyday use like podcasting, the office, the boardroom going out at night, but also simultaneously performs under any active conditions running, cycling the gym, whatever, a goal Roca achieved by basically reimagining eyewear rebuilding eyewear from the ground up with purpose-built design,

...