Podcasts Health & Fitness Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth 586: The Healthiest Ways to Cook Your Food, Optimizing Cortisol, Sumo vs. Conventional Deadlifts & MORE

586: The Healthiest Ways to Cook Your Food, Optimizing Cortisol, Sumo vs. Conventional Deadlifts & MORE

Published: Sept. 1, 2017, midnight

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Kimera-Quah! In this episode of Quah, sponsored by Kimera Koffee (kimerakoffee.com, code "mindpump" for 10% off), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about the difference between conventional and sumo deadlifts, cortisol, what it is, what affects it and what you can do to keep it at healthy levels, the effectiveness of nootropics for someone with ADHD and how the way you cook your food affects nutrition and health.

  • Guys talk old movie special effects and Adam talks The Defiant Ones (3:55)
  • Guys talk the business and monetary success (10:45)
    • Millionaires
    • Business can\\u2019t stay stagnant
  • Sal/Justin talk about money and their kids (16:50)
    • Value of a dollar
    • Work Ethic
    • Value of investments
    • Sal talked to his son about inflation
  • Kids getting older (more testosterone and language) (24:30)
    • No computers/tablets allowed alone in bedroom or bathroom
    • Starting to curse
  • Quah question #1 \\u2013 What\\u2019s the difference between conventional and sumo deadlift? When should you use one or the other? (32:50)
    • Work on both and build your mechanics
    • Focus on one (phase) and do the other
    • Encourage interchanging of exercises
  • Quah question #2 \\u2013 Can you talk about cortisol? What is it? What effects it has? What can you do to keep at normal levels? (45:01)
    • Helps regulate the immune system, blood sugar levels
    • o\\xa0\\xa0 Raises in response to stress
    • Ashwagandha and Reishi
  • Quah question #3 \\u2013 How effective are nootropics for someone with ADHD? (54:47)
    • Address the root cause first
      • Sleep, exercise and nutrition key
      • Elimination Diet
    • Dopamine increases
  • Quah question #4 \\u2013 Does the way you cook you food matter nutritionally? (1:08:41)
    • Food intolerances with raw vs. cooked foods
    • Variety/rotation is important

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