Ep. 243: How Are You Wired to Eat with Robb Wolf

In this episode, Stacy and Sarah invite Robb Wolf on to talk about his new book Wired to Eat!
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The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 243: How Are You Wired to Eat with Robb Wolf
Intro (0:00)
(You can skip to Robb's interview at 12:40!)
News and Views (0:40)
Sarah and her family opted for an "explore your city" approach to Spring Break.
Their goal was to do 2 new things around Atlanta.
They went to a park with a creek they've never explored—and found a super scary snake!
Then, she and her daughters went on a nearly 6-mile hike around a local "mountain."
Sarah was really impressed with how her daughters held their own during their 4-hour adventure.
She did bribe them with a gluten-free and dairy-free sandwich cookie during the last 1.5 miles, but overall they did well on double or triple their usual hiking distance!
Sarah's daughters are now really into hiking. It makes her feel like she did something great as a parent!
Meanwhile, Stacy's kids will be cleaning during Spring Break to get their house ready to sell!
Stacy's family has been getting creative in their kitchen since they're trying to keep it clean.
They're finding lots of interesting options like salads that they normally wouldn't eat much.
You can find some of Stacy's lunch box and dinner creations at @RealEverythingBlog and the #nocookpaleo hashtag.
Stacy is looking forward to selling the house!

Robb Wolf Intro(11:20)
Robb has been an important voice in the Paleo community for years.
Sarah says his new book, Wired to Eat, is going to advance the conversation on Paleo nutrition and provide useful tools for everyone in the community
He blogs at https://robbwolf.com/ and his first book, The Paleo Solution, is available online and in stores everywhere.
Find Wired to Eat here and The Paleo Diet Solution here. They come highly recommended

Robb Wolf Joins the Show (12:40)
Stacy and Sarah are super excited that Robb is back on the show!
Robb's site is RobbWolf.com
When Robb moved to Reno 5 or 6 years ago, he became involved with a medical clinic that had just finished a large scale, 2-year pilot study with Reno PD and Fire Department. The changes when they put first responders on a Paleo Diet saved the City of Reno $22 million with a 33-1 return on investment.
New scientific information is going to continue to validate findings like these.
Robb realized "this stuff really works, I'm not a crazy person."
At the same time, Paleo has become dogmatic. Robb says this is understandable because people see such amazing results, but it's off-putting for the media, public at large and especially mainstream medicine.
"Brain evolution, the determinates of food choice, and the omnivore's dilemma," one of the papers that inspired Robb's new book
Our food choices are driven by a desire to consume more calories than we expend, so eating is regulated by one of the deepest, most ancient parts of the brain. Really powerful triggers are woven into that process.
Since we now live in a time of "infinite food options," we shouldn't be surprised that it's difficult to make good choices.
This paper made a case that "it's not your fault."

Personalized Nutrition by Prediction of Glycemic Response
A groundbreaking study that showed completely individualized responses to certain carbohydrates. For instance, one person might have a normal blood sugar response with a cookie and elevated blood sugar response with a banana, while another person might find the opposite.
With healthy blood sugar levels, researchers saw healthy gut microbiota, and vice versa.

Robb realized this was an important story to tell, especially couched in the context that struggling with dietary and lifestyle change is not our fault.
Personalized nutrition made a strong case that although we need to start with general Paleo principles,