Dr. Joseph Mercola - DHA, The Most Important Fat • Sensible Sun Exposure • Blue Light Blockers Are A Must
Episode 148
Dr. Joseph Mercola is a passionate advocate of natural medicine. He is a wellness champion and a visionary, who has succeeded in implementing much needed changes to our current healthcare system. Dr. Mercola is also a New York Times bestselling author.
After 25 years as a physician to thousands of patients, Dr. Mercola merged his passion for health with his interest in technology and created www.mercola.com. Today it's the #1 natural health website, educating and empowering millions of subscribers to take control of their health.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Dr. Mercola's personal experience with a high carb, low fat diet
- The role of your mitochondria
- The primary motivation for writing his new book, Fat for Fuel
- Miochondrial metabolic therapy (MMT)
- We all need some free radicals
- Changing up your macro nutrients throughout the week
- There is a massive difference between fasting and starvation
- Eliminating food cravings
- If you're eating processed foods, you're eating toxic vegetable oils
- The most important fat you can eat... DHA
- There isn't much clean seafood around, these days
- A simple and effective way to travel with avocados
- The vast majority of restaurants don't label their fish properly
- Costco is a good place to buy your olive oil
- The danger of consuming too much protein
- Sensible sun exposure is important
- Integrating gratitude into your life
- (Raw) eggs are one of the healthiest foods on the planet
- The quality of an egg can be determined by the colour of the yolk
- Stop eating at least 3 hours before bed
- What is peak fasting?
- LED lightbulbs are hurting your eyes
- Blue light blockers are a must
- Dr. Mercola's morning routine
- Optimizing mitochondrial function with cold thermogenesis
- Protecting your testicles with ice, in the sauna
- The highlights of Dr. Mercola's smoothie
- The three things you need to do to stay healthy
- A hour a day in the gym just doesn't cut it
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Related links:
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Fat for Fuel (book)
Dr. Joseph Mercola's website
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