Introductory podcast segment for "Optimal Nutrition 101" by Brian Johnson. The host outlines a masterclass covering ten big ideas about nutrition—ranging from the impacts of industrialization and the importance of eating real food to metabolic 'switches', gut health, fats, sugar/flour avoidance, kitchen detox, motivation science, and treating personal nutrition as an experiment of one. The segment also includes promotional messaging for the Optymyze/Optimize Me membership.
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Hey, this is Brian with a quick note before we jump into today's show. If you haven't signed up for the Optymyze Premium membership yet, A, what are you waiting for? And B, you can now get the first 30 days of optimizing for free. Just cruise on over to Optimize Me and sign up. Over 10,000 people now start their days with Optymyze so they can actualize their potential, including best selling authors, leading entrepreneurs and even NCAA championship teams. Two of them. So again, 30 days of free optimizing at Optimize Me. If you're already a member, thanks for your support. Now for the show, You're listening to Optimize with Brian Johnson. More wisdom in less time. Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to the Optimal Living 101 Masterclass Series. Today I'm thrilled to be chatting about optimal nutrition 101. How to optimize your health, energy and happiness starting at the end of your fork. As always, we're going to pull 10 of my favorite big ideas from a bunch of my favorite books on nutrition. So let's jump straight in with a quick overview and then we'll dive in deep. Our first big idea. Two facts plus cherry picking in 1650 plus your inner aborigine. When you get into the study of nutrition, it's easy to get confused. We're going to step all the way back. We're going to look at two facts that Michael Pollan shares with us to be our compass as we navigate optimal nutrition 101. The second big idea is industrialization. There are many things that have occurred over the last hundred years that have made our modern diet both mad and sad. The modern American Diet. The standard American diet is a little nuts. We're going to focus on dealing with the consequences of industrialization. This is going to be a theme throughout this class. Which leads us to our third big idea. The number one rules. Eliminate kryptonite and eat real food. Our fourth big idea. Metabolic switches and conquering cravings. We need to know that calories do not equal calories. A calorie is not a calorie. Different types of calories affect our bodies differently. They pull different metabolic switches. Super important point. We're going to talk about some compelling research on the consequences of different quality calories. The fifth big idea. Take the carbage with a C. Carbage out. Specifically sugar and flour. The original fast foods that are not helping our process of optimizing. The sixth big idea. Fats. The good, the bad and the evil. We will Go through each of those. The seventh big idea. Your second brain. You've got your first brain in your head, but did you know you have 100 million neurons in your gut and that your gut produces up to 90% of your serotonin? Fascinating stuff. We're going to talk about that research and how important it is for us to optimize our nutrition so we can optimize both of our brains. The eighth big idea is is to reboot plus kitchen Detox plus Food rules. When you look at a lot of these different books, they talk about the importance of simplifying your diet, rebooting, getting rid of all the toxic stuff in your kitchen and then establishing some clear parameters. The ninth big idea is this science of motivation. We're going to revisit our science. Five big ideas here. The why giving yourself the gift. Whoops. Willpower and learning. Which leads to the 10th big idea. Making this whole process an experiment of 1 and 1%. 1%. 1%. Making everything one big test. You are the experiment of one. All the scientific data in the world isn't going to tell you what works for you. We want to make our lives an experiment and get a little bit better day in and day out. That's a quick look at the top 10 big ideas. Let's jump in. So if you enjoyed that quick overview, I think you'll love the full class. Become a member and get instant access to this class. Plus a bunch of other optimal living 101 masterclasses and over 300 philosopher's notes and a bunch of other goodness. It's only 10 bucks per month. I think you'll love it. Join thousands of other cool peeps at BrianJohnson Me Membership. It's BrianJohnson Me Membership.
