So...first podcast experience in the books. Survival Guyd is a podcast about anything important enough to argue about. Anthony, John, and Chris debate, teach, learn, bullshit and laugh their way through everything from politics, to health, to conspiracy theories, to social sciences. The guys were kind enough to invite me on to discuss holistic health, and I gotta say, I had an absolute blast.
The SG guys were interested in hearing about my personal journey to health, which was specifically geared towards the holistic treatment of Ulcerative Colitis. We reviewed the fundamentals of health, that being diet, sleep, exercise, and stress management. We discussed the pitfalls of conventional medicine and what can be done to fix the broken “health care” system. We talked about how to improve sleep quality, as well as specifics of my core stress management tool, Subtractive Meditation. To Anthony’s disappointment (I think), my answers about diet and exercise were very general. I don’t impose my personal beliefs about nutrition on anybody, I avoid dogmatism at all costs, and do not believe that there is only one approach to a healthy diet. Instead, we discussed meal hygiene and what can be done to improve digestion and autonomics. As for exercise, I again got very general (sorry, Anthony). Movement quality and cardiovascular health is the fundamental physical competence required to live well. The minutia of weight lifting exercises and programing is always interesting and fun to discuss, but is icing on the cake of life. Maybe we can discuss that cake icing on my next podcast appearance, but to satisfy the general theme of the show, I wanted to avoid the reductionist outlook of “everybody must do (insert exercise modality here).” The SG guys and I finished off the podcast with important talks on common physical problems associated with school children, cognitive issues, and how state sponsored policies are failing to address root causes.
I cannot recommend Survival Guyd enough. Anthony, John and Chris were great hosts, made me feel at home, and had a ton of great questions lined up. Even our off the deep end rants were top notch. I hope you don’t mind cursing. Overall, these guys really get it, and I can’t wait to hear more from them in the future.