Episode 380: Tristan Justice

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Tristan Justice is a 27-year-old certified yoga instructor and reporter at The Federalist and co-author of Fat And Unhappy: How “Body Positivity” Is Killing Us (and How to Save Yourself). He is also the author and editor of the Substack, Social Justice Redux which covers issues related to his personal questions surrounding fitness, the integrity of our modern diet, the implications of our lifestyles, and the culture’s wide-range approach to these topics.

In this episode, Dr. Brian and Tristan talk about…

• (00:00) Intro
• (00:51) Tristan’s career and why he wrote his book, Fat and Unhappy
• (06:35) Fat shaming and how to address obesity and poor metabolic effectively and compassionately
• (09:15) Tips for those who have become frustrated with their inability to lose weight and feel healthy
• (12:39) Why the message of ‘you’re fine the way you are’ is NOT necessarily a positive, empowering message
• (14:32) The Philly FatCon
• (18:06) Food addiction and how big food companies deliberately contribute to it
• (20:22) The Make America Healthy Again movement
• (23:00) Stigmas, addiction, and GLP-1s
• (26:26) Pharmaceutical sponsorship of organizations and influencers promoting the body positivity message and exacerbating the metabolic health epidemic
• (33:48) Dietary propaganda and the obscuring of nutritional reality by big companies with a lot to gain from such misinformation
• (36:54) The warped incentive structure in healthcare in the United States and how it can be corrected
• (47:52) The main takeaways of Tristan’s book and how to apply the principles of health it contains to your life
• (48:48) Tristan’s Covid lockdown experience and his struggle with addiction to marijuana
• (52:44) Plugs and Outro

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Follow the Science (book): https://www.amazon.com/Follow-Science-Sharyl-Attkisson/dp/0063314916
• Chris Palmer’s research in the area of Metabolic Psychiatry: https://www.chrispalmermd.com/articles/

Tristan Justice:

• Fat and Unhappy (book): https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Unhappy-Positivity-Killing-Yourself-ebook/dp/B0DPJCKMNL?ref_=ast_author_mpb
• X: https://x.com/justicetristan?lang=en
• Social Justice Redux (Substack): https://socialjusticeredux.substack.com/about

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Dr. Tro Kalayjian: 

• Website: https://www.doctortro.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/

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