Some Interesting Viewpoints, worth a listen!

#1

Listened to an episode of Peak Human today, his guest today had some interesting viewpoints on many of things we constantly speak of, Insulin Resistance (totally different angle) Carbs and Fat metabolism, eating 3-5x daily, gut health, a handful of different diets, PUFAs etc.

For those that don’t have tunnelvision, or inflexible with their mindsets of what cookie cutter keto or eating in general should/could be, it’s an interesting listen. Didn’t think I’d be into this one, turned out to be pretty good.

Also, If you follow Max Lugavere (Genius Life) or his podcast, this guy EXACTLY has his voice, and speaking manerisms, it’s weird.

(Allie) #2

Thanks, will check it out on my lunchtime walk today :slight_smile:

(Joey) #3

Somewhat off topic, but not necessarily…

I recently read that a number of widely followed podcasters now charge their guests thousands of dollars ($10k+) to appear as a guest.

In effect the guest is paying an advertising fee, similar to the “info-mercial” model. The FCC is beginning to crack down when such payments are not clearly disclosed.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with this business model when the listeners are properly informed that they’re watching a commercial. But it’s deemed unethical if the payment is not disclosed.

I seem to recall hearing that “Peak Human” was one of those podcasts that has been charging guests hefty fees for years, all the while claiming to be “ad free.”

If so, then no, it’s not ad-free. In fact, the whole interview is an advertisement.

If I’m mistaken, please excuse this off-base comment.

(Allie) #4

So I went digging…

  • Dave Asprey, host of ‘ The Human Upgrade ’, charges guests an average of $50,000 to appear on his biohacking podcast. At the end of every episode, he repeats the same line that the podcast “may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services,” and that guests “may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to herein.” He doesn’t explicitly say either way.

One of the podcasts I follow always has this at the end too, word for word… :thinking:

(Joey) #5

@Shortstuff Thank you for this link.

I fully support the right of businesses to pay for marketing. And I fully support the right of podcasters to make a healthy profit.

But personally, I have no interest in spending my time listening to paid advertising. (No less making a Patreon contribution :roll_eyes:)

When viewers aren’t clearly informed about the paid-advertising nature of content, then we’re being intentionally deceived. And to me, that podcaster’s credibility rounds to zero. (“This may or may not be an advertisement” is BS.)

For me, knowing clearly which podcasts operate on this model allows me to know which ones would be a waste of my precious attention span.

(Bob M) #6

I read the liner notes before I listen. I had seen this one, but when I saw the liner note “Why Jay recommends eating every 3-5 hours”, I decided not to listen.

After being keto for so long, I do not like eating that many meals per day. Sorry, Jay.

Also, do you really need to say “For those that don’t have tunnelvision, or inflexible with their mindsets of what cookie cutter keto or eating in general should/could be, it’s an interesting listen.”? I’m not going to listen because there’s absolutely no way I’m going to eat 5 meals a day. Zero.

#7

OK, me and you usually line up on stuff, but I’ll go at it :grinning:

YES! Yes I do, and you’re about to prove why!

So you read two things, that were like 1% of what he was talking about, never actually pushed as something you HAD to do, just a method HE used, and discredited the whole thing. Lots of people DO eat keto and eat multiple times a day, you can if you want, you don’t have to if you don’t want to. So aside from the 99% you missed, there’s also everything that came from the host himself. The point of it was the different viewpoints on the things I mentioned and their perceived real causes vs what we typically know/say now.

That’s the definition of tunnel vision and an inflexible mindset. People who are open to hearing new things would (I’d think) like hearing different/new/opposing viewpoints on stuff. Even within Keto many things are viewed differently now than a couple of years ago because we have more data. I personally don’t do the echo chamber thing or take anything at face value, that’s me.

(Edith) #8

I recently listened to this podcast where Brad Kearns also discusses why he eats more than two meals a day. I found it interesting and quite reasonable.

I’m planning on trying it when I’m finished recovering from my bout with COVID,

#9

That was a good one, pretty much agreed with all of it, thanks!