565: The link between metabolic health & chronic disease | Robert Lufkin, M.D.

“Nutrition cannot be underestimated – it is the medicine we take everyday,” says Robert Lufkin, M.D. Robert Lufkin, physician, medical school professor, and New York Times bestselling author, joins us to discuss everything from lifestyle modifications to reversing chronic diseases and how to reimagine the current healthcare system, plus: - The obesity lie (~2:02) - The calorie model (~3:10) - The impact of ultra-processed foods (~6:47) - 3 nutritional guidelines (~11:53) - Reversing chronic diseases (~15:40) - The importance of nutrition (~22:13) - Pharmaceutical use with lifestyle modifications (~26:18) - Rapamycin and mTOR (~28:15) - When to start making changes (~35:54) - The future of longevity (~38:20) - The importance of mindset (~40:55) - Final message of hope (~41:40) Referenced in the episode: - Connect with Robert Lufkin online (https://www.robertlufkinmd.com/) - Follow him on X, Instagram, and LinkedIn (@robertlufkinmd) - Pick up his book, Lies I Taught In Medical School - Read the first chapter of his book ( https://www.robertlufkinmd.com/lies/ ) - Research on rapamycin for longevity (doi: 10.1007/s11357-020-00274-1) - Visit shop.mindbodygreen.com/coffee20 to get 20% off your first order. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube ! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices