Greetings, SuperFriends!

In this week's episode, I'm joined by a repeat guest and longtime friend of mine, Robb Wolf. Robb has been on the show many times before, seeing as he's written many New York Times bestselling books – in fact, two, in the past so far. He is also a former research biochemist, that is better known for The Paleo Solution and Wired to Eat.

Robb is my go-to thought leader on all things nutrition. He's the person who convinced me to go paleo, he's the person who convinced me to modify that diet with more data about my own blood sugar and insulin response levels, and now he is pioneering a healthy rebellion – a social movement with a goal of liberating a million people from the sick care system.

As if all that wasn't enough to take on, he has also written a new book called The Sacred Cow, a contrarian look at a potential way for solving our food crisis, specifically the animal protein crisis that we're facing, and dealing with climate change. Now, I'm going to warn you, a lot of Rob's opinions are contrarian, and he even goes out and says that you have to be careful not to get canceled for sharing some of the opinions that he shares. But, I always like to bring in both sides of the opinion, and honestly, I wanted to talk to someone who is spreading a message of hope, right now, especially when it comes to the environment.

So, Robb and I talk about a lot of different elements of this whole piece. We talked about what the best way is for humans to get our animal protein, assuming that an animal protein diet is what people want and not everyone is going to go off of it – and not everyone should go off of it. We talked about the sustainability and environmental impact of factory farming versus grazing animals.

We then talked about alternative energy solutions, which I didn't know he geeked out on as much as I do, but it turns out he geeks out on much more than I do. As part of that conversation, we also talked about some of the challenges with alternative energy.

And we talked about much more, that you'll have to listen to the podcast episode to know all about it. I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as I did!

-Jonathan Levi

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In this episode, we discuss:

• Who is Robb Wolf, what does he do, and how did he get here? [4:45]
• Robb's view on sustainable livestock [7:00]
• What it looks like if you support animal protein diets [12:00]
• A quick conversation on conspiracy theories [15:30]
• A look into the lifecycles of all forms of animal farming [17:40]
• Deforestation and landscape modification [29:00]
• Are we really heading towards doomsday? [34:30]
• Alternative energy, and the type with the highest potential [39:10]
• How can we solve the problem of increased demand for animal protein? [48:00]
• What can we do to help drive this change? [55:10]
• Robb Wolf's final takeaway message [58:25]

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf
• Wired to Eat by Robb Wolf
• The Sacred Cow by Robb Wolf
• Our first episode with Robb Wolf
• Our second episode with Robb Wolf
• Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
• 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
• The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann
• 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
• Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All by Michael Shellenberger

Favorite Quotes from Robb Wolf: