084. The Missing Element in All Diets: Why Salt is Not Bad For You, The Need For Electrolytes, Should We Eat Meat At All? - Robb Wolf

This week on the podcast I have none other than Robb Wolf, a former research biochemist is the 2X New York Times/WSJ Best Selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat.  Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, books and seminars.

Robb is also the founder of LMNT, an electrolyte mix that contains the right amounts of electrolytes and salt to help fuel workouts or just maintain healthy energy levels. This has been a game changer I know for myself and many of my clients. We talk a lot in this episode about the truth about salt intake and why you're probably electrolyte deficient. To get a free sample pack head over to www.drinklmnt.com/joelevan

We also get into Robb's new documentary Sacred Cow, which probes the fundamental moral, environmental and nutritional quandaries we face in raising and eating animals. In this project, we focus our lens on the largest and perhaps most maligned of farmed animals, the cow. 

COMMON ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT MEAT... 

• Red meat causes cancer, obesity and heart disease. 
• We’re eating too much meat.
• Humans don’t need to consume animal products to be healthy. 
• Raising livestock is bad for the environment.
• It’s unethical to eat animals. 
• If we can produce meat in labs, then why should we eat animals? 

Timeline

1:21 - How Robb has evolved his thinking of diet/nutrition since his early days of the Paleo Diet
7:00 - Robb and I talk about poop
14:40 - How Robb stumbled into the world of electrolytes and why
16:37 - if you’re eating low carb, you need more electrolytes
19:38 - Athlete’s sodium requirements
23:05 - Is sodium the problem for high blood pressure?
25:30 - Sodium helps reduce cravings and kick start the brain
29:00 - Signs you’re electrolyte deficient
31:05 - Robb’s new documentary Sacred Cow and why meat is not so bad
39:00 - Regenerative agriculture
44:00 - Why you need to double your recommended daily protein dosage
48:24 - Why calorie restriction is bullshit

Other Resources/Links
Robb Wolf's website
LMNT - electrolyte drink
Sacred Cow documentary