Summary
Welcome to Primal Diet, Modern Health, with your host, Beverly Meyer. She'll always talk food first, then share the latest on living a healthier, better life. Now, here's your host, Beverly Meyer. Hello everybody, welcome to Primal Diet Modern Health. And yes, this is Beverly Meyer. I am a holistic and clinical nutritionist. I've been in practice for 25 years, mostly working on myself, but I also manage to work on quite a few clients as well.
Key Points
- Would you like to change your health and diet and add a dose of humor on the side?.
- And that's how, I mean, I study a lot, of course, too, but I'm my own best guinea pig.
- Did you get hungry within two to four hours?.
- Either you were too high or too low on something on the plate, or your plate was too small for the meal that you were expecting to last you for a couple of hours, right?.
- It's been two, three hours since I ate, and I'm already craving a sweet.
- It's been two, three hours since I ate, and I'm hungry already.
Key Moments
Humans are designed to run on fat and protein not glucose
Beverly Meyer argues that humans are biologically designed to burn fat and protein as primary fuel, and that relying on glucose from starchy carbohydrates creates a cycle of cravings for more sugar, juice, and smoothies.
"And humans are designed to burn and run on fat and protein. In fact, we are not designed to run on g"
The myth that high protein damages kidneys is backwards
Meyer debunks the widespread claim that high protein intake damages kidneys, noting that kidneys are made of protein, their job is to process protein, and studies actually show improved kidney function on higher protein and fat diets.
"one of the things that we've been told about protein is there's so many posts when you scan aroun"
Forget calorie counting and balance every meal with protein and fat
Meyer proposes a simple rule of including protein and healthy fat at every meal and snack rather than obsessing over calorie percentages, stressing that the body needs these macronutrients for rebuilding cells from amino acid building blocks.
"So part of what I'm here to talk about today is forget all the rules and I have a new rule."
