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Brent W. Laartz
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Go Un-Pro with Dr. Brent W. Laartz, MD FIDSA: Living an Unprocessed Life for Longevity and Healthspan Have you ever known that something is SO good for you that you just can't wait, but life gets in front of you and prevents you from doing it? The inaction and procrastination could occur for a variety of reasons, and we will delve into my motivations and affirmations of a healthy life from this day forward. I am starting this series of videos and articles so that I can be accountable to myself regarding the changes in my diet that I REALLY NEED to survive into my 90s without heart disease, dementia, and arthritis. And hopefully, as you follow along, you can make your own improvements that will extend your life and prevent the horrible illnesses that are heart disease, dementia, and arthritis. Can I introduce myself? I'm Dr Brent W. Laartz, and I am an Infectious Diseases physician with a Master's in Neuroscience, author, creator, and entrepreneur. I've been involved with medical education for almost all my life and have been sharing my knowledge, teaching students, patients, and other doctors as faculty of a medical school, in hospitals, and clinics around the world. I'm ashamed to admit that I have lived a life of processed foods despite knowing the facts that are stacked against me if I continue living this way. My most recent research into longevity and its connection to our diet, exercise, sleep, and mental health, all with help from our microbiome, the bacteria living in our body, has me wanting to shout this information to the masses from the rooftops! This is so important that I am going to communicate what I have learned in every forum possible. Simply put, I am not going to do it anymore, and I am going to stay accountable to myself so that I follow through with it this time. Hence, the launch of this podcast, which I have been wanting to do for quite some time now. In addition, I am also launching publicly available Master courses that will delve incredibly deeply into the science behind diet and other interventions that will help me live well into my '90s and 100s, but not just live, but REALLY live! This is the concept of Healthspan. I know there are a lot of billionaires who are prominent in the media, trying to live forever, spending millions of dollars, but I am here to prove you can do it without spending a lot of money. The interventions I am doing will cost a little more money, but my budget is to only increase expenditures by a few $100 a month. The thing is, we are so accustomed to our artificial products that we deep down believe they are good for us. Don't accept this BS from your food, expect better. Most physicians I know are not living a healthy life, and until the past 6 months, that generalization included me. If you think otherwise, let me paint the picture of a typical doctor's lounge in the hospital or the home kitchen of your local physician. Hospital kitchens use the cheapest oils, fried foods, and beef, butters with mashed potatoes, pre-manufactured eggs, mass-produced bacon, candy, and ice cream sandwiches. This is what I was eating day in and day out, working 26 days per month. My cholesterol was skyrocketing, and my weight had peaked at 165 pounds on a 5-foot-7-inch frame. Then I took stock of my life. And it was just in time, too, for my kids were graduating from high school. At least I didn't have the excuse of cleaning my kids' plates anymore. I suspect that if you are listening to this podcast, reading this article, or taking this course, you are interested in living a more unprocessed life. If you are like me, you have reached a point in your life where you realize your health could be at a tipping point. I was lulled into thinking I was living a healthy life because I exercised and ate right some of the time. But that delusion could not have been further from the truth. I was drinking alcohol at least a few days per week, drank sodas at least a few days a wee

  1. 1d ago

    Week 22: A Doctor's 52 Week Journey to an Unprocessed Life

    Health & wellness podcast   Go Unpro · Week 22 of 52 Dr. Brent W. Laartz · A 52-Week Journey to an Unprocessed Life   The 7-Day Raw Food Road, and Why It Is Less Traveled   Framed by Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken," this week trades ultra-processed convenience for a mostly raw, plant-based, whole-food challenge — layered with 5K training, a painting challenge, better sleep, and the next fabric swap.   The gamble: a dozen extra years of healthy life, and everyone who gets to see them.   The Unprocessed Road   Whole-food, mostly plant-based, 90/10   Resistance + cardio + 10–25k steps/day   Deep sleep, connection, generosity   Ditching plastics — fabrics next   +12 healthy years— the great-grandchild sees you active at 100.   +12healthy years is more than 10% of a life aimed at 110— the difference the road actually makes, not just a romanticized sigh.03:37   02 / WEEK PLAN Five pillars, one week   Week 22 stacks a food challenge on top of maintained work in movement, sleep, connection, and plastics. Addition, not subtraction — enjoyable healthy things naturally crowd out the rest.   Food   7-daywhole, uncooked, plant-based challenge for polyphenol density.   Cooked exceptions Beans · Oat-milk yogurt base   Movement   Final week of5K training— race is 8 days out, benefits a charity.   Daily steps10k → 25k12:41   Sleep   Target7.5 hr average; work on blackout & room temperature to lift deep sleep.   Sweet spot11 pm → 7–8 am13:35   Connection   7-day painting challenge— new easel, mix of emotional, nostalgic, landscape.   Target5–7 canvases16:01   Plastics   Shirts done; now research natural-fabric pants. Underwear, socks queued.   Focus this weekPants19:16   Five parallel tracks — each a small addition. Together they compose the road less traveled.   03 / THE CHALLENGE The 7-day raw food week, unpacked     — Dr. Brent W. Lartz10:58   04 / WARDROBE Plastic swap — the next front   Shirts have been largely converted to 100% cotton. This week the research moves to pants, which "are incredibly plastic, artificial." 🌱 Field trip next week — the backyard garden   Growing food starts as summer heat eases into Florida's rainier, milder season. A work in progress across the second half of the year.   Week 22 commitments to execute   To Do List   [ ] Run the 7-day whole, uncooked, plant-based food challenge (beans & oat-milk yogurt base cooked) 00:36   [ ] Complete the charity 5K — race in 8 days; finish the training taper this week 13:35   [ ] Buy a new easel and paints, then produce 5–7 paintings (emotional, nostalgic, landscape) and share on social 16:01   [ ] Hit a 7.5-hour average sleep and improve room blackout & temperature to lift deep sleep 13:35   [ ] Research and choose better natural-fabric pants to replace plastic-based ones 19:16   [ ] Shop Rolling Oats, Whole Foods, and Sprouts for the week's organic raw produce 22:21

  2. 1d ago

    Sunday Science 2026_09_13 Diet and Coronary Artery Disease

    Can Diet Actually Reverse Heart Disease?   Three trials, one uncomfortable answer: the "standard American" advice given to most cardiac patients is not enough. Only intensive plant-based lifestyle change has been shown to shrink existing coronary plaque.   Ornish · Intensive   Vegetarian + Lifestyle   10% fat · exercise · stress mgmt   −7.9% Plaque change at 5 yrs (regression)   25 cardiac events Sustained 5 years   Henzel · DASH   DASH + Optimal Meds   mostly plant-based, lean meat OK   −1.7% Non-calcified plaque change   Total plaque held roughly flat   Fatty plaque reduced   Modest, achievable diet   CT angiography, 2021   Standard Care    Haskel "Usual" U.S. Regimen   generic advice + meds   +27.7% Plaque worsening at 5 yrs   45 cardiac events · 2.47× risk   Diseaseprogressed   Minimal real diet change   "Sad" advice, host argues   Source: Ornish Lifestyle Heart Trial (JAMA 1998, 5-yr follow-up) & Hensel DISCO trial (JACC 2021).   What "Intensive" Actually Meant   The Ornish arm was not a mild tweak. It rebuilt daily life on four pillars — and participants held the line for five years.   The Four Pillars     ~10% of calories from fat; dietary cholesterol markedly reduced.     Rose from 2.66 → ~5 sessions/week; still 4.34/wk at 5 years.   Meditation, relaxation, and group support built into weekly routine.   Adherence score more than doubled vs. baseline (0.62 increased  1.29 at 1 yr).     Three Trials, Compared Side-by-Side   Each study tests a different intensity of lifestyle change against usual care. The pattern is consistent: the deeper the change, the better the coronary anatomy behaves.   Study 01 · JAMA · 1998   Ornish — Lifestyle Heart Trial   Ornish et al., 5-year quantitative arteriography   Vegetarian, 10% fat, stress mgmt, exercise. 20/28 completed 5 yrs.   Plaque · 1 yr−4.5%   Plaque · 5 yr−7.9%   Cardiac events25 vs 45   Relative risk2.47× ↓   ✓ True regression of atherosclerosis   08:42   Study 02 · Circulation · 1994   Haskell — Stanford SCRIP   Multi-factor risk-reduction program   Low-fat/low-chol diet, exercise, weight loss, smoking cessation, lipid meds.   HDL+12%   LDL / apoB−22%   Triglycerides−20%   Narrowing rate47% slower   Hospitalizations25 vs 44 (−39%)   ↘ Slowed progression, no reversal   11:58   Study 03 · JACC · 2021   Henzel — DISCO Trial   CT angiography, n=92, non-obstructive CAD   DASH nutrition + optimal medical therapy vs. optimal medical therapy alone.   Non-calcified plaque−1.7%   Control non-calc plaque−0.7%   Total plaque (control)+1.1%   p-value (change)0.033    Fatty (modifiable) plaque shrank   The Host's Bottom Line   Dr. Laartz isn't demanding strict veganism — but he is arguing that the routine cardiology counseling most patients receive is dangerously understated.   If you already have coronary artery disease   Standard advice — "lower your cholesterol, exercise a little more" — allowed disease to progress and doubled cardiac events over 5 years. Intensive plant-forward change is currently the only lifestyle intervention shown to reverse plaque.   "If you really have coronary artery disease and you don't want an earlier death, don't listen to the standard American regimen. It needs to be intensive."   The host's personal target: mostly vegan, whole-food diet; when meat is eaten (a few times/week), only chicken, fish, or turkey — avoiding pork and beef.   Honest Caveats   Adherence is hard. The Ornish protocol has been criticized as difficult to sustain — though 20/28 did sustain it 5 years.   Not fully replicated at the same intensity in other trials.   Nutrient gaps on strict vegan diets:B12, vitamin D, omega-3. Supplements can close them without red meat.   Pescatarian diets have scored slightly better than pure vegetarian in prior mortality data — likely the omega-3 from fish.   Change gradually. Wholesale overnight diet swaps rarely stick; the host recommends a 52-week glide path.   Not medical advice .This summary reflects a podcast discussion of published studies. It does not create a doctor–patient relationship and is not diagnosis or treatment. Consult your own physician, therapist, or nutritionist before changing your diet, exercise, or medications.   Ornish D, Scherwitz LW, Billings JH, et al. Intensive Lifestyle Changes for Reversal of Coronary Heart Disease. JAMA. 1998;280(23):2001–2007. doi:10.1001/jama.280.23.2001    Haskell WL, Alderman EL, Fair JM, Maron DJ, Mackey SF, Superko HR, Williams PT, Johnstone IM, Champagne MA, Krauss RM, et al. Effects of intensive multiple risk factor reduction on coronary atherosclerosis and clinical cardiac events in men and women with coronary artery disease. The Stanford Coronary Risk Intervention Project (SCRIP). Circulation. 1994 Mar;89(3):975-90. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.89.3.975. PMID: 8124838.    Henzel, J, Kępka, C, Kruk, M. et al. High-Risk Coronary Plaque Regression After Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Nonobstructive Coronary Disease: A Randomized Study. J Am Coll Cardiol Img. 2021 Jun, 14 (6) 1192–1202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.10.019

  3. Sep 3

    Week 21: A Doctor's 52 Week Journey to an Unprocessed Life

    GO UNPRO · WEEK 21 / 52 Health & Wellness Podcast   Five Pillars, Twenty-Five Practices   Dr. Brent W. Laartz delineates every one of his five longevity pillars — diet, movement, sleep, connection, plastic-free living — now branches into five practices of its own. Week 21's focus lands squarely on a probiotic push paired with fermented meal prep, two-a-day workouts, and a wardrobe swap toward natural fibers.   1Diet   Whole food first   Mostly plant-based   Fish & beans as protein   Calorie restriction   No processed / fast food / alcohol   2Movement   Cardiovascular   Resistance training   Flexibility   Balance   Muscular endurance (12–24 reps)   3Sleep   Dark after 8 pm   Bright morning sunlight   Purpose & activity-driven day   Cool room + supportive diet   No alcohol / late food   4Connection   Family & friends   Creativity (art, music, writing)   Community & charity   Travel (not tour-resort)   Culture & history   5Plastic-Free   Cookware & storage   Work & electronics   Personal care items   Laundry & detergents   Clothes & fibers   5 pillars × 5 practices = 25 concrete levers reviewed each week for successes and failures.05:40   02   Week 21 — The Probiotic Push   The centerpiece this week is a coordinated microbiome experiment: powdered probiotic strains added to home-made oat-milk yogurt, layered on top of an ongoing fermentation push and a new two-a-day training pattern.   Diet   Probiotic Powders in Yogurt   Multiple strains stirred into homemade oat-milk yogurt for a daily microbial hit.   Movement   Two-a-Days, 1×/week   Training for a 5K in 2 weeks; buffers against forced rest days from work travel.   Plastics   Athletic Shirts Swap   Move toward linen, hemp, bamboo, Pima cotton — researching each fiber's real processing.   Inside the Probiotic Cascade   Why these strains, and why paired with fiber. Yogurt bacteria die in stomach acid and rarely colonize the gut — so the point is aconstant feedingthat reaches the colon and feeds the cells that feed you back.   The strain cascade — from lactose to fuel     L. plantarum   L. salivarius   L. acidophilus   L. rhamnosus   Bifidobacterium longum   Veillonella   Akkermansia   Feeds colonocytes   Short-chain fatty acids to muscle   Handles exercise-derived lactate   → colon & muscle fuel   The fiber rule.Because probiotics don't stick in the intestines, pair yogurt with oats, granola, or another fiber source so the bacteria and their fuel actually make it through.03:14   "Eat food, mostly plants, not too much."— Michael Pollan, quoted as the diet-pillar backbone09:04     Ferment chickpeasfirst, then cook & blend (cooking after fermenting kills the bacteria).       Bean · onion · tomato · pepper · cucumber · olives + fermented pickles.     Home oat-milk yogurt paired with oats or granola so probiotics reach the gut.   Rule:fermented + hummus + beans + yogurt-with-fiber— always in the same week.02:38     The Daily Operating System   Beneath the weekly push sits a stable rhythm — the daily defaults Dr. Lartz recaps each episode.   Hydration   25 oz water on the drive to work; another 25 oz at 11 am with psyllium-husk fiber.   Time-Restricted Feeding   Eating window closes 8–10 pm, opens noon–4 pm. Target 14–16 hours fasted daily.   Weekly Water Fast   One 36–48 hour water-only fast per week.   Daily Non-Negotiables   Berries, fermented foods, beans, leafy greens; 3+ fully vegan days per week.   Supplements   Acarbose, Ca + Vit D, B12, testosterone, vegan omega-3.   Sleep sits on the same rails: dark room after 8 pm, morning sunlight, cool bedroom, peppermint tea, lavender essential oil, 4-7-8 breath work, phone in another room, and screens set to amber and greyscale when they must be used.28:55   06   Connection & Culture, This Week   Connection isn't optional infrastructure — travel run clubs, a jazz club with family tonight, and cultural travel are all scheduled inputs.   1   Jazz club tonight with his daughter — a deliberate creativity + family + culture combo.   2   Travel run clubs wherever he lands; last week's example was Scottsdale, Arizona.   3   Purposeful travel ahead: potentially New Zealand this winter and Charleston, SC "in the books."   Travel-day survival tips   Steal the apple, orange, or nuts from the Marriott gym or Admirals Club — occasional jelly beans allowed. "It can't be all 100% draconian or monk life."   Hotel-room reality: tiny fridge, no stove — accept that whole-food prep will be harder and plan meals out at whole-food restaurants (last night: Lebanese).   Yesterday's travel day still delivered 8,000–9,000 steps. Small failures aren't the end — get back up.   07   The Wardrobe Swap   Week 21's plastic-free lever is athletic shirts. The broader pattern: replace plasticized fibers and cookware surfaces with natural materials — gradually, across all 52 weeks.     Plasticized athletic shirts & underwear   Fabric softeners & scented detergents   Non-stick pans, microwave cooking   Plastic phone cases & keyboards   Linen, hemp, bamboo, 100% Pima cotton   Minimal, unscented laundry care   Glass, steel, wood, copper cookware & storage   Wooden mouse, keyboard, phone case   Caveat: some "natural" fibers are actually processed into plastic — research each one before buying   What's Next   The upcoming Sunday Science, the training calendar, and the second-half format shift.   Scheduled next steps from this episode   Halfway through the 52-week experiment, the format shifts toward more field trips — kitchen, gym, home podcast studio, and travel destinations including a possible New Zealand winter trip and Charleston, SC.   The information herein is not intended as medical care, diagnosis, or treatment of any medical condition. No component of this content, including discussion or comments, shall be construed or implied as establishing a doctor-patient relationship. Before you translate or copy any of the information, diet, exercise, or products utilized herein to your own practice, consult your own research, physician, therapist, or nutritionist for your own health. Research any treatments, diet, exercise, or products thoroughly before trying for yourself.

  4. Aug 30

    Week 20: A Doctor's 52 Week Journey to an Unprocessed Life

    Health & Longevity Podcast   Week 20: The economic case for living healthier, longer   Dr. Brent Laartz reframes lifestyle change as capital: an extra decade of healthspan is money, freedom, and national savings. This week is not new rules — it's a root-cause analysis of where the plan slips, and doubling down on what already works.   National scale   $38T economic benefit if every American lives 1 more healthy year   $40T current U.S. national debt   Less Medicare/Medicaid use, later Social Security draw, more productive work years — the aggregate savings roughly cancels the country's debt.02:26   Personal scale   Live 10 more healthy years   2Work & earn ~$100K/yr longer   3Defer retirement drawdown; boost top-35 Social Security average   $$1.3M  $1.5M extra lifetime capital   Figure: Longevity as a return-on-investment — altruistic to self and to country.   Root cause analysis: why the plan slips   Before adding anything new, sit quietly (meditate, journal, or with a counselor) and drill into three questions every time you cheat on diet, movement, or alcohol.   Question 1     Exhaustion, poor sleep, ghrelin up & leptin down after short sleep hungrier, and hungrier for bad food. Look for the limiting belief or self-sabotage underneath.   Host's trigger: being run-down after travel.   Question 2     Environment enables the lapse. Identify the physical location  work, kitchen, cafeteria, airport  where the wrong choice is convenient.   Host's trigger: the hospital doctors' lounge and its free food.   Question 3     Who enables the bad situation and, just as importantly, who is present when things go right? Alcohol norms belong here too.   Host's trigger: girlfriend is a baker butter & cream in the kitchen.   Figure: The Feeling  Place  People diagnostic loop.   The 20-week protocol, at a glance   Five pillars, kept boring on purpose. Week 20 is doubling down, not redesigning.     Time-restricted 8 pm to 12–4 pm   36–48 h fast weekly (Sun to Tue)   3+ vegan days; fish before chicken before cheese , no red meat   Berries, ferments, beans daily   Whole foods; minimize protein (mTOR)   Acarbose, Ca+ and vit D, B12, T, vegan omega-3   VO₂ max & endurance   Resistance training   Muscular endurance   Balance   Run, bike, court sports   Dark room after 8 pm   Early morning sunlight   Cold room; no screens late   Purposeful, exhausting days   Family, friends, charity   Culture, travel, creativity   Sailing, sea & mountains   Strava run clubs   Glass containers, steel cookware   100% cotton, natural fibers   Wood/copper/steel drinkware   Beware "plasticized" naturals   139,000 unstudied chemicals   Figure: The five-pillar operating system carried forward into week 20.   A typical day, on the clock   Fast / sleep 25 oz water (fiber at 11 am) Eating window   Once weekly: 36–48 h fast, Sunday afternoon → Tuesday afternoon.15:37   Figure: A single day mapped against the time-restricted eating window.   Doubling down: week 20 focus   No new pillars this week. Fix the leaks in the ones already in place.   Miss   50-vegetable challenge: only 29 counted Travel and beach days broke the shopping rhythm. Fix: return to meal-prep and a Sprouts run.   Goal   30-day step average  12,000 (target 14,000) Kill the 3,000- and 8,000-step days; hold the 15–17k days from last week.   Goal   Sleep: reach 7 hours consistently Install blackout curtain (still outstanding on year's goal list); add meditation.   Goal   Connection: sea & mountains Sailing returns; mountains again this week after last week's trip.   Focus   Plastics month: continue household audit~50% of house done. Now: clothing (100% cotton polo, cautious merino), pens, car, work items.   Aim   Aspirational healthspan: 110 yearsWhole-food diet + resistance training + less meat + connection + better sleep + fewer plastics.   Open commitments from this episode   Not medical advice.This summary reproduces information shared in the episode and is not intended as medical care, diagnosis, or treatment. No doctor–patient relationship is established. Consult your own physician, therapist, or nutritionist before adopting any diet, exercise, product, or supplement discussed. Referral or affiliate fees may apply to the source material.   To Do List    Fly out today — travel for connection, culture, and exercise at destination    Record & upload the (late) Sunday Science episode by tomorrow    Install blackout curtain in the bedroom (year-goal, still outstanding)    Shop at Sprouts; restart meal-prep (yogurts, hummus, veg variety) to recover the 50-veg challenge    Research natural-fiber athletic wear (merino, cotton) that is not heavily chemically processed

  5. Aug 23

    Sunday Science by Go UnPro Marijuana and Longevity and Cancer 2026_08_23

    Sunday Science · Dr. Brent W. Laartz   Marijuana, Longevity & Cancer Medical Science Podcast Review   Fourteen studies, one honest verdict: on average, evidence points to accelerated biological aging and elevated hormone-sensitive cancer risk with chronic recreational cannabis — while therapeutic use in cancer care retains meaningful benefits. Read the balance, not the slogan.   Who is actually using — and how much   U.S. prevalence data (2021) shows cannabis use peaks in late adolescence and young adulthood, with roughly one in three high-school seniors and young adults reporting past-year use.   8%  13–14 yrs   16%  15–16 yrs   19%  15–16 yrs   30%  17–18 yrs   35%  15–29 yrs   17%  26Plus yrs   The Cancer Signal   Three converging lines of evidence — ecological trends, Mendelian randomization, and meta-analysis — point at hormone-sensitive cancers rising alongside cannabis legalization, particularly in younger people.   Incidence increases in legalized jurisdictions (2000–2019)   Testicular cancer — Canada (15–39) Plus  83%   Breast cancer — Canada  Plus35%   Breast cancer — US legalized (20–34)  Plus26%   Testicular cancer — US legalized (15–39)  Plus24%   Johnson et al., Academia Oncology . Non-legalized US states: incidence stable or decreasing.01:50   Meta-analysis · Song et al.   OR 1.71   Current cannabis use & testicular cancer — higherthan tobacco's OR 1.18 for the same outcome. 23 studies aggregated.   Odds ratio vs never-users   Mendelian randomization · Wang et al.   Causal signal   SNP-based causality analysis found  strong causal evidence  linking cannabis use to cervical, laryngeal, and breast cancer.     Biological Aging: three clocks, one direction   Independent aging biomarkers — phenotypic blood panels, alpha-Klotho protein, and epigenetic DNA-methylation clocks — all move in the same direction for current cannabis users.   Aging biomarkers · users vs never-users   Biomarker · Study      Polysubstance amplifier — Meyer et al.: Midlife recreational users showed composite age Plus0.7 yr, slower gait, older facial age, lower brain age, and reduced health/financial/social preparedness. After adjustment for tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, the effect attributable to cannabis was greater than long-term ethanol use alone .   Hormones: why testicular & breast cancer?   Two clinical hormone studies suggest a mechanism: cannabis appears to disrupt the estradiol-testosterone-prolactin axis, offering a biological bridge to the hormone-sensitive cancers seen in the ecological data.   Texera et al. — 316 infertile men   Reproductive review — Lo et al.   Cannabis crosses the placenta and enters breast milk, with reported effects on:   Menstrual cyclicity & erectile dysfunction   Abnormal spermatogenesis, testicular atrophy   Gestational age & preterm birth   Brain, Age & Cognition   Two studies from the same group — Thayer, and Stapolsky & Thayer — produce a nuanced picture: moderate older-adult use looks neutral, but long-term use (≥19 years) is associated with real cognitive deficits.     The Benefits — Not Glossed Over   The scientific case for cannabis in cancer care and symptom relief is real and should be weighed alongside the risk signals above.   Confounders to keep in mind   Every association study inherits complications. Before reading these numbers as destiny, consider what the studies cannot fully separate:    Synthetic warning from the ER: Synthetic cannabinoids seen daily in emergency medicine can be hundreds of times more potent than natural compounds and are strongly linked to acute psychosis. Do not treat them as equivalent to plant cannabis.   Reader follow-through    Disclaimer. This summary and the referenced podcast are not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. No content herein establishes a doctor–patient relationship. Consult your own physician, therapist, or nutritionist before applying anything discussed. No warranties are made regarding benefits or risks of any treatment, diet, exercise, or product referenced.   To Do List Open the show-notes bibliography and read the 14 referenced studies yourself before forming a position 27:48 Weigh your own context — age, duration of use, therapeutic vs recreational purpose, family history of hormone-sensitive cancer 25:06 Consult your physician, therapist, or nutritionist before changing any use, treatment, or supplementation 28:46 Return next Sunday for the next Sunday Science expedition

  6. Aug 20

    Week 19: A Doctor's 52 Week Journey to an Unprocessed Life

    Health & Longevity Podcast Go Unpro Podcast · Dr. Brent W. Laartz   Week 19: Consolidating five pillars on the road to an unprocessed life   A travel week that doubles down on fasting, adds a 50-vegetable challenge, protects sleep against social jet lag, and pushes the wardrobe from ~20% toward 80% natural fibers — one pillar at a time, not all at once.   19 of 52 weeks   Nearly halfway — recap at week 26   Diet   50-vegetable challenge + consolidate fasting   Movement   Training toward first 5K, then 10K   Sleep   Redouble on 7–8 hrs, work on deep sleep   Connection   Travel (Colorado) & family bonds   Plastics   Cotton underwear · wardrobe → 80% natural   The five pillars advance in parallel, in small attainable steps — cold turkey attempts fail on cost and fit.   Pillar 1: Diet — the 50-vegetable challenge   Grocery shopping and Sunday meal-prep this week center on a single expanded target: 50 whole plant foods across vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts and seeds — an escalation from the earlier 40-plant goal, layered on top of a partial vegan diet (3–4 days/week) and one 36–48 hour fast.   Vegetables & Fruits, Beans, nuts & seeds   Red cabbage   Romaine   Bell peppers   Jalapeño   Red onions   Garlic   Turmeric   Ginger   Brussels sprouts   Tomatoes   Carrots   Cucumber   Okinawa sweet potato   Green beans   Broccoli   Spinach   Snap peas   Radish   Edamame   Cauliflower   Kale   Beets   Mushroom   Butternut squash   Green olives   Kalamata olives   Apples   Oranges   Grapes   Strawberries   Blueberries   Blackberries   Raspberries   Pineapple   Mango   Peach   Cherries   Lemon   Fig   Dates   Cranberries   Raisins   Chickpeas   Black beans   Red beans   Almonds   Walnuts   Peanuts   Pistachios   Sunflower seeds   Chia seeds   Oats   Compiled Saturday; ~half already on hand. Fuels homemade hummus, oat-milk yogurt, chili, salads, and Brussels-sprout tacos.04:45   Fasting rhythm this week   Weekly long fast 36–48 hrs · 1×   Daily time-restricted feeding~8 hr window   Typical first meal2–4 pm   Vegan days per week3–4 days   Red meat none _ · pescatarian   Homemade prep queue   Oat-milk yogurt (organic oats)Sun/Mon   Homemade hummus w/ tahiniperfect this week   Fermented pickles (open cupboard jar)taste today   Peanut sauce · pistachio recipe will be new   B12 · Omega-3 · Vit D · Calcium daily   Pillar 2 & 3: Movement & Sleep   Movement gets a goal — a 5K race soon and a 10K later this month, layered on a varied weekly rotation. Sleep gets a warning: the Colorado trip and the neighbor's spotlight both threaten deep sleep, and social jet lag punishes weekend catch-up.   Weekly movement mix   Running4 days · 1 trail run   Strength training3 days   Tennis1 day   Biking1 day   Colorado hiking (travel week)daily   Variety of movement carries the largest reduction in mortality over time.   Sleep targets & threats   Nightly duration7–8 hrs   Recent nights~6.5 hrs   Blackout room upgrade in progress   Neighbor's spotlight disrupts REM/deep   Social jet lag from weekend catch-up : avoid   The scientific case for defending sleep this week   61% higher 4-year cancer risk with intermediate or poor sleep vs. a high sleep score   Hormonal cascade - Poor sleep worsens leptin, ghrelin & adiponectin — driving hunger and sugar binges. Better sleep improves lean-mass to fat ratio.   Brain clearance - Deep sleep clears glymph, sweeping senescent cells — a plausible dementia lever.   Wearable caveat - Oura & Apple Watch infer deep/REM from movement and muscle atonia, not brain waves — treat scores as correlational.   The 1% myth -   Sunday Science synthesis carried into Week 19's plan   Pillar 4 & 5: Connection & Plastics   Connection expands outward — travel, second languages, run club, bicycle-leisure club, and intentional grandparent–grandchild time. Plastics turns inward to the wardrobe, week two of a five-week fabric replacement arc.   Connection this week   Colorado travel — meet strangers, say good morningthis week   Run club · neighborhood bicycle-leisure clubongoing   Second-language practice (Spanish · French)outward reach   Grandparent ↔ grandchild timereinforced   Why gradual, not cold turkey   Pima/Supima cotton dress shirtsexpensive   New underwear set (100% cotton, 2% band spandex)~$120   Lululemon underwear (rayon/spandex)discard 3 pair   Watch out: "viscose from bamboo" is highly processedavoid   Wardrobe conversion to cotton · hemp · bamboo   Week 19 of 52   ~20% today   0%25%50%75%100%   This week   ✓ Cotton underwearreplaces rayon/spandex Lululemon   Last week   ✓ 100% cottondress shirts (Pima / Supima)   Watch out   ✗ Viscose— natural source, plastic-like process   Hiking gear   Merino woolyes— but avoid processed merino blends & moisture-wicking synthetics   The 52-week arc is deliberately paced because good fabric costs money and finding the right fit takes iteration.16:07   Recap Nineteen weeks in four phases   A compressed view of what has already become habit — so the second half of the year can maximize what works instead of introducing everything at once.   Weeks 1–5 · Foundations     Daily berries · accountability app   Circadian rhythm — bright morning light, dimmed evening   No fast food · no sodas · water service   Supplements: B12, omega-3, vit D, calcium   Sunday meal prep begins   Weeks 6–10 · Diet & kitchen     Pescatarian shift · low dairy · no red meat   Homemade hummus, bean salsas, dressings   Olive & avocado oil (75%) — drop processed seed oils   Glass mixing bowls · oral-care plastic-free   40 whole-food plants weekly begins   Weeks 11–15 · Body & environment     Cold room · weighted blanket for sleep   Alcohol to ~8 drinks/month · non-alcoholic beer   Meditation · affirmation · manifestation   Water filtration · natural soaps & shampoos   Fermented salsas, hot sauces, pickles   Weeks 16–19 · Kitchen craft & fibers     Homemade kimchi · homemade oat-milk yogurt   Psyllium husk fiber later in the day   Stainless-steel & paper cups replace plastic   Dress shirts → underwear conversion begins   Bloodwork (HbA1c, vitamins) coming up   Coming up Sunday Science — marijuana   An unusually large episode (10–12 articles) because the search kept turning up findings on both sides. The mechanistic thread runs through sex-hormone disruption of estrogen and testosterone.   Marijuana: what changed after reading the data   Some real benefits, but stronger-than-expected signals on accelerated biological aging and cognition in older age with lifelong use — plus hormone-linked cancer risks that fit the mechanism.     Reduces anxiety in some users   Eases nausea (including chemo-related)   May improve some cancer outcomes post-diagnosis     Accelerated biological aging   Worsened cognition in older age with lifelong use   Signals for testicular and breast cancer   Estrogen & testosterone abnormalities   This site and any information communicated within it are not intended as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any medical condition, and do not establish a doctor-patient relationship. Consult your own physician, therapist, or nutritionist before adopting any diet, exercise, or product mentioned. Research any treatment thoroughly. Referral, affiliate, or advertising fees may be garnered by this site.   To Do List   [ ] Finalize the 50-plant grocery list and shop for next week's meal prep   [ ] Make homemade oat-milk yogurt and perfect the homemade hummus after returning home   [ ] Compete in the first 5K race and prepare for the 10K later this month   [ ] Colorado travel — run, hike and strength-train each day of the trip   [ ] Install blackout coverage in the bedroom to block the neighbor's spotlight and protect deep sleep   [ ] Replace remaining Lululemon underwear with 100% cotton and discard the three synthetic pair   [ ] Draw follow-up bloodwork including HbA1c and vitamin levels to track divergence from family health path

  7. Aug 17

    Sunday Science by Go UnPro Sleep and Aging and Cancer 2026_08_16

    Health science podcast   Sunday Science · Sleep, Six Studies   Why the host is committing to 7–8 hours of sleep — the evidence behind the resolution   A physician-host who runs 12–14 hour hospital shifts admits he sleeps deeply but only5.5–6 hoursa night. He walks through six studies to explain why that gap costs him aging, appetite, body composition, cancer risk and immunity — and sets one measurable rule for the coming month.   The verdict he draws   Across biological aging clocks, appetite hormones, weight-loss composition, cancer incidence, natural killer cells and vaccine antibody response, the same window keeps winning: roughly 6 to 8 hours, centered near 7–8.   Personal metric going forward track days of  less than 7 hours sleep. Target 7–8 hours every night. 01  Aging U-curve   02  Hunger hormones   03  Diet plus body fat   04  Cancer risk   05  Natural killer cells   06  Vaccine response or immune study   Biological aging vs. sleep duration — the U-curve   Nature 2026 multi-consortium analysis, Wen et al.  9 of 23 biological aging clocks plus proteomics, most describe a U-shape. Both ends damage aging.     Study 02 · Appetite Hormones   Have you ever felt starving after a short night? Von Egmond et al. tested it in a controlled crossover — one night of total sleep loss vs. one full night, identical meals and evening activities.   One sleepless night rewires satiety and hunger   Von Egmond et al. · 44 adults (19 with obesity, 20 women) · crossover with polysomnography · fasting bloods   After sleep deprivation, the satiety signal leptin fell while the hunger signal ghrelin rose. Adiponectin also rose. Women showed the sharpest leptin/adiponectin swings; ghrelin surged most in participants with obesity.   Change vs. normal-sleep night, after one sleep-deprived night   Leptin (satiety) Decreased 7%   Ghrelin (hunger)  Increased 12%   Adiponectin increased 10%   Study 03 · Sleep plus Dieting   Same diet, same weight lost — but where does the weight come from? Nedeltcheva & Penev asked whether sleep decides fat vs. muscle when you cut calories.   When you sleep less on a diet, you lose the wrong tissue   Nedeltcheva & Penev, Ann. Intern. Med. 2010 · 10 overweight adults · 14-day moderate calorie restriction · 8.5h vs. 5.5h in bed · ~1,450 kcal/day both arms   Both groups lost roughly the same 3 kg (7 lb). But with only 5.5 hours in bed, hunger climbed, resting metabolic rate and epinephrine dropped, and the composition of that lost weight flipped:more lean mass, less fat.   Composition of  3 kg lost over 14 days     With 5.5 hours of sleep Total lost:  3 kg   FAT · 55%   LEAN · 45%   Fat mass lost 1.4 kg   Lean mass lost1.5 kg   Resting metabolism  preserved     With adequate sleep Total lost: 3 kg   FAT lost75%   LEAN · 25%   Hunger, ghrelin↑   Study 04 · Sleep Quality & Cancer   Two studies convert nightly sleep into long-run cancer risk — one from a simple questionnaire in a UK aging cohort, one from decades of shift-work epidemiology.   Poor sleep quality tracks with cancer   English Longitudinal Study of Aging, 2020 · ~10,000 participants · 8-year follow-up · 745 new cancers · four-question sleep score   Relative to a "good" baseline score, worse sleep scored higher cancer incidence — and the effect grew when the poor sleeppersistedacross a second questionnaire four years later.   Increased cancer risk vs. good sleep (8-year follow-up)   Good sleep (baseline)   ref.   Intermediate — baseline  Plus 32%   Poor — baseline  Plus 56%   Intermediate or Poor — persistent (2 surveys)  Plus 61%   Shift work is the natural experiment   Review, Dtsch. Arztebl., 2010 · meta-analyses of flight crew & industrial shift workers vs. day-shift controls   When light and biology are pulled apart for a living, cancer signals show up. The WHO has classified shift work involving circadian disruption as aprobable carcinogen.   Relative risk vs. day-shift / general population   Flight crew — breast cancer   ×1.70   Shift workers — breast cancer   ×1.50   Flight crew — prostate cancer   ×1.40   Study 05 · A Mechanism   Why would sleep touch cancer? One candidate: the immune cells that patrol for early tumors.   More sleep, more natural killer cell activity   2006 cross-sectional study · 45 healthy women recently screened for breast cancer · 2 sessions, 4 weeks apart · NK-cell assay plus sleep & fatigue questionnaires   The change in sleep on the preceding night was positively related to natural killer cell activity — the more you slept, the more active your tumor-surveillance cells. Two nights back did not correlate; the effect is close in time.   How sleep may reach cancer risk   Study 06 · Vaccine Response   If short sleep weakens surveillance, does it also blunt the immune system's memory? A meta-analysis of vaccine antibody responses says yes — especially when sleep is measured objectively.   Insufficient sleep blunts vaccine antibody response   Meta-analysis, Current Biology · 165 studies screened → 7 eligible (4 experimental, 3 prospective) · effect sizes for the association between short sleep and antibody titer   Effect size of short sleep on antibody response after vaccination   Self-reported sleep   0.29   Association present, but did not reach statistical significance   Measured sleep — overall   0.79   Large, highly significant effect   Measured — experimental arms   0.86   Strongest in men; the men-only signal drove the pooled effect. Women's estimate (0.42) crossed zero, likely due to sex-hormone variation.   Synthesis   Six independent studies, six different outcomes — the same window keeps appearing. The pattern is what turns a habit into a rule.   One window, six outcomes   Chronically running on 5.5–6 hours doesn't just make tomorrow harder. It ages faster, feeds hunger, wastes lean tissue on a diet, tracks with cancer, quiets NK surveillance, and weakens vaccine memory.   AGING   Multiple biological clocks form a U-curve; too little and too much both accelerate the age gap.   APPETITE   One bad night: leptin ↓ 7%, ghrelin ↑ 12%. You'll feel hungrier for reasons that have nothing to do with willpower.   BODY COMPOSITION   Diet on short sleep and the scale still moves — but 75% of the loss becomes lean mass. That is the road to sarcopenia.   CANCER   Persistent poor sleep plus shift work both raise cancer incidence in cohort and meta-analytic data.   IMMUNE SURVEILLANCE   Longer sleep the previous night predicts higher NK-cell activity — the cells that clear abnormal cells.   VACCINE MEMORY   Objectively measured short sleep meaningfully reduces post-vaccine antibody titers.   The host's commitment for the coming month   Continue the personal deep-dive on improving sleep over the next month00:10   To Do List   [ ] Sleep 7–8 hours nightly — in bed by 11 PM, up no earlier than 6–7 AM 32:32   [ ] Track every night under 7 hours as the monthly measurable metric 33:16 The MULTI Consortium., O'Toole, C.K., Song, Z. et al. Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10524-5  van Egmond LT, Meth EMS, Engström J, et al. Effects of acute sleep loss on leptin, ghrelin, and adiponectin in adults with healthy weight and obesity: A laboratory study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023;31(3):635‐641. doi:10.1002/oby.23616   Nedeltcheva AV, Kilkus JM, Imperial J, Schoeller DA, Penev PD. Insufficient sleep undermines dietary efforts to reduce adiposity. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Oct 5;153(7):435-41. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-7-201010050-00006. PMID: 20921542; PMCID: PMC2951287.    Song, C., Zhang, R., Wang, C., et al. (2020). Sleep quality and risk of cancer: findings from the English longitudinal study of aging. Sleep, 44.    Shift Work and Cancer The Evidence and the Challenge Thomas C. Erren, Puran Falaturi, Peter Morfeld, Peter Knauth,  Russel J. Reiter, Claus Piekarski.  Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107(38): 657–62 DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2010.0657   Keren Shakhar, Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir, Josephine S. Guevarra, Dana H. Bovbjerg, Sleep, fatigue, and NK cell activity in healthy volunteers: Significant relationships revealed by within subject analyses, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-184,   Spiegel K, Rey A, Cheylus A ...A meta-analysis of the associations between insufficient sleep duration and antibody response to vaccination.  Current Biology, 33, 998-1005.e2

  8. Aug 14

    Week 18: A Doctor's 52 Week Journey to an Unprocessed Life

    Week 18 A Doctors 52 Week Journey to an Unprocessed Life   Week 18 of 52  Health podcast Dr. Brent W. Lartz · Go Unpro   Running your health like a quality - controlled process   Past the one-third mark of a 52-week journey, the host borrows Six Sigma (DMAIC) and ISO 9001 from his manufacturing life and fuses them with manifestation — turning vague goals like "eat better" into a defined, measured, and controlled loop across five pillars of health. Hero overview. Center  Manifest HealthClear vision · language · behavior · action Define: One vision, split into a goal per pillar. Name obstacles and limiting beliefs.   Measure: Baseline everything: weight, vegan days, reps, sleep score, sodas. If you don't measure, your brain lies.   Analyze: Run SWOT and ROPR on your life. Map the process flows that carry food, sleep, and stress.   Improve: Monthly attainable goals. Align language, behavior, and action — trust the process.   ControlRe-evaluate constantly. Fix environment, friends, home, workplace, groceries. Document revisions. DMAIC + manifestation, applied to a life instead of a factory floor.03:28 6 Target discipline — GE / Jack Welch–era error tolerance borrowed as a mindset, not a literal 0.00001. 5 Pillars in scope: diet, movement, sleep, connection, plastics. Weeks into the unprocessed-life journey — plateaus expected; general trajectory upward. Core mental shift The scale doesn't lie — your brain does Laartz spent years assuming he was healthy — "I eat chicken most of the time" — until the scale crept toward BMI 27 at 5'7". The lesson: without measurement, the brain protects your self-image, not your health. Your brain wants you to feel good about your diet overall. So patients tell me, "Oh yeah, I was pretty healthy — until I came in with this pneumonia and congestive heart failure." If you don't measure, you don't know.   — Dr. Brent W. Laartz "I've always been big-boned." "I've always been a lover of sweets." "My mother told me I will always be just like this — because she was." "I can't exercise because of my arthritis." Take an afternoon at a coffee shop. Open a document titled**"Fears and Doubts"**— no scrolling. Write until each limiting belief is named. Accept that knowing the psychology is only**~49.5%**of the win. Acting on it — books, therapists, help — is the rest. Analyze deeper SWOT your own life Once the goal is defined and the baseline measured, Lartz runs the same SWOT matrix on himself that his manufacturing company runs on suppliers. Strengths and weaknesses are internal; opportunities and threats reach outside — into doctors' lounges, drinking friends, work deadlines, and plastics everywhere. Willpower and existing baseline health Only small dietary improvements needed Medical & neuroscience training Willpower on hard days Chronic 5 a.m. wake-ups; deep-sleep deficits Limiting belief: "I'm not an athlete" Sprouts nearby — good produce, better prices Meal-prep Sundays; packed lunches Medical mission trips (India, Oct–Nov / Jan) Free food in the doctor's lounge A friend who invites you to drink every night Lecture deadlines → 2 a.m. bedtimes Plastics — clothes, packaging, everywhere SWOT + ROPR (Risks, Opportunities, Parties, Regulation) frames the daily terrain.18:42 Week 18 — Five Pillars This week's specific commitments Every pillar gets one measurable action for the week. Not a permanent fix — the "comfort crisis" warning from last week still holds — but a next-step honest enough to track.   🥗 Diet Measured by: vegan days/wk, sweets tally, dairy-free yogurt hits. **This week**Pack lunch (dairy-free yogurt + own granola + berries + chia seeds). Skip the hospital cafeteria & doctor's-lounge Oreo parfait.   🏃 Movement Measured by: dumbbell reps (e.g. 20 lb × 24 → 25 lb × 24), miles run. **This week**Recover from a tired stretch. Recruit partners for court sports (tennis) — solo isn't the bottleneck; company is.   🌙 Sleep Measured by: Oura sleep score (usually low 60s; deep sleep is the weak link). **This week**Pay off sleep debt*during*the week — dollar-cost average, not weekend binges. Sleeping in until 11 on Sunday buys "social jet lag" on Monday.   🤝 Connection Measured by: gatherings hosted, trips booked, missions confirmed. **This week**Host a party for*someone else*— meet outside your own circle. Plan the India medical mission and a med-school reunion.   👕 Plastics Measured by: garments purchased with polyester ≈ 0.   **This week**Aug–Sep = clothes month. Buy**3 all-cotton dress shirts**this Saturday; accept cotton socks may cause blisters on 8-mile runs. Trade-offs are the process. A week is just seven marks. The chart is a habit tracker, not a report card. Feedback loop Close the loop, then loop again Control isn't the end — it's a hand-off back to Define. Every success and every failure feeds the next iteration. This is where ISO 9001's documentation habit (change requests, revisions, inventory lists) becomes a personal tool.   1  Weight, sleep score, reps, food emojis, plastic purchases. 2 Yesterday's Xs and check-marks are evidence, not verdict. 3  Why is the snack in the fridge? Trace grocery → shelf → 10 p.m. Write the reason, the goal, the process change. Save the revision. Wins > setbacks over time = success. Tomorrow is a brand new day. Manifestation isn't just a positive attitude. It's clarity, measurement, language, behavior, and action — and trusting the process when the setbacks come. — Reframing the podcast's opening idea24:41 Commitments Dr. Lartz made on air for the week ahead To Do List [ ] Buy three all-cotton dress shirts (minimal polyester) to kick off the plastic-free clothing month This Saturday 48:57 [ ] Schedule a DEXA scan — a deeper baseline measurement, still outstanding within the 52-week journey 16:50 [ ] Finalize the India medical mission — target late October / early November, with a possible January trip Late Oct – early Nov 46:50 [ ] Set one mid-week catch-up sleep night (e.g. Wednesday) to pay off sleep debt without weekend social jet lag 44:32

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Go Un-Pro with Dr. Brent W. Laartz, MD FIDSA: Living an Unprocessed Life for Longevity and Healthspan Have you ever known that something is SO good for you that you just can't wait, but life gets in front of you and prevents you from doing it? The inaction and procrastination could occur for a variety of reasons, and we will delve into my motivations and affirmations of a healthy life from this day forward. I am starting this series of videos and articles so that I can be accountable to myself regarding the changes in my diet that I REALLY NEED to survive into my 90s without heart disease, dementia, and arthritis. And hopefully, as you follow along, you can make your own improvements that will extend your life and prevent the horrible illnesses that are heart disease, dementia, and arthritis. Can I introduce myself? I'm Dr Brent W. Laartz, and I am an Infectious Diseases physician with a Master's in Neuroscience, author, creator, and entrepreneur. I've been involved with medical education for almost all my life and have been sharing my knowledge, teaching students, patients, and other doctors as faculty of a medical school, in hospitals, and clinics around the world. I'm ashamed to admit that I have lived a life of processed foods despite knowing the facts that are stacked against me if I continue living this way. My most recent research into longevity and its connection to our diet, exercise, sleep, and mental health, all with help from our microbiome, the bacteria living in our body, has me wanting to shout this information to the masses from the rooftops! This is so important that I am going to communicate what I have learned in every forum possible. Simply put, I am not going to do it anymore, and I am going to stay accountable to myself so that I follow through with it this time. Hence, the launch of this podcast, which I have been wanting to do for quite some time now. In addition, I am also launching publicly available Master courses that will delve incredibly deeply into the science behind diet and other interventions that will help me live well into my '90s and 100s, but not just live, but REALLY live! This is the concept of Healthspan. I know there are a lot of billionaires who are prominent in the media, trying to live forever, spending millions of dollars, but I am here to prove you can do it without spending a lot of money. The interventions I am doing will cost a little more money, but my budget is to only increase expenditures by a few $100 a month. The thing is, we are so accustomed to our artificial products that we deep down believe they are good for us. Don't accept this BS from your food, expect better. Most physicians I know are not living a healthy life, and until the past 6 months, that generalization included me. If you think otherwise, let me paint the picture of a typical doctor's lounge in the hospital or the home kitchen of your local physician. Hospital kitchens use the cheapest oils, fried foods, and beef, butters with mashed potatoes, pre-manufactured eggs, mass-produced bacon, candy, and ice cream sandwiches. This is what I was eating day in and day out, working 26 days per month. My cholesterol was skyrocketing, and my weight had peaked at 165 pounds on a 5-foot-7-inch frame. Then I took stock of my life. And it was just in time, too, for my kids were graduating from high school. At least I didn't have the excuse of cleaning my kids' plates anymore. I suspect that if you are listening to this podcast, reading this article, or taking this course, you are interested in living a more unprocessed life. If you are like me, you have reached a point in your life where you realize your health could be at a tipping point. I was lulled into thinking I was living a healthy life because I exercised and ate right some of the time. But that delusion could not have been further from the truth. I was drinking alcohol at least a few days per week, drank sodas at least a few days a wee

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