Podcast Interview With Melissa Curtiss of Fat to Fit my quest
I really like people like Melissa. A bit seasoned in age, recognize a problem (I was about 47), do something about it. For most of us, complete reversal might prove to be a futile quest. For most of us, diminishing returns eventually present themselves and you just have to recognize you’re way better off, and probably OK. Once you’ve gotten that out of the way, all you’ll have to do is ignore and smile at the 20-somethings beating their chests and lafing at you.
Still, one can make great progress no matter the age. One can always improve.
Most of my interviews of the past nearly 2 years have focussed on the gut biome, resistant starch, etc. This one is different and I enjoyed it. Not sure what Melissa’s background is, but she puts on a good interview.
In this case, the discussion focussed mainly around “paleo” as presented in my book:[easyazon_link asin=”B006X7PBNA” locale=”US” new_window=”default” nofollow=”default” tag=”fretheani-20″ add_to_cart=”default” cloaking=”default” localization=”default” popups=”default”]Free The Animal: Lose Weight & Fat With The paleo Diet V2[/easyazon_link]. But Melissa also gave me great leeway to expand beyond Version 2.0 in an interview.
And so, this podcast is probably my best overview of my evolved conception of a minimally processed, Real Food Diet: meat, fish, fowl, vegetables (starchy too), fruits—nuts in moderation, dairy, legumes, and rice; if they work for you.
So go have a listen, let me know what you think for future improvements, because I have another interview tomorrow afternoon.
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Great interview, Richard — just listened today. I really liked the unique individual aspect, insofar as each of us needs to experiment with what works for us…not look to some template and/or some rigid dogma that we have to avoid “sinning” against.
I also appreciated the down to earth, common sense of the advice. I.e., while we mostly all can agree that evolution is a suitable context in which to design our experiments, we also need not be such purists that we act as though we can never indulge in something modern and delicious.
The non-mainstream dieting universe seems to be overflowing with hyperreligious purists, and it is refreshing to hear the opposite perspective.
Same reason I respect Tom Naughton so much.