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What if everything you've heard about the Paleo Diet isn't quite true? Did our ancient ancestors really avoid grains, beans, and carbohydrates? And are so-called "antinutrients" actually harming our health? In Part 2 of our Fed Up book recap series by evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman, we're challenging popular nutrition myths and exploring what millions of years of human evolution can teach us about eating for better health and longevity. We'll dive into the science of protein, fats, and carbohydrates, uncover the surprising truth about what hunter-gatherers actually ate, and separate fact from fear when it comes to lectins, gluten, soy, and other controversial nutrients. The biggest takeaway? Humans didn't evolve to follow one perfect diet. We evolved to be adaptable. Join us as we explore how to fuel our bodies, make smarter nutrition decisions, and build sustainable habits that help us get stronger, live longer, and keep LIVIN' THE DREAM! References: “FED UP,” by author Daniel Lieberman. https://www.audible.com/pd/B0F6Q8R8QM?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow   Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Caldera Lab Skin Care www.calderalab.com Discount Code: CoachD Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

This episode launches a new series breaking down a fascinating new book called Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals About Food, Diet, Health, and Eating Well, written by Dr. Daniel Lieberman, a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University. And what I love about Lieberman is that he approaches health from an evolutionary perspective. Rather than simply telling us what we should or shouldn’t eat, he asks a much more fundamental question: How did our in bodies evolve to eat in the first place? Because understanding how we got here might help explain why we’re struggling so much today. For our first episode, we’re covering the first three chapters. We’ll explore why nutrition has become so unbelievably confusing, what our ancestors ate before cooking existed, and how learning to cook food may have fundamentally changed the course of human evolution. We’ll also break down some really interesting science about calories, digestion, nutrient absorption, hunger, and why the food on your plate isn’t always as straightforward as the Nutrition Facts label would have you believe. So whether you’re trying to lose body fat, build muscle, improve your energy, or simply understand how to nourish your body better, I think you’re going to get a lot out of today’s episode. References: “FED UP,” by author Daniel Lieberman. https://www.audible.com/pd/B0F6Q8R8QM?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow   Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Caldera Lab Skin Care www.calderalab.com Discount Code: CoachD Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

In this episode, we bring the whole weekly focus home. Because none of those lessons matter... if you don't take responsibility for what happens next. So I want to talk about something that I think may be the most important lesson of the entire week: Become the CEO of your health. Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

There is no universally perfect diet. There is no universally perfect eating window. There is no universally perfect calorie intake. The question is: What are you asking your body to do? Because if you're asking your body to train... recover... build muscle... strengthen bone... rehab an injury... perform... adapt... and become MORE capable... you have to provide the resources to do that. And I think a lot of people are trying to build... without delivering the construction materials. So today... we're talking about: FEED THE ADAPTATION. Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

What actually IS intermittent fasting? Where did this idea come from? Why has fasting existed in human cultures and religions for thousands of years? What are people hoping to get from it? What are the potential downsides? Who might benefit from using it... and who might want to think twice before piling another stressor onto an already stressed-out body and lifestyle? Then next Throwback Thursday... we'll come back with Part 2, where younger Coach D gets WAY more tactical... and dives into different fasting windows, different styles of intermittent fasting, what you can consume during a fast, how to break a fast, and how someone might actually put all of this into practice. Resources:  Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

In this episode, I want to talk about an idea that has genuinely changed the way I think about my own body. And I need you to hear the ENTIRE sentence. Ready? Pain is always real. AND... pain does not always mean ongoing tissue damage. Those two things can be true... at the same time. And understanding the difference... might change the way you experience your body. Resources: Brain.fm App  (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

In this episode, we're talking about one of the most important principles I've learned in all my years of coaching: Don't obsess over the movement you can't do. Find the capacity underneath it... and find the version you CAN do. Then we build from there. Today we're talking: **Use it. Lose it. REBUILD it.** Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

What happens when something you temporarily can't do, slowly becomes something you believe you'll never do again. Because those are two very different things. “I can't do this right now.” And... “I can't do this.” In this episode, I want to start with one simple idea: Your current limitations may be real. But real... doesn't necessarily mean permanent. Sometimes, A LABEL, can become a LIMIT.  Dream Team... Welcome to You Are Not Fragile Week. Resources:  Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

All week, we've repeated one message: Urgency with the actions. Patience with the outcomes. But today… I want to make sure we don't accidentally turn that into: “Suffer now so someday you're finally allowed to live.” Because that's not the long game I want for you. Today I want to talk about something incredibly important: You have to live while you wait.I think almost everyone has said some version of this: “I'll be happy when…” Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

If you eat around three meals a day… 1,000 meals is roughly a year of eating. Now imagine laying all 1,000 of those meals out in front of you. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. Again. Again. Again. For almost an entire year. And now I want you to point to one meal. That's what I want to talk about today. Because we give individual meals way too much power. Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

All week we've been talking about playing the long game. Casting votes. Practicing. Progressing. Understanding that the things we do repeatedly eventually become the results we see. Well, today's throwback is that exact philosophy applied to your physical abilities. Push-ups. Pull-ups. Squats. Lunges. Dips. Sit-ups. Planks. Because here's the secret to getting better at bodyweight movements: You practice them. You find the version you can successfully perform today. You master it. You get stronger. You progress it. And then you do it again… and again… and again. There's no magical hack that takes you from zero pull-ups to ten overnight. But there is a path from zero to one. Then one to two. Then two to three. And if you keep collecting those repetitions long enough, one day you look back and realize that something that once felt impossible has become something you can simply… do. And one of my favorite lines from this original episode fits our entire week almost perfectly: “Small behaviors compounded over time will elicit results.” I recorded this episode years ago… and apparently Past me was already setting up Future me for this week's podcast. So today we're throwing it back to Episode 16: How to Get Better at Bodyweight Movements — Push-ups, Pull-ups, Planks, and More. Let's get into it. Resources:  Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

You have the mind of your last 1,000 conversations. Now, just like the 1,000 meals idea… I don't mean that literally. There is no neurological accountant sitting inside your skull counting conversations. But the underlying idea? I think it's incredibly important. Your mind has a history. The things you've practiced thinking about. The skills you've practiced. The problems you've practiced solving. The stories you've practiced telling. The language you've used. The conversations you've participated in. The reactions you've repeated. The attention you've repeatedly directed. All of those experiences become part of the person sitting here today. Because just like your muscles adapt to repeated physical demands… your brain adapts to experience. Resources: Brain.fm App  (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

I think people often imagine exercise almost like depositing muscle directly into a bank account. I lifted today… therefore I built muscle today. I squatted today… therefore my bones are stronger today. I ran today… therefore I am fitter today. But that isn't really how adaptation works. Training creates a challenge. A demand. A reason for your body to change. Then, between workouts, your body responds to that challenge. And after enough properly dosed challenges… with enough recovery… repeated over enough time… the accumulated response becomes something you can finally see or measure. More strength. More muscle. Greater work capacity. Improved skill. Stronger connective tissue. Potential improvements in bone. The workout is not the finished product. The workout is the request. Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

Life is far too complicated to reduce a human being to a thousand decisions. But as a metaphor? I think there is something incredibly valuable here. Because so much of where we find ourselves today is the accumulated result of things that happened repeatedly before today. Not yesterday. Not last weekend. Not the last seven days. Often… years. And that is what I want to talk about all week. Resources:  Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/

In this episode, I want to close this week by talking about self-care. But I don’t want to give you another list of things to buy. I don’t want to tell you that self-care is a bubble bath… a massage… a vacation… a candle… or a face mask. Those things can be wonderful. I love a good Thai Massage. I love getting outside. I love the ocean. But self-care is bigger than any individual activity. Here is the question I want us to explore today: What if self-care isn’t only about escaping your environment? What if it’s also about creating an environment you don’t constantly need to escape from? Resources: Brain.fm App (First month Free, then 20% off subscription) Discount Code: coachdamiensd Links: IG: @coachdamien_sd @damienrayevans @livinthedream_podcast   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS6VuPgtVsdBpDj5oN3YQTg FB: https://www.facebook.com/coachdamienSD/