Ben Greenfield connects exercise, diet, and environmental toxins: back squats trigger testosterone and growth hormone release for muscle gain, but modern cookware leaches microplastics and PFAS into food. Many gluten-free products use refined starches that spike insulin and raise diabetes risk.
The squat elicits very high amounts of electromyographic activity and stimulates anabolic hormone release. You have a ton of androgen receptors in your legs. The release of testosterone and growth hormone from something like a back squat can really help with muscle gain due to its endocrine effects and also just the biomechanics of the squat itself. Modern cookware and kitchen appliances can introduce things like microplastics forever chemicals, also known as pfas and metals into food, and those are obviously health risks. Many gluten free products are also very high in the glycemic index. They are made with refined starches like rice flour potato starch that can have a very high glycemic index. Food leading to potential for insulin resistance, potential for type 2 diabetes, and the potential for metabolic abnormalities due to a high amount of blood sugar spikes up and down during the day.
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