Episode 380: Tristan Justice

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD
Podcast. Tristan Justice is a 27-year-old certified yoga
instructor and reporter at The Federalist and co-author of Fat
And Unhappy: How “Body Positivity” Is Killing Us (and How to Save
Yourself). He is also the author and editor of the Substack,
Social Justice Redux which covers issues related to his personal
questions surrounding fitness, the integrity of our modern diet,
the implications of our lifestyles, and the culture’s wide-range
approach to these topics.


 


In this episode, Dr. Brian and Tristan talk about…


(00:00) Intro

(00:51) Tristan’s career and why he wrote his book, Fat and
Unhappy

(06:35) Fat shaming and how to address obesity and poor
metabolic effectively and compassionately

(09:15) Tips for those who have become frustrated with their
inability to lose weight and feel healthy

(12:39) Why the message of ‘you’re fine the way you are’ is
NOT necessarily a positive, empowering message

(14:32) The Philly FatCon

(18:06) Food addiction and how big food companies
deliberately contribute to it

(20:22) The Make America Healthy Again movement

(23:00) Stigmas, addiction, and GLP-1s

(26:26) Pharmaceutical sponsorship of organizations and
influencers promoting the body positivity message and
exacerbating the metabolic health epidemic

(33:48) Dietary propaganda and the obscuring of nutritional
reality by big companies with a lot to gain from such
misinformation

(36:54) The warped incentive structure in healthcare in the
United States and how it can be corrected

(47:52) The main takeaways of Tristan’s book and how to apply
the principles of health it contains to your life

(48:48) Tristan’s Covid lockdown experience and his struggle
with addiction to marijuana

(52:44) Plugs and Outro



 


For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for
listening!


 


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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:


Follow the Science (book):
https://www.amazon.com/Follow-Science-Sharyl-Attkisson/dp/0063314916

Chris Palmer’s research in the area of Metabolic Psychiatry:
https://www.chrispalmermd.com/articles/



 


Tristan Justice:


Fat and Unhappy (book):
https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Unhappy-Positivity-Killing-Yourself-ebook/dp/B0DPJCKMNL?ref_=ast_author_mpb

X: https://x.com/justicetristan?lang=en

Social Justice Redux (Substack):
https://socialjusticeredux.substack.com/about



 


Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 


Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author



 


Dr. Tro Kalayjian: 


Website: https://www.doctortro.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/



 


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