How to Make Your Gut Produce Its Own P*ptides
In this masterclass, Lucas Wilhelm Hedenbäck critiques the booming synthetic peptide market, arguing that long‑term peptide injections down‑regulate the body’s own peptide synthesis and create dependency. He explains that peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as signaling molecules produced naturally by the gut from dietary protein. Impaired gut function, chronic stress, low stomach acid, and nutrient deficiencies are identified as root causes of insufficient endogenous peptide production. The core solution is a nutrient‑dense, animal‑based diet that supplies the full spectrum of amino acids needed for the body to synthesize its own peptides. Hedenbäck outlines concrete daily and weekly food targets – 4‑6 whole eggs, 300‑500 g of ruminant meat, regular organ meats (liver, heart, kidney), collagen‑rich cuts, fatty fish, and optional collagen powder – and stresses proper chewing, screen‑free meals, and gut‑supporting practices (acid, enzymes, stress management). He provides a weekly checklist to ensure no amino‑acid gaps, recommends organ freeze‑dried supplements as a backup, and discusses practical sourcing tips. Throughout, he fields participant questions on seasonal eating, potential peptide alternatives, immune‑boosting therapies, and sourcing specific foods, consistently reinforcing that a well‑functioning gut eliminates the need for synthetic peptides.
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Okay, so unless you've lived under a rock for the last year, you're aware of this new pandemic in town, the peptide pandemic. Literally every single one on the internet is talking about this and portraying it as some magic that will fix all your issues, right?
That's exactly what it is.
It's being sold to you left, right, and center. But we have to— what we have to understand here is that peptides, yes, might work short-term, but what you're doing long-term is you're downregulating all these internal processes that your body is supposed— these short-chain amino acids that your body's supposed to produce by itself naturally in the first place, when you syringe that process, when you externally put that in, what you're signaling and what you're doing is signaling to your body that it can continue to downregulate this internal process. So long-term, you're literally shooting yourself in the foot by taking these things. And this is absolutely terrible for your health long-term, absolutely terrible. And these things are things that are supposed to work for you naturally. So instead of asking what peptide should I pin myself with, you should start asking why is this internal process not functioning as they're supposed to in the first place? And that is exactly what I'm gonna break down for you in this video. This is behind the scenes of my coaching program. So every week we do an in-depth, I do an in-depth masterclass on a requested topic for all my clients. And in this week we talked about peptides. And this is exactly what you should be doing instead to make sure that you get all the peptides or short-chain amino acids naturally from your food and what you shouldn't and should be doing in order to actually utilize them so that you never will have to need and rely on a bullshit external syringe to have these processes functioning properly, exactly how they're supposed to. So stick with me because this is a good one. This is exactly How to never need a syringe ever again in your life, and exactly what to do instead to make sure that all these peptides is something that your body produces naturally.
Yeah, good life. Okay, let's, uh, let's dive in. I think that was everyone. Yeah, so I just want to talk through this. It was a long time ago, Seb. I think you were the one that, like, I think it's almost a year ago, you asked a question about this and kind of we went over this. So it's, uh, Yeah, it's time to update, refresh our minds, and give me a bit more in-depth kind of thoughts on this because a year ago when we talked about this the first time, like this was very kind of new to the average person, right? I think like last couple months peptides has just absolutely like skyrocketed from a just awareness and interest perspective. And yeah, it's insane. So I want to break down some thoughts and kind of what I think about this again. And just to set the frame, I'm very negative towards it, just so we're clear on that end, but I'm also going to explain why. So Yeah, let's dive in. First thing we have to start with so we're all on the same page is that like what is this, right? Peptides are short chains of amino acids. So it's something that our body produces naturally like all the time. And they act as signaling molecules. They tell our body to do things, right? It's like a messenger. It tells our body to repair tissue, produce certain hormones, regulate inflammation, support our gut lining integrity and healing. And obviously, like every single function of our inner body is reliant on peptides or short-chain amino acids, right? Literally, our body is driven by it. But the synthetic peptides are not the same thing. And the synthetic peptide industry has taken this concept and turned into an injectable product, right? We see some of the most talked about ones are BPC-1, TPC-157, TB-500, GH— I don't even know the names of them because I'm so not interested, but GHKCU or something like that is another one called, I know. And the list grows.
Yeah.
Like there's endless of peptides. It sounds like there's peptides for literally every single thing, which also is like makes sense when you think about it because of the fact that it's like in the It's a natural thing. So of course there's peptides or there's synthetic versions of everything. The marketing around them is usually very compelling, right? It's heal your guts, accelerate recovery, reverse aging, optimize absolutely everything. And that's what it says with barely any side effect. That's kind of what it states. It's a natural thing, you know, this is not a— yeah, it's a natural thing is what everyone says, which it is, but it's obviously in a synthetic form. That's, let's say, that's like saying Testosterone, injecting testosterone is natural just because we produce testosterone. That's not, that's not really, really the case. But here's the question nobody is asking: why is our bodies not producing and utilizing these compounds efficiently on its own in the first place? And is injecting synthetic versions of them actually fixing that? If you ask me, no. But our body is a full peptide factory, right? Every time we eat a quality protein source, beef, eggs, organ meats, fish, our digestive system breaks that protein down into amino acids and assembles them into the exact peptide chains our body needs in the exact quantities it needs them and at the exact time it needs them. So when someone cannot do this efficiently, when their body's not producing and utilizing peptides properly, that is a signal.
Right?
It's not a deficiency of a synthetic injectable compound. It's not like you're lacking some bullshit. It's a signal that the system doing the producing is broken. So something in here is not clicking properly, and as a byproduct, Volkswagen is not getting— you know, the cars that come out are all going to be broken. You know, they might look fine, but they're all going to be broken because there's some mismatch in the factory. Right? So poor gut function, impaired digestion, chronic stress suppressing the biological machinery, nutrient deficiencies in the cofactors required for peptide synthesis. This is arguably the root cause to these things. So the inability to produce and utilize peptides naturally is a system or symptom of a broken system, not a justification for bypassing the system with synthetic replacements. That's one thing. So what all of these things have in common, all of the peptides, um, or no, actually, uh, the, the people that are promoting it. So I like to think about Brian, Brian Johnson is the prime example. Everyone knows who Brian Johnson is, right? He's, he's probably the— I don't even know how many, how many peptides that guy is on. He's probably on, on every single peptide under the sun. He's probably injecting himself with I don't even know how many How many syringes every single day, which is just absolutely insane. But they're selling the idea that the solution to human health problems lies in making everything complex, making everything like expensive also, and making everything synthetic and making synthetic interventions, which most of are produced by the same big pharma companies that creates the health problems in the first place. So I think that's very, very misguiding, and I think for some people it even goes further than misguiding, because if we look at the direction that this is heading, you know, the kind of agenda or human or World Economic Forum agenda is like, Brain chips, synthetic hormones, AI integrated biology, merging humans together with like machinery, right? This is what's being kind of sold as optimization, transhumanism, or whatever they say. And this is like the pinnacle of human potential right now, right? We're gonna amplify ourselves with AI and brain chips, and then, you know, we're gonna be fucking superhumans. This is kind of the— the picture that is getting sold, right? And it's very, very interesting that I believe that this is kind of marketed towards an average person that is pretty healthy. Some of you guys are probably like, are here on this call kind of, oh, what does actually Lukas think about this? I've been kind of looking into this probably, or not looking, but I'm hearing about it and think it's a bit interesting, right?
Yeah.
And if we, all of us, one thing that we probably have in common is that if someone is trying to put us on some crazy pill, pharmaceutical pill for, you know, if we got a bit of a headache and we go to the doctor and, oh, take these pills and these, I don't know, what's it called, ibuprofen or all these bullshit things, all of us are gonna probably say strict no, you know? But here we're sitting kind of thinking about this, which tells us something, and that is that this is kind of, in my opinion, a marketing angle towards the more aware demographic that is not falling for the standard kind of medicine scheme, if that makes any sense. This is my view on it. So obviously there's a lot of conspiracies around all these things and I don't wanna dive too deep into it. I just wanna kind of leave that thought with you that, you know, this is kind of, it is, yes, it's marketed a bit towards kind of the average person, but it's more so health optimization, the people that are generally speaking a bit aware, right? Keep that in the back of our minds. So what this actually represents is the systematic removal of everything that makes human biology self-sufficient. Every synthetic intervention that replaces a natural process is one more dependency created. Because this is the problem: if we're starting to take peptides and our body starts to to to learn that we don't have to to break the amino acids down ourselves because like somehow it just did it by itself, what do you think is going to happen in or what is going to happen in our body? Well, it's not rocket science to understand that your body is going to like downregulate those those. Processes, right? And then you're off the peptide and then your body is like, what the fuck? And you might be able to kind of get back to kind of how it was, but I'd argue that this is where people are gonna get a lot of problems in the long run that have started to take peptides now because you're gonna completely downregulate your own, your body's ability to produce these short-chain amino acids themselves, which is gonna, you know, I mean, yeah, you might live, you know, but you're gonna absolutely be dependent. Otherwise, you're gonna have so much problems, which also, you know, it's another way of bringing up the lifetime value of you as a customer for Big Pharma.
Yeah.
So exactly, one more thing your body stops doing for itself because something external is doing it instead. In my opinion, this is not optimization. This is a slow dismantling of biological autonomy packaged as progress. And if we look at the people once again leading this, like the Bryan Johnsons of the world, um, it's, um, who else do we have? Peter Attia. The funny thing about all these guys is that they're Epstein list in there as well, which is just absolutely fucking hilarious. And now we look at Bryan Johnson as well, who spends— I don't even know, I don't even know, I don't even know if $2 million is the amount that— if you Google it, but I think it's even more on his health. And now the other day, you know, he comes out and says that he has a A massive gut issue, or yeah, as well. So you're doing all this optimization, and you're so once again aware and so detailed with everything, but your body is literally eating itself up from the inside. That's you know if I spent this amount, this amount, and I injected myself with sixty syringes every single day. If I'm not like literally fucking flying, then like, I don't even know what, like that's probably the level that I would expect if I would ever consider something like that, right? Like literally being able to fly or walk on water or something like this. Okay, then we can start to maybe argue if it's worth it or not, right? And he avoids the sun, which is the single most important free input for our biology, right? He's so religious that he never has a spontaneous meal. He never has joy around food. He eats absolutely the same boring stuff every single day. Grains, slop, no social connection built into his life. And you see it on him, you know. I don't think he looks healthy. And looks tells a lot in my opinion. So the body tells the truth even when the biomarkers do not. This is what we have to think in or think about. So that's kind of what I don't like about this. But how do we actually put this to practice and optimize this in the first thing, in the first place? Because obviously it's easy to sit here and say that, oh, we can do this and we can produce this ourselves without relying on synthetic garbage. But how do we actually do that then? It's probably more simple than most of you expected. So first thing here, it's like, if we think about this again, Peptides come broken down from protein sources, so it's quality protein sources and a broad spectrum of that. But, and how exactly that looks, these are my rules. So eggs, at least 4 to, between 4 to 6 a day. We already know this. This is already in the 3-meal, like all of you already know that this is the amount we should be eating every single day. So that's the first pillar. Ruminant meat, at least 300 but up to 500 grams daily. Obviously the, if we think about the 3-meal framework, we have 5 eggs and 500 grams beef at the, as the base. This literally covers almost everything. So that's that. And then we have collagen sources as well, some collagen source daily. So slow-cooked meats, boning cuts, which is gonna give us glycine, proline. This is the most commonly missed piece in my opinion. And this is the food-based equivalent of what BPC-157 is marketed for. So Tim, I'm gonna call you out here again with this. If we say that we have some joint pains and things like this, That is a practical example of someone that has a completely dysregulated amino acid profile, or yeah, amino acid profile in their— from a dietary perspective. And I know also with your previous coach, it was just muscle meat, right? So it's to get in all, like literally nose to tail is how we wanna think about it. We should be eating everything. If we just eat muscle meat— It's gonna give us a composition of amino acid profiles, but if we don't get the other compositions from like the collagen-rich sources, the skin and the joints and all these things of the animals, then we're gonna get a dysregulated amino acid profile in our bodies as well. So it's super, super important to like, we can't just eat muscle meat, we have to throw in— collagen-rich stuff. And that is, I like to think about this as like supports like. So if we only eat muscle meat, we're only gonna support our own muscle meat, right? And this is proven by the peptide change that is broken down as well. And if we, so if we have problems with our joints, if we wanna support our own joints, what should we do then? Well, then we should eat the joints of the animals, right? Then we should eat the joints. the connective tissues of the animals because those amino acid profiles is what's gonna support and be broken down to the specific peptide chains that supports our joints and the healing of them. Tim, does that make sense?
Absolutely, yeah. I definitely perked up right before you said my name. I was like, screen capture, I'm definitely listening.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Good, good, good.
And then obviously, arguably one of the most important things is we obviously need a functioning digestive system in the first place because that's the foundation of everything. We already know this. If our gut cannot break down what we're eating, it doesn't matter. So if our stomach acid is too low, enzyme output is impaired, nervous system is in chronic fight or flight, then it doesn't matter what we do from an input level. It's not gonna be converted into the right peptides our body needs. So this is also one of the things here that we have to utilize. Like, we can, we can break down some of the proteins, but if the gut is not dialed, the— or the, the— because that's where it all is being produced, that then we're not going to produce as much, or as— yeah, as much, or even as good of these peptide changes or chains at all, which also is, is proven very We see this time and time again, and this is obviously once again why I am such a big proponent of like dialing in gut health first, because literally that is gonna do more for someone's physical results also than compared to anything else. Because imagine if, if your ability to, to produce like peptide chains right now just 10x'd, and where do we find that? Well, we find that in optimizing the gut.
Right?
So even another argument to be made for OptiMy, or focusing on absolutely dialing in our gut health, right? But obviously you guys know exactly how we do that. We don't have to jump into depth in this call on those things. But some weekly targets as well. So those were daily. Liver, minimum once per week, ideally twice. Single most nutrient and peptide-dense food available. Like literally, this is one of the reasons why I want you guys to ideally eat, you know, 10 grams of liver every day. I take it almost, I view it as a supplement. Like this is my peptide, it's the liver. So if not on a daily, you know, a big serving every week, or maybe even twice per week is what we wanna do there. Heart is also fantastic, richest dietary source of coenzyme Q10, which is also super, super essential for mitochondria and energy production. Also extremely high in taurine. For some of you guys, and like coenzyme Q10 and taurine is 2 of the things that I use, that I supplement myself for the— yeah, nice Pierre, amazing. That I supplement because of the fact that I don't get this in enough. I, if I eat organs, it's liver, right? I'm unfortunately bad at eating heart. It's probably something that I should be better at myself. Like if I did that, I would optimize things even more for myself. But having a very good organ blend, which is something we're gonna come to as well, almost acts as a, you know, plan B for this. Heart is fantastic. Same thing here with kidney. Kidney is also fantastic. Super, super high in B12, selenium, and specific peptide compounds involved in detoxification and immune regulation. So same thing here, very— not a lot of people have this in their diet. But like these, the organs are the real peptides. That's the kind of point that I want to get across here. And if we don't, if we can't get that in, we have some backup options. So organ supplements and a good organ freeze-dried organ blend, heart, kidney, liver, heart, and kidney capsules. This is not like ideally a replacement for the real thing obviously, but it's a good backup if we, yeah, if we don't. I do a good organ mix and then I do coenzyme Q10 and the taurine as well. And then I eat my liver. So that's how I get it in. I should be eating more heart and kidney also, but I just don't feel like that's pretty appetizing. Liver I don't have an issue with. Maybe I'm just bitching a bit about it and should be stepping it up myself, which is kind of what I hear when I say this myself as well. But yeah, this is the plan B. A super good collagen powder is also something we should always have on hand. You know, obviously if we know the Superman coffee, we throw that in there. So also not a replacement, but I'd argue we live in a world right now where we're eating such a majority of muscle meat and we're getting so much of the muscle meat amino acid composition or, yeah, compositions. So eating— Nice sub, that was a small one. No, liquid egg whites is terrible, Tim. That's like absolutely terrible. It's never something you should eat or even have at home. So what did I say? No, but a good collagen as well. I don't think we can get enough collagen because we're eating so much muscle meat. So even if we have the bone broth and all these things, you know, having some collagen powder that we're throwing into our coffee or whatever is never something, it's not something that is gonna damage I'd argue it's just adding to the equation. Also not a replacement, but it's a good one. And then like eggs is everywhere. I don't care where you're at, you can always find eggs. So no matter where, whatever falls apart, whatever, you can have raw, you can have them with you, you can just schlong some raw eggs. Like there's never an excuse not to get some raw eggs in you. And I don't care where you're at on the planet, that can always be done. So 5 eggs a day as a baseline like ensures complete amino acid foundation is covered even when everything else is disrupted. Same thing here, Frank. You're you're very good at this. You know, you even bring your sardines with you when you're traveling and stuff like this, which is fantastic. That's something that I usually do as well. Just a good backup, making sure you have some good stuff with you and you're prepared if if you know shit shit goes south. So sardines or mackerel canned also something that you can kind of bring with you. It doesn't have to be stored whatever. Like literally, you can bring it in your pocket to the other side of the world and then eat it there, and it's as good as. As when you left home, so that's the best tools. And if we look at this from like a weekly checkpoint perspective, this is kind of the ideally what we want to be covering. So eggs every day, at least four to six, always with yolk, never some bullshit egg whites. Tim, to make that very clear, always the full eggs. We want ruminant meat daily. So that's beef, lamb, bison, venison, ideally between 300 to 500 grams. We want liver at least once, once per week, ideally twice, or ideally a bit every day. Ideally heart once per week, and then fatty fish 2 or 3 times per week. So that's, you know, just like a can of sardines 2 or 3 times per week is all we need there. And then slow-cooked collagen-rich cut once or twice ideally, and then throw on top some collagen peptides or some collagen powder. And then we're all good there. And then obviously calm eating environment daily, no screens, sit down, chew properly. Yeah, collagen powder once again, as I said, as a backup. This without slow-cooked cuts, desiccated organ capsules on hand for travel weeks or for when we can't get the rest in.
Um, check these out.
Yeah.
For travel purposes only.
Yeah, that's good. And if this checklist is hit every single week. There's no week where the full spectrum of amino acid chains is not covered. So no synthetic peptide fills as— like there's no gaps to be filled in this if this is what we cover. The body has every raw material it needs to produce, signal with, and repair using its own peptide machinery. That is the way it was designed to. So if this is the KPIs we hit every single week, We're never needing or going to need, and we're never gonna lack any sort of thing that a synthetic form can do for us. And this is the interesting thing as well, because all these people that we see are using these things are probably not even covering one of these every single week, right? And then they think a peptide will solve all their issues, which is just hilarious to think about. But this is, uh, this, that's actually it. This is what I, what I think what we should be doing instead. If this is what we cover, um, we're, uh, we don't need any bullshit synthetic Chinese research chemicals. Alex?
Yeah, I have a question, um, also regarding seasonal eating. Yes, especially when I look on slow-cooked foods, slow-cooked meat, at least the dishes that we have here in Germany traditionally, they are more like eaten in the winter. And also, this is kind of how I feel about stews and these slow-cooked meats, that they feel more like suitable for winter season. Is this not just my feeling, or is there something to it, or what would you do about it?
I'd argue— I know what you mean. I'd say it's kind of the warmth, the soupy, that we correlate to that, that that is just wired in us.
Yeah.
But that doesn't mean that we can't do it, you know, over the summer. But like if I answer that question as well, I'm more religious with collagen like supplementing over the summer than over the winter because for exactly the same reason that you just said. Like I get so much more kind of slow-cooked stews over the winter just intuitively and not as much in the summer. So in the summer I make sure to have the collagen Um, powder as an excuse, you know. All right, all right.
And then just quickly, like, just, um, more or less mind games, but I thought of like if we could ever produce a peptide, like, you know, we have all these like these, these microplastics and these hormone activity substances around us to kind of do something with our body, right? Like, if we could invent a peptide that, that's kind of countering that, right, it's kind of reversing the hormonal effects that we get from the microplastics, would you then say maybe, maybe that could be something? I'm not sure if this is even possible or that we ever get there, but what would you say then?
Yeah, I don't even think it's possible, uh, unfortunately. I mean, that would be some sort of Bulletproofing the gut lining kind of peptide, which also like you could argue that that already exists because if you if you like if your gut is dialed, you can put literally like a bunch of stuff through it without it affecting you negatively. If you if you know what I mean, so I'd argue it's like to to the to the like superhuman level extent. I don't even think it's it's possible, but like you can all you can already kind of. Do that. Does that make sense?
Yeah. Okay, cool.
Yeah. Um, next up, who do we have? Yasin.
Yo, what's up? So my question basically is like, in terms of peptides, I get— I definitely agree with you, but do you think there are circumstances, for example like me, uh, where it's like peptides that upregulate the immune system that are worth taking? Or what do you think about that?
No, I think I think you should utilize other other forms instead. Like one of the one of the like good example. What's it called in English? Trykk trykkkammere. What's it called? Like pressure.
Like pressure chamber.
Yeah, yeah, hyperbaric chamber, right?
Yeah.
Because that is gonna, that is gonna like push oxygen out and kind of upregulate your immune system. So it's like there's, there's still so many things that I would, uh, that I would opt for before I like, yeah, before basically.
What would like all those things be? Would it like be hyperbaric oxygen therapy and then Yeah, that.
And then, to be honest, I think what the only thing that— the only thing that I would do, as in, is like it's short-term upregulation. But by doing all the right things, you're slowly elevating your immune system and you're still slowly building up the resilience. So obviously for you, like, if I think about it, you've been like pushed back to, to, to, to square zero.
Yeah.
Right?
Yeah. It might, it might like short term, it might boost it by, by taking the synthetic form, but you like, there's, there's no one saying you can't build that up, build that yourself. It's just gonna take longer. So then it's like the short term versus the long term kind of gains that you have to kind of, yeah, just think about. And in that sense, you know, Do you want to rely on that to have a well-functioning immune system for the rest of your life when it's— when you can build it up?
Yeah.
That's kind of the question you got— you have to ask yourself. Do you feel like— do you feel like your immune system is sensitive or is it more so like that you just know that it is or?
Like I don't feel that it's sensitive but I know it is. Based on my biomarkers, it's very sensitive. So it's like, yeah, but I don't feel like— I don't feel sick. I haven't gotten sick or anything for like a very long time, uh, so I don't feel sick, like, or feel like that. But on the biomarkers, it shows like clearly that all my white blood cell counts, it's very low.
Yeah. Um, hyperbaric chamber, number one. Yeah, like that is—
yeah, well, like for example, I've looked at like NK cell therapies and like different stem cell therapies. Is that something you recommend?
Yeah, I guess stem cells could, uh, could arguably be second, but I think that's also like— I would really say that that's like last, uh, last, last way out when you've tried, when you've tried like every— everything. And also I, I, in your case, is in now, now doing everything right. I would want to wait and see the, the markers not improving despite doing everything right and being religious before you start to, before you start to think about anything. Does that make sense?
Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense.
Any other questions, guys? We have some questions left.
Yeah.
Yes, I mean, this might only be for Swedish people, but like for the organ capsules, do you have any recommendations where to buy those?
Are you in the States?
No, Sweden. Here.
Um, why doesn't it allow me? And then, oh, nice, super solid. I know the founder, um, to this, uh, to this brand as well.
Yes, awesome.
Yeah, these are really good. They're freeze-dried and everything. Super, super good.
Awesome. Can I get this in Europe?
Yeah, yeah, I think they have a dense nutrition. I think they have a EU site. Let's see. Okay, this is their own. Let's see. Then nutrition.eu, maybe? Yeah, search for it. I know— I found it. It was .com, it seems like, and then it was in euros, I guess, to travel over Europe.
Yeah, yeah.
Awesome. So yeah, this is good. This is the one I'm using myself also. this, all that I have on hand. So super, super good one. And for, for you US-based guys, I think, yeah, Heart and Soil is probably one of the best.
Yeah, definitely. They test them, they provide the test analysis. Yeah.
Yeah, it's arguably if there's 2 freeze-dried organ meats and freeze-dried oyster powder, that's probably— if those 2 supplements will, will carry you guys.
There's freeze-dried oyster powder?
Yeah.
Holy shit, really?
Yeah.
Wow. I didn't know that.
Something to have on hand when you're traveling. You can get it in Sweden? I think you can get it off of iHerb.
Oh wow, cool. I never knew that. That's sweet. Yeah, we need like free-dried sauerkraut to bring for travel.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Blake, question, or is it the old hand?
Uh, that's old hand, huh?
That was an old hand.
Okay, okay.
Yasin?
Yeah, when it comes to buying like, what's it called, like salmon? Yeah, we're buying like wild-caught salmon. I don't know, I haven't been able to find it. In Sweden at least. I don't want like farmed salmon, not farmed, like wild-caught.
I actually found some wild, uh, wild-caught salmon from Alaska today. It was in Germany. I was super surprised.
Yeah, like something like that.
Uh, this one is really good. It's not wild-caught, but it's as close as it gets. Yeah, yeah, all right. And then, but then get the, here, I'll show you what you should be getting. Get this.
Yeah, they're great.
Yeah, they're really, really good.
I ate a can today.
Do you just eat them raw or how do you make them or just put them in omelet?
Yeah, no, it's, no, it's, they're like done already. You just eat them straight out the jar. So what I usually do, Yasin, is I, I take one can of these 2 or 3 times per— or for all of you guys, a can of sardines 2 to 3 times per week. I just take them and I just mash them on a sourdough piece that I've just fried in, in some butter in the pan. Like, 10 out of 10.
All right, they're the best ones I've ever had.
Yeah, these ones are really good. They, they brought it into my local, to my local Ica grocery store. Frank told me, he was like, they had them there. I was like, no fucking way. I drove there and I bought the whole, like, I bought like 50 packs.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's real organic extra virgin olive oil from Italy. Like, it's legit.
Yeah.
Yeah, and I'm buying tons of these now.
Yeah, pick up like here and then just one can 2 or 3 times per week. As the standard. So yeah, they— these are really, really good. And then if you, if you want the salmon, this is the best one you can get your hands on from Gordon's. All right, yeah, cool.
I'll get that because I need some fish.
I'm eating a lot of meat now. Yeah, make sure to get it.
Yeah, 100%.
Tim, question.
Yeah, speaking of, uh, um, meats, which ones, uh, I heard bone-in, I guess I've been avoiding those, but what are your favorite, uh, pieces of beef and/or— yeah, I mean, I've only been doing mostly, yeah, like steaks because of that, that sort. Uh, I haven't done pork. I don't really have really much interest in chicken, but yeah, you know, in those things. I've done salmon as well, but I'm just wondering, yeah, since I've already been on the beef route, what are the ones that I need to go with? Uh, how do you prepare them or whatever? Just, just basics.
The more I like, as I wrote here as well, let's, um, if we're gonna choose one, or maybe I didn't put it in here, uh, no, I didn't. But like, if we put, if we put, if we take one, um, like one we can only eat for the rest of our life, it would be always ground meat because ground meat always has a better collagen profile because they throw in all the like literally shit pieces is what they make ground beef out of, right? Which is a good thing in this case because that means we get a lot of a broad spectrum. But literally everything. Some days I eat ribeye, some sirloin, some flank, flap, Some days I eat, um, I don't even know the names in English to be honest, but like literally everything and then connective tissues and then make your own broth, make stews out of, uh, what's, uh, I think, uh, short rib maybe?
Yeah, that sounds right.
Chuck roll.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Higher.
Yeah.
So don't, don't avoid those weird little fatty pieces, but don't go outta your way to kind of eat those fatty pieces. Just kind of eat whatever's on the plate best you can, right? Some of that stuff's just gooey, you know? I don't know, spit it out or what's the, what's the protocol there? It's all—
No, but that, that's probably, if, if that's how you feel, it's probably like it's low quality because if you have very high quality meat, Like you want to eat it all. Like the fat is like butter if it's good meat.
Right, yeah.
So if it tastes like chewing or if it's like chewing gum in your mouth, that's a good sign it's probably not the best quality.
Right, right. Well, there's parts around the— around some of the harder parts of the fat, you know, I don't eat the super, super, you know.
Yeah, and that's, that's what I mean. If it's a good piece, that tastes like— that's like butter.
Okay, so you wouldn't even have that is what you're saying?
No, no, that's a sign probably it's not the best beef, right? Because I, I know what you mean, but like the, those, um, if we think about the ribeye, you know, the fatty part of the, of the ribeye, if you, if I buy a store, in the store, just an average ribeye, you can eat it, it's like, it's like literally fucking chewing gum. But then I get the good beef from my, from my friend that has like literally the best in the world. It's like, that's the only thing I want to eat because it literally, it tastes like butter. Like, I don't even want the meat.
It's so good.
Yeah, his meat's amazing.
Yeah, makes sense.
Yep.
But yeah, I don't need to go out of my way for bone-in, you know. That's the thing, it's like I don't really find those as much at the supermarket here. So I mean, or maybe I just have always ignored them.
Yeah, but just do— I don't know what to—
Yeah, I think I got it. I just mix it up a little bit. I think I got enough info.
Yeah, mix it up. That's it. That's the thing as well. Like, always do different. Like, one day you do that, and then— or one week this, one week that, whatever, right? Change it up.
Gotcha. Yeah, what about pork and turkey and the rest? I Yeah, I've just, I mean, I've been pretty narrow in tunnel vision, but I mean, what do you say about all that?
Beef and eggs are the best if you can get some high quality. Pork, generally speaking, I don't have anything against it. It's just like the average pork is so bad quality, so you're better off avoiding it. But if it's like a super high quality, there's not an, like, there's not an issue in my opinion. But therefore, you're better off eating like a bad beef than a bad pork, if that makes any sense. That's why we want the ruminant. We want the, the, the— because the, the beef or the, the cows have multiple stomachs to, to process everything that they're eating. And then we have a pig that just has one, and, and, and they're more sensitive to what they are eating. So you're always better off eating, um, yeah, I'd pick a bad beef over a bad pork or a bad chicken every day of the week. Or bad, but like low, low quality. Beef over low quality anything else. Makes sense?
Sure, yeah.
So I think you already covered it, but yeah, chicken and turkey, same deal.
Yeah, if you can find some pasture raised, no issue. Good quality, then then absolutely. Get it in.
Get it in.
Thank you.
All right, guys. Any other final questions, or have we gotten everything covered?
Spain or Portugal, who do you got?
