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034: Interview with Scott Kustes - Seven Health: Eating Disorder Recovery and Anti Diet Nutritionist

Episode 034: Welcome to another episode of Real Health Radio, this week I’m joined by Scott Kustes.


Apr 7.2016


Apr 7.2016

Scott is a former Crossfit and Paleo evangelist who after many years realized the diet as was following wasn’t helping his health. He is the author of a series of books called Kill Your Diet and co-hosts his own podcast called Evil Sugar Radio. Gone are the days of focusing on extreme diets and restrictive regiments, now he prefers to focus on easy health advice, global health, food politics, and myths in the health industry.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

00:05:15

The lesson he learnt from his parents about food

00:07:40

How he got into paleo diet…and then out of it

00:10:20

The health problems he experienced from dieting and overtraining

00:11:45

Putting on weight as part of recovery

00:15:55

People never followed the food pyramid

00:19:00

Why conventional agriculture might not be as bad as is being made out

00:21:25

We eat more fresh fruits and vegetables today more than any other time

00:25:30

The “problem” of the fixed stomach

00:27:55

How diets naturally cut out calories…and the problems this can cause

00:30:50

How people can be confused about research

00:35:40

The difference between a researcher and a practitioner

00:39:10

Diets becoming part of people’s identity

00:41:30

Some of the problems with marketing in medicine and alternative medicine

00:49:15

His podcast Evil Sugar Radio

00:51:05

How his travelling has helped change his beliefs around food

00:55:35

What he’s been reading lately


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