When it comes to our health, Americans are a fickle bunch. Some of us are very into it, and others, like I was, simply don’t even know where to start.

For me personally, health was never a big focus of mine growing up. I only went to a doctor when I was on death’s door. However, my mom, would go all the time. The more she went, however, the more they’d give her meds to deal with whatever issue she was dealing with at the time. I swear, by the time she passed suddenly in 2010, she probably was downing 8 pills daily? I’m sure you know someone like that.

Today, I still don’t go to the doctor regularly. Opting instead to treat myself for any ailments and hoping that I’m eating correctly. For one, I simply don’t want the possibility of them just covering up symptoms of underlying issue. For my mom, they could have simply said, “stop eating sugar” and/or “here are some alternate ideas”. Instead they decided that giving her (and many other Baby Boomers) a pill concoction will be much more welcome.

Secondly, most of the nutrition advice that I see others taking today still says that carbs are ok to eat, sugar is ok in moderation, and that fat is bad. Personally, I don’t subscribe to that info.

Today’s guest is someone that can shine a ton of light on this issue. During the day, David is flying for a major airlines. However, when it’s time to put on his other hat as a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, you can see him making a major push to get out the knowledge he has in preventing ailments. In this session’s interview with David, we talk about his passion in holistic health,  how he got into it, what his thought are some of the more popular diets out there, and how someone can embrace holistic health into their lifestyle.

If you’re serious about improving your health and not going through the same treatment that many of our parents and grandparents have gone through, then this chat with David should really benefit you. If you get a lot out of it, be sure to share it with others you care about!

SPECIFICALLY, YOU’LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT:

• How a pilot with an MBA got into Holistic Health.
• Why he has a huge passion for holistic health and teaching others about it.
• How holistic health differs and compliments traditional western medicine.
• How cholesterol actually helps in the healing process.
• What actually causes heart disease.
• Why people get addicted to carbs.
• His thoughts on the paleo diet, ketosis, and the book The China Study.
• How someone can embrace holistic health into their lifestyle.
• What 3 questions you should ask yourself when seeking to improve your health.
• What your choice of words on social media says about your future health.
• …and MUCH more.

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ITEMS and PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• David’s Website
• What is the Paleo Diet (via Nerd Fitness)? Paleo Diet on Reddit.
• What is Ketosis? Ketosis Community on Reddit
• Head First by Norman Cousins (Amazon Link)
• Metabolic Typing Diet by William Wolcott (Amazon Link)
• Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon (Amazon Link)
• The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton (Amazon Link)
• Detoxify or Die by Sherry Rogers (Amazon Link)
• Twitter Study on Anger and Heart Disease
• Fizzle – Don’t waste money on big name courses. Save BIG with Fizzle!  Click here to get your first 2 weeks free!

SHOW NOTE EXTRAS:

Dr. Robert H. Lustig called Sugar: The Bitter Truth. Totally opened up my eyes. He talks about how bad sugar really is for you and how it’s basically in everything. Find it here:

Dr. Mark Hyman on Sugar and the Only Rules you Need to Eat Healthy:

Most of what David and Dr. Hayman say are similar. However they differ on Milk. David said that it’s good, Mark said it’s bad. Here are two videos talking about milk processing and why you might consider Raw Milk:

A farmer’s perspective on Raw Milk:

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