Todays' show is with the bestselling author of The Primal Blueprint, creator of Mark's Daily Apple , and the Grokmeister himself, Mark Sisson. Since he last appeared on the show , Mark has published his follow-up to The Primal Blueprint, an excellent read entitled The Primal Connection . The Primal Connection tackles an essential question that presents itself to many of us after a time: "what do you do after you've optimized your diet, nutrition, and fitness and want to get more fulfillment out ...
Oct 10, 2014•1 hr 29 min
In today's show, Dave and I cover: How you can improve your mental performance with smart drugs (nootropics) The surprising foods Abel’s immune system does not tolerate according to the Mediator Release Test Why Bulletproof Coffee is brain food How the Bulletproof Diet reduces exposure to inflammatory toxins And why eating sushi – with the rice – dipped in a big tub of guacamole and covered in salt is a great idea
Sep 27, 2014•50 min
A decade ago, investigative journalist Nina Techolz set out to uncover the truth about our country’s misguided conception that eating delicious butter, beef, and cheese would make us fat and give us heart attacks. What she found was a shocking trail of incomplete scientific data, one man’s maniacal mission to squelch conflicting information, and an authoritative body on nutrition taking handouts from Big Food, Inc. In this incredibly open, honest interview, Nina touches on a little bit of what’s...
Sep 12, 2014•44 min
Want to know the secret to staying young? Ask Doctor Cates. Why? She’s a walking billboard for anti-aging. Plus, she really knows what she’s talking about. Dr. Trevor Cates, known as the Spa Doctor, was the first woman licensed as a naturopath in the state of California. Now practicing in beautiful Park City, Utah, Doctor Cates makes it her mission to help people on their road to wellness through her podcast, blog, articles, web site, television appearances, speaking engagements, and her actual ...
Aug 29, 2014•39 min
Do you want to lose weight, get healthy, improve your athletic performance, or need help healing from a chronic disease? On this week's Fat Burning Man Show, Dr. Josh Axe will give you three basic tips on how to achieve your goals using relaxation, diet, and exercise. No drugs. No ridiculous workouts. Josh started Exodus Health Care in 2008, has been physician to professional and Olympic athletes, and helps thousands of people achieve fitness through his books and BurstFit program. He also sprea...
Aug 16, 2014•37 min
Michael Lovitch has always been interested in the brain, starting with his grad school thesis on hypnosis as a normal avenue for human communication. Not the weird mystic guru kinds of things… he doesn’t believe in that stuff. But he focused on the good people with good expectations, and helped launch The Hypnosis Network. He’d seen all kinds of people selling quack hypnosis programs on the internet, and thought he could offer something real. If Michael is anything, it’s real. So when he started...
Aug 08, 2014•52 min
Dr. Bill Pawluk is definitely NOT one of those “overnight experts.” Far from it. He’s got 25 years of experience in acupuncture, homeopathy, hypnosis and bodywork. In this week's episode, he talks about how the electric vibrations all around us affect our bodies and brains…and how we can use electromagnetic therapy for healing. You may have seen Dr. Pawluk on the Dr. Oz show, or perhaps heard him on the radio. He’s an international expert in the use of electromagnetic fields for health and heali...
Aug 01, 2014•52 min
Dr. Bill Pawluk is definitely NOT one of those “overnight experts.” Far from it. He’s got 25 years of experience in acupuncture, homeopathy, hypnosis and bodywork. In this week's episode, he talks about how the electric vibrations all around us affect our bodies and brains…and how we can use electromagnetic therapy for healing. You may have seen Dr. Pawluk on the Dr. Oz show, or perhaps heard him on the radio. He’s an international expert in the use of electromagnetic fields for health and heali...
Jul 25, 2014•42 min
Watch or listen to this week's episode with Gary Collins... Gary Collins was a special agent for the FDA. Now, he’s a ruthless consumer watchdog—down in the dirt trying to keep the supplement and pharmaceutical industries clean and honest, which is quite a monumental task. In this week's episode, Gary pulls back the curtain on what the FDA knows that the public doesn’t—information that just may be keeping you from having a lean and healthy body. In this episode, we’ll reveal: The truth about the...
Jul 18, 2014•58 min
Amy Clover has battled her own demons, and won. Now she helps other people take back the power to fight their own demons through fitness and positive action. Amy is the founder of StrongInsideOut.com and the driving force behind the 2014 Strong Inside Out Tour. When you talk to Amy, she seems like the epitome of strength, endurance, and physical health. She’s also funny and upbeat. You’d never guess that just seven years ago she was ready to end her life. She was struggling with depression and O...
Jul 11, 2014•37 min
Kevin Johnson is the owner of Zero Gravity Institute , the float spa in Austin, Texas where I go for my weekly one-hour floats. We get a chance to chat outside of the spa in this week’s show. You may be scratching your head thinking, “What in the heck is a float?” Well, unlike what might come to mind for many of you-- ice cream scooped into root beer, this kind of float is incredibly good for your body, mind, and spirit. Maybe you’ve seen the float references plastered all over the blogosphere l...
Jul 03, 2014•50 min
Special episode for you this week, folks. This is a selection adapted from first draft of my new book, The Wild Diet about 10 Hours on Tour with Tim McGraw & the Fittest Band in Country as they came through Austin. Comment below and let me know what you think. Scroll down to the end and you can even hear me sing! :) - Abel As Alyson and I stepped aboard Tim McGraw’s tour bus idling outside a Quality Inn in Austin, Texas, I realized that the real food movement is catching on. Instead of passe...
Jun 26, 2014•55 min
David Gottfried is considered the father of the green movement, having founded the Green Building Council in 1993 which then expanded to over 100 countries with the Global Green Building Council. You may have seen the “LEED” plaque on the side of a building? That’s the green rating system that David helped develop. David is also married to an incredible leader in the wellness field, my friend and author of “The Hormone Cure,” Dr. Sara Gottfried . While his wife looks inward toward healing the bo...
Jun 20, 2014•38 min
This week’s guest on The Fat-Burning Man Show is probably well known to most of you. He is an old personal friend of the mine and a leading chef and author in the Paleo movement. George Bryant is the co-author of the wildly popular Caveman Feast eBook with myself, and together we also created the #1 Food App Caveman Feast . Which is available for both iOS and Android right now, so check it out if you haven’t already. Plus, George is the man behind the Civilized Cavemen Cooking blog, and has just...
Jun 13, 2014•38 min
This week’s guest on The Fat-Burning Man Show is probably well known to most of you. He is an old personal friend of the mine and a leading chef and author in the Paleo movement. George Bryant is the co-author of the wildly popular Caveman Feast eBook with myself, and together we also created the #1 Food App Caveman Feast . Which is available for both iOS and Android right now, so check it out if you haven’t already. Plus, George is the man behind the Civilized Cavemen Cooking blog, and has just...
Jun 13, 2014•38 min
As a former Olympian, team member of eight Tours de France, renowned chiropractor, international lecturer, and "life coach to the stars," Dr. Spencer knows what it takes to overcome obstacles, create and execute plans, and achieve greatness. He's taught his techniques to many top athletes, businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and entertainers. If you want to know how to continually operate at peak performance, listen up. Jeff is the author of "Turn It Up! How to Perform at Your Highest Level For a Lif...
May 29, 2014•38 min
Liz Wolfe is a nutritional therapy practitioner certified by the Nutritional Therapy Association , blogger at CaveGirlEats (now RealFoodLiz.com ), and is the author of the new book, Eat the Yolks . She's also a real-food cook and amateur homesteader raising goats, chickens, and pigs. In this episode, Abel and Liz discuss: Happiness (not appearance) and enjoying food as part of health; The danger of obsessing over "vanity pounds" and weightloss; Transitioning from a modern, urban life to a farm a...
May 22, 2014•37 min
Today's guest on The Fat-Burning Man Show is Chris Masterjohn. A self-proclaimed " recovering vegan ," Chris has a Ph.D. in Nutritional Science and is a frequent contributor to the Weston A. Price Foundation journal, Wise Traditions . Chris is a sought-after nutrition expert and a seasoned researcher on the interactions between vitamins, essential fatty acids, and cholesterol. If you ever wondered if you should eat more fat, this show is a must-listen! On today's show, you will learn: Why Hexane...
May 14, 2014•47 min
My guest this week, Dr. Joel Fuhrman , is a family physician, NYTimes best-selling author, and nutritional researcher with a focus on reversing disease naturally using nourishing foods. More importantly, Dr. Fuhrman is a former professional figure skater! He was a guest on The Dr. Oz Show discussing his new book, The End of Dieting . When it comes to his food preference, he prefers to call himself a "nutritarian," which is a preference for foods that are high in micronutrients. On today’s Fat-Bu...
May 08, 2014•43 min
I hope you’re enjoying the start of your spring. This week’s show includes a few actionable tips that might make it a lot better. My guest this week, Shawn Stevenson is a Professional Nutritionist specializing in biochemistry and kinesiology. Several years ago, Shawn was bed-ridden battling an “incurable” spinal disease. He’s now thriving as a physique model. This show tells you what happened in between. On today’s Fat-Burning Man Show, Shawn Stevenson will reveal: The power of tissue regenerati...
May 01, 2014•54 min
On today's show, we have Dr. Janae Devika. Janae is a Family Nurse Practitioner whose main focus is integrative healing and medical nutrition. Practicing the healing arts for over 16 years, Janae is an experienced herbalist, massage therapist, health and wellness coach, and a holistic chef extraordinaire with her own cooking show! Her passion is to educate and inspire people to heal their bodies while falling in love with healthy whole food. She is the creator of Café Janae , a health and wellne...
Apr 24, 2014•40 min
This Fat-Burning Man Show is with Ari Meisel, productivity monster, triathlete, and the man behind the terrific read Less Doing, More Living . If you've been suffering from digestive and bowel problems, put on your party pants. This show is for you. In 2007, Ari was diagnosed with Crohn's, an incurable disease of the digestive tract. It's like IBS, but it's chronic and oftentimes debilitating. In fact, his case was so severe, it required over a dozen daily medications and several hospital visits...
Apr 18, 2014•38 min
On today's Fat-Burning Man Show, we have a returning guest expert Dr. Sara Gottfried, author of The Hormone Cure . On this show, Dr. Sara talks about carbs! Why low-carb can sometimes be too low, and why most of the fatloss information out there is wrong. Quickie Update This week, I'll be speaking at PaleoFX , one of America's largest and most notable wellness symposiums that promotes the ancestral approach to eating and health. This convention is jam-packed with speakers and rockstars like Jona...
Apr 10, 2014•39 min
Jordan Harbinger is a world traveler, lifestyle coach, and the man behind The Art of Charm podcast and blog of the same name. Jordan and his team of coaches teach men to get and "keep the girl" by overcoming insecurities, building confidence, and challenging old beliefs. What does all this have to do with healthy living? Listen up to find out! A Few Announcements and Events We're on the verge of launching a project I've been working on for the last few months. It’s our brand-new online community...
Apr 03, 2014•55 min
Mar 27, 2014•33 min
Sheleana and Caleb are co-founders of the hugely-popular Young And Raw where they teach people how to improve health with real, whole foods. You're going to dig this show. We partnered up to make an app, 14 Day Juice Challenge , that makes veggies fun again. And - awesome news - we just hit #1 on the Food & Drink Charts for the 3rd time in a row ! If you haven't started your 14 Day Juice Challenge , click this link to get your app today and get your veggies on. On this show you'll learn: How...
Mar 20, 2014•36 min
This week I am pleased to welcome Alex Jamieson . She is one of the co-stars behind the classic documentary “ Super Size Me! ” and if you haven’t seen it yet, well let’s just say you are WAY behind the times! In celebration of the documentary’s 10 year anniversary, Alex is also hosting a HUGE conference with the good folks at en*theos this week. There are some seriously awesome speakers during this event, so I definitely recommend you take a look. In the world of Fat-Burning Man, we’ve had an ex...
Mar 12, 2014•40 min
This week I am pleased to welcome Alex Jamieson . She is one of the co-stars behind the classic documentary “ Super Size Me! ” and if you haven’t seen it yet, well let’s just say you are WAY behind the times! In celebration of the documentary’s 10 year anniversary, Alex is also hosting a HUGE conference with the good folks at en*theos this week. There are some seriously awesome speakers during this event, so I definitely recommend you take a look. In the world of Fat-Burning Man, we’ve had an ex...
Mar 12, 2014•40 min
This week's show is with my dear friend Pedram Shojai . Pedram, a wellness consultant and lecturer, is a practicing acupuncturist with a strong background in the Chinese martial and healing arts, among so many other things. This show is a little different for me, Pedram and I talk about the diet industry and how you all can actually navigate the maze without getting swindled! I hope you find it helpful. Before we get to it though, one request from you listeners: Head over to The Fat-Burning Man ...
Mar 06, 2014•41 min
This week's show is with my dear friend Pedram Shojai. Pedram, a wellness consultant and lecturer, is a practicing acupuncturist with a strong background in the Chinese martial and healing arts, among so many other things. This show is a little different for me, Pedram and I talk about the diet industry and how you all can actually navigate the maze without getting swindled! I hope you find it helpful. Before we get to it though, one request from you listeners: Head over to The Fat-Burning Man S...
Mar 06, 2014•41 min
