Martin explores ideas related to food consumption and it's implications on mental health. He explores his extensive knowledge of literature on the topic and his own experiences to highlight a insightful new approach to food and wellness.

Guest:
Martin Pytela became a health coach after overcoming serious health challenges. Martin traded his career as a management consultant for building a health coach business called Life Enthusiast and a superfood manufacturing business called Exsula.

To learn more about Martin, please visit:
Website: https://www.life-enthusiast.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MartinPytela
Instagram: @lifeenthusiast15

To learn more about metabolic typing, please explore the following:
The Metabolic Typing Diet by William L. Wolcott

Timestamps:
4:30 - History - Peposdent Advertising Campaigns (1920s)
4:45 - Personal Story - How Martin's Health Declined
10:45 - Book - The Metabolic Typing Diet by William L. Wolcott
11:45 - Concept - Metabolizing Carbs vs. Fats
16:30 - Concept - Biological Individuality
19:45 - Concept - Understanding How Food Impacts Your Body
22:30 - Example - Understanding How Alcohol Influences Your Metabolic Type
25:40 - Concept - The Microbiome and Neurotransmitters
26:00 - Concept - Chlorine and Roundup and Their Impact on the Microbiome
30:30 - Review - The Gut Microbiome and Its Role in Obesity (Davis, 2017)
32:00 - Concepts - Prebiotics and Post-biotics
38:10 - History - Subsidies of Corn, Wheat, & Soybean
39:00 - Strategy - Don't Follow Your Taste Buds
39:50 - Healthy Food Strategies - Avoid Refined Food
40:50 - Healthy Food Strategies - Avoid Refined Seed Oils
40:50 - Healthy Food Strategies - Avoid Refined Food
42:00 - Recipe - Romaine Burrito
45:00 - Self-Discovery - Learning About Your Metabolic Type
47:50 - Personal Story - Martin's Developing Wheat Allergy & The Hybridization of Wheat
57:00 - Personal Strategy - Meditation + Gratitude

Special thanks to musical artists:
Psalm Trees: https://psalmtreesbeats.bandcamp.com/
Soii: https://soii.bandcamp.com/

To provide suggestions for new topics in future episodes, visit:
present-mind.org/podcast