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300: Little-Known Nutrition Hacks To Cook Your Food For The Biggest Health Benefits with Alex Leaf

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Today’s Guest

Alex Leaf

Alex is a researcher for Examine.com, an online encyclopedia on supplementation and nutrition. He is also part of the teaching staff for the Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine program at the University of Western States.

Alex’s primary focus is on blending science with common sense to help himself and others better understand nutritional research and ways to optimize health through nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle.

You’ll Learn

  • How Alex became a nutrition researcher (7:10)

  • Discover this supplement biohack that helps you find out how much active ingredients do you have on your supplement (10:45)

  • Top 3 Nutrition and weight loss myths busted (12:00)

  • How to determine your ideal body fat percentage (14:38)

  • How to protect your health with the right dietary fats 16:12- How diabetes, fatty liver, and heart disease emerge from too much body fat (17:00)

  • What are health and unhealthy body fat percentages (19:07)

  • A simple test to tell whether you need to lose body fat or not (22:16)

  • How your food choices and cooking methods affect your health (23:05)

  • All about cooking and carcinogens  (24:03)

  • How to cook your food for the biggest health benefits (30:44)

  • Everything you need to know about cooking oils  (34:44)

  • Why butter, lard, and other animal oils are not good for cooking (37:18)

  • How oxidized cholesterol leads to heart disease (37:52)

  • The healthiest cooking and salad oils (39:53)

  • The best cooking methods for improved health (40:21)

  • Is organic food better for you? (45:14)

  • The health difference between organic vs non-organic food (46:40)

  • 3 Biggest misconceptions about organic food (48:29)

  • Endocrine disruptors: Should we be afraid? (49:34)

  • How to reduce endocrine disrupting chemicals in your home (53:24)

  • Why buying organic toiletries may be more important than buying organic food to reduce toxin exposure (54:41)

  • Why there’s no such thing as alternative medicine (58:09)

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About the Show

The Legendary Life is a fun and enlightening look at health fitness, nutrition, biohacking, fat loss, anti-aging, and cutting-edge health advice from celebrity fitness trainer Ted Ryce. Ted’s clientele consists of celebrities, including Richard Branson, Ricky Martin, and Robert Downey Jr., CEOs of multimillion-dollar companies, and other high performers.

He breaks down countless health topics and provides science-backed solutions and the most effective, uncommon strategies to rapidly lose weight, improve your health, and upgrade your physical and mental performance, so you can live the life you deserve.

He breaks it down by providing science-based information so you can clear up the confusion and finally lose weight, fight disease, and live a longer, healthier life.

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Now, his mission is to empower you with the tools and the knowledge you need to live your best life. New episodes every Monday and Friday.