#15 - Deep Nutrition (Book Review)

Empowering Healthy Business: The Podcast for Small Business Owners

The healthier we are personally, the more energy we can bring to our businesses to make our businesses as healthy as possible. There are several drivers of personal health. This episode reviews a book called Deep Nutrition, written by Dr. Cate Shanahan, which does a great job of helping us understand the nutrition driver.
More specifically, this episode includes:

• Ancestral knowledge prior to the rise of modern medicine
• The rise of chronic disease over the past 75-100 years
• Genetics (our genes) vs Epigenetics (why certain genes are turned on and off)
• How the food we eat influences our gene expression, which impacts not only our own health but also the health of our children and grandchildren
• The top 2 culprits in our modern diet
• Dr. Shanahan’s 4 Pillars of Cuisine
• Are supplements needed
• The opportunity to reverse chronic disease in the next 2-3 generations

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Chapters

1. Dr. Shanahan's Approach to Nutrition (00:07:47)

2. Ancestral Knowledge (00:10:29)

3. Healthspan vs Lifespan (00:13:00)

4. Epigenetics and the Last 100 Years of Chronic Disease (00:15:18)

5. Vegetable and Seed Oil Toxicity (00:23:17)

6. Process Sugar Toxicity (00:35:04)

7. Four Pillars of Nutritious Cuisine (00:45:11)

8. Meat on the Bone (00:46:31)

9. Organs (00:49:11)

10. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables and Animal Products (00:50:50)

11. Fermented and Sprouted Foods (00:54:16)

12. The Role of Supplements (01:01:08)

13. Reasons for Hope and Optimism (01:06:36)