Nina Teicholz tells us how a restaurant-review gig and a trans fat assignment led to The Big Fat Surprise, and why she questions seed oils and the case against saturated fat.
Jenni Harris, fifth generation at White Oak Pastures, on her dad's switch to grass-fed, building an on-farm processing plant, staying open through COVID and finding real regenerative meat.
Dr. Josh Axe tells us how his mom's cancer diagnosis pushed him toward natural medicine, why he's a huge believer in organ meats, and how he uses Chinese medicine ideas.
Strength coach Alexander Cortes on his own family's unexplained infertility, why he says fertility runs on metabolic health, and the basics he puts first: body fat, sleep, nutrition and testing early.
Ben Greenfield explains how nearly losing his marriage made him rebuild his priorities, and the family mission statement, crest and twice-daily huddles his family runs on.
Garden of Life founder Jordan Rubin tells his story: Crohn's disease at 19, a motor home by the beach, raw dairy and real food, and a promise to grow the world's healthiest food.
Throne founder Scott Hickle on why stool is an overlooked health signal, the 30-day ultra-processed food experiment he ran on himself, and why blood in your stool means see a doctor.
Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution, tells how a gut-health crisis on a vegan diet led him to paleo in 1998, and why he says getting people from junk food to real food matters most.
Heart surgeon Dr. Phil Ovadia explains the five metabolic health measures he tracks, why he links heart disease to metabolic health, and how losing over 100 pounds changed his career.
Calley Means tells us how his mother's death and years inside food and pharma lobbying changed how he sees metabolic health, sugary drinks and the incentives behind nutrition advice.
Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Marty Makary explains the blind spots in modern medicine, from the white coat era to birth practices, food and the two blood tests he wants people to ask about.
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100 Books to Transform Your Health
The 100 books that shaped how we think about real food and health, from years of The Meat Mafia Podcast.
