48. Willpower vs the Pleasure Trap: How to Eat Well Easily with Dr. Alan Goldhamer Feeling Full

Episode Summary
In this episode, Dr Goldhamer discusses the health benefits of fasting and adopting a whole plant-based diet. He talks about why we have so many issues today managing our diet because of unnatural dopamine stimulation
Highlights
A book called "How fasting can save your life" by Herbert Shelton inspired Dr. Goldhamer at a young age.Everybody fasts each day. Most people just break their fasts quickly.Dr. Goldhamer advocates extending fasts to 12 to 16 hours.At True North Health Center, they perform medically supervised long-term water fasting.People eat an average of 150 pounds per year.Fasting can help re-calibrate taste and allow you to start appreciating the natural flavor of food.Food and sex are natural dopamine stimulators.The artificial stimulation of dopamine is the reason that we have so many health issues.Some people see positive effects in just a few days when fasting 16 hours a day and eating healthy.In the past, people died from dietary deficiencies and today we are dying because of dietary excess.We are eating ourselves to death.People have different levels of satiety sensitivity.When something tastes better that means it is stimulating more dopamine in the brain. Salt has no calories, but it causes you to eat more.You can build muscle mass on a whole plant food diet. It takes more time but there are no damaging effects like eating meat or taking drugs.It can be tough to transition to a whole plant diet but any radical change in diet is tough. It takes some time for the body to adjust.B12 is one nutrient that needs supplement for people that are on a whole plant diet.Relevant Links
Fasting.org
https://www.truenorthhealthfoundation.org/
https://www.healthpromoting.com/the-pleasure-trap

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