802: What It’s Like Going From Successful Heart Surgeon to Nutrition Guru With Dr. Steven Gundry, The Energy Paradox [Main T4C Episode]

Dr. Steven Gundry is an author, medical researcher and former cardiac surgeon whose mission is to improve people’s health, happiness and longevity through nutrition. He is the director and founder of the International Heart & Lung Institute as well as the Center for Restorative Medicine in California. He is a multiple New York Times best-selling author and has written several books, including The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in “Healthy” Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain and, his newest book, The Energy Paradox: What to Do When Your Get-Up-and-Go Has Got Up and Gone.  He’s also the host of the Dr. Gundry Podcast.  WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: How Dr. Gundry pivoted from doing heart surgeries to prevention (8:03) How Dr. Gundry went from being close to bankruptcy and persevered (18:58) What research formed the foundation of The Plant Paradox (24:10) Why we should care that food particles are permeating the gut wall and getting into our bloodstream (27:43) How Dr. Gundry knows that most people have leaky gut (31:16) How leaky gut affects young people (34:49) What the dos and don’ts of the Energy Paradox plan are (38:51) What the health benefits of drinking coffee are (42:11)