Welcome to the Mind Muscle Podcast where there is nothing new, except all that has been forgotten.
In this episode Simon de Veer takes us to ancient China to peer into the life of the Taoist monks who were the ORIGINAL gluten free dieters - way before any hipsters picked it up. By taking a look at the lifestyle of the grain free monks we will come to understand the appeal of fad diets throughout history and how it still affects our culture today. Simon also gives some helpful tips on proper pushup and squat etiquette that will help you get better results during your workout, and how to get back into working out if you've taken a few months off your grind.
Relevant Sources:
The Gluten Lie by Alan Levinovitz
The Parable of the Madman by Friedrich Nietzche
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Episode Length: 50:05
Show Notes:
00:00 - 00:16 Intro
00:16 - 00:44 Episode Description intro
04:35 - 05:43 : Push up/Squat Tips
05:45 - 07:04 : Who were the Grain Free Monks
07:05 - 08:41 : Morality of Purity Based diets
08:42 - 12:54 : Frederick Nietzche Defense
12:55 - 15:22 : The Banana and Milk Diet
15:23 - 18:26 - The Belief of Science/the connection between Diets and what we believe to what is fact
18:27 - 23:57 - Religious Dieting
23:58 - 27:52 - Are you actually suffering from your diet … or just think you are?/ How to check
27:54 - 30:06 - What most people do instead of properly testing
30:07 - 32:39 - Delineation between eating processed foods and the history of fad diets
32:40 - 42:11 - How to start back up the fitness grind after a long lay off
42:12 - End - Episode Recap
Producer: Thor Benander
Editor: Luke Morey
Intro Theme: Ajax Benander
Intro: Timothy Durant
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