Hey folks, this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us on the Fat Burning Man

show where we talk about real food and real results.

Do you buy the carnivore theory that plants are trying to kill us and we should avoid eating

all plant matter?

What about the vegetarian argument that we should never, ever eat meat?

If you take anything away from this show, make it this.

Please take extremism, hysteria, and dogmatism with a grain of salt.

As the blogosphere and personalized RSS feeds have been replaced by superficial social media

channels in an algorithmic race to the bottom, the modern internet, it seems, is rapidly devolving

into a cesspool that rewards extremism, gimmickry, and one way thinking.

When in fact, the truth is much more complicated, subtle, and nuanced.

So to help us sift through the dogma and fads with a scientific approach, I'm happy

to say that returning to the show today is the award-winning public speaker and New York

Times bestselling author, Dr. Sarah Valentine.

We're chatting about nutrient deficiencies caused by many popular diets, secrets to making

vegetables taste great, the importance of dietary diversity, as well as a whole lot more.

But before we get there, here's a quick note that came in from Chris that she says,

I want to thank you for having Dr. Sarah Godfrey'd on your podcast and other women doctors

and nutritionists.

These introductions were a game changer for me.

You were way ahead of the curve in supporting women's bodies and science and acknowledging

that women's hormones are different from men's and need a different approach when it comes

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