Is "Organic" actually healthy, or is it just a marketing label? In this episode of Performance Driven Living, Mark Young joins Bob Jones Jr. (CEO of The Chef’s Garden) to uncover why modern agriculture—including organic farming—is failing our health. If you are interested in biohacking, gut health, or simply eating real food, you need to understand the difference between "sustainable" and Regenerative Agriculture.

We discuss the shocking reality of soil depletion and desertification, and why the vegetables in your grocery store might be 14 days old and void of nutrients before you even buy them. Bob explains the science of nutrient density, how plant frequencies can naturally repel pests without Glyphosate or pesticides, and why "eating the rainbow" doesn't work if the soil is dead.

Key Topics Covered:

• The Soil Crisis: Why American soil is running out of minerals (and how it affects your biology).
• Organic vs. Regenerative: Why excluding pesticides isn't enough to create nutrient-dense food.
• Food is Medicine: How healthy soil creates food that acts as medicine for the body.
• The "Plant Blood Test": Using sap analysis to measure plant health (and human health).
• Ancient Wisdom: How biblical farming principles (Leviticus) align with modern soil science.

Timestamps:

2:10 - The Truth About Nutrient Depletion (Why You Are Still Deficient)

6:50 - What is Regenerative Agriculture? (Reversing Desertification)

10:45 - Biblical Farming: How Ancient Wisdom Predicts Modern Science

24:00 - The Grocery Store Lie: Why Your Produce is 14 Days Old

28:40 - Organic vs. Regenerative: The Problem with the "Organic" Label

32:15 - How to Shop at a Farmer's Market (Red Flags to Watch For)

About The Guest: Bob Jones Jr. is the CEO and co-owner of The Chef's Garden, a family farm that has pioneered regenerative farming for over 40 years. They supply the world's top chefs and restaurants with nutrient-dense, flavor-rich vegetables that prioritize soil health over mass yield.

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He signed 50 pages of waivers to be a "Human Test Dummy" for the Department of Defense. They drained the blood from his legs to simulate dying on a battlefield. Then, he treated his business the exact same way.

In this raw episode of Performance Driven Living, Mark sits down with David Ocon (Author of Why We Ran & Real Estate Developer) to discuss the fine line between "High Performance" and "Self-Destruction."

David reveals how carrying $8,000,000 a month in mortgages and refusing to "stop at the water station" landed him in the hospital twice. This is a masterclass on why the "Hustle Until You Die" mentality is actually bad for business—and how to shift into a season of "Strategic Contentment."

In this episode, you will learn:

• The "Hemorrhagic Shock" Experiment: What David learned about human limits from a DOD casualty simulation.
• The Running Metaphor: Why sprinting is natural, but "jogging" through life destroys your soul.
• The "Distressed Asset" Trap: How David fixed broken buildings while letting his own health fall into disrepair.
• Finding Your Pace: How to transition from an "Aggressive Investor" to a "Generational Builder" after having a family.
• Introvert Networking: The genius strategy David used to get meetings with real estate titans (hint: it involves canvas prints).

Timestamps:

2:26 - "Why We Ran": Running as a Metaphor for Life

8:45 - The Crash: $8M in Mortgages & Hospital Visits

17:00 - The DoD Experiment: Simulating Death for Science

22:00 - Why Humans Aren't Built to "Jog"

37:00 - How an Introvert Networks with Billionaires

43:00 - The "Shark" Strategy: Waiting for the Right Deal

Your blood work came back "Normal." Great news, right? Wrong. In a world where 90% of the population is metabolically unhealthy, being "Normal" just means you are average in a sick society.

Mark Young sits down with Steve Giddens (President of Terrain Health, formerly MtOmics) live from Metabolic Health Day in Tucson. They discuss the launch of Terrain Health, a revolutionary platform that rejects "Population Norms" in favor of "Individual Optimization."

Steve explains why the future of medicine isn't about sage-on-the-stage doctors dictating orders—it's about using AI as a "Kaleidoscope" to analyze your genetics, blood work, and lifestyle to find the root cause. They also dive into the controversial reality that AI is currently diagnosing patients with 80% accuracy, while human doctors are lagging behind at 20%.

If you want to know how to use data to become the CEO of your own health, this episode is your blueprint.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Kaleidoscope Effect: How Terrain Health uses AI to see facets of your health that human doctors miss.
• The "Normal" Trap: Why a 68-year-old's "normal" labs would be considered "critical" for a 30-year-old.
• Terrain vs. The Rest: How this platform differs from others (like Mark Hyman's Function Health).
• The AI Divide: Why the gap between the "Smart" and the "Un-adapting" is about to become a civil war.
• "Invite The Team": Mark’s strategy for using AI to simulate advice from experts like Dave Asprey and Dr. Nasha Winters.
• Compliance is King: Why the "perfect" diet fails if it doesn't fit your lifestyle (Vegan vs. Carnivore).

Steve Giddens Platform: MTOMICS: https://mtomics.com/

Metabolic Health Day: https://metabolichealthday.life/

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