What if you can reap the real benefits of the ketogenic diet without putting up with its traditional restrictions? Top heart surgeon and best-selling author of “The Plant Paradox” Dr. Steven Gundry joins me in this very insightful conversation and reveals the shocking truth about traditional keto diets, why most people fail at it, and how to do keto the right way. As the episode ends, Dr. Steven and I reflect on intermittent fasting, the carnivore dogma, humanity’s quest to longevity and why optimistic pessimism largely helps with that. Dr. Steven Gundry spent over 40 years as a cardiothoracic and heart surgeon before he shifted his focus on finding solutions to reversing disease through nutrition. He is the Director and Founder of the International Heart & Lung Institute as well as the Center for Restorative Medicine in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara, CA.  Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction to Dr. Steven Gundry 3:00 - Which staple foods are actually toxic for you? 6:00 - Debunking the keto diet: Where we get keto wrong 9:00 - What's Mitochondrial Uncoupling? 13:30 - The Gundry philosophy explained: “Disease begins and ends in the gut” 24:00 - 2 Tips to reversing the damage from harmful food sources 28:00 - Is gut dysbiosis connected to mental illnesses? 35:00 - Shocking benefits of intermittent fasting + Foods for a healthy gut 37:00 - What "Unlocking the Keto Code" means + Tips to get started 42:30 - Foods that help "uncouple" the mitochondria & boost ketosis 46:00 - Why optimistic pessimism can prolong your life 55:20 - Thoughts on the carnivore dogma   Learn more from Dr. Steven Gundry: Website: https://drgundry.com/ Instagram: @drstevengundry Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrGundry ; https://www.youtube.com/c/GundryMDYT/about   Book: “Unlocking the Keto Code: The Revolutionary New Science of Keto That Offers More Benefits Without Deprivation”    Related links: The revised version of the Align Method book is now available with 22 brand-new exercises! Pre-order here: alignpodcast.com/alignbook alignpodcast.com/alignmethod for a special discount  www.organifi.com/align and use ALIGN during checkout to receive 20% magbreakthrough.com/alignpodcast and use ALIGN10 during checkout to save 10%. www.seed.com/Align and use Align during checkout to get 15%