The Natural State with Dr. Anthony Gustin – Details, episodes & analysis

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author. He chats with Dr. Anthony Gustin about the science of “Supercommunicators.”

According to Charles, Supercommunicators have unlocked the secret language of connection. This one trait makes them more successful in all areas of their life.

Best part? Anyone can become a Supercommunicator!

If you’re familiar with Charles’ books The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better, you know he takes a science-driven approach to understanding human nature and its potential for transformation.

His new book, Supercommunicators, is no different. It’s full of science-backed tips and tricks for more effective, connection-boosting conversations.

So in this episode, Charles and Dr. Gustin explore:

• The science of communication, conversation, and connection

• Why communication is a human superpower

• The benefits of being a better communicator

• The three types of conversations

• How the “Matching Principle” explains miscommunication 

• The difference between inviting vs. mandating conversations

• What makes Supercommunicators so effective

• How to ask deep questions to better connect with others (+ the best one to ask!)

• What “looping for understanding” means, and how it’s helpful during conflict or arguments

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Check out EquipFoods.com and enter code TNS at checkout for 15% off!

• Visit LineageProvisions.com and use code AG20 for 20% off your first order!

• Charles Duhigg’s website

• Charles’ book: Supercommunicators

Eric Edmeades is a globally recognized authority in health, practical psychology, and behavioral transformation. He chats with Dr. Anthony Gustin about closing the “Evolution Gap.”

For the past 15+ years, Eric has made extensive trips to live with the Hadza Tribe of Tanzania, one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer societies. He even organized the trip Dr. Gustin ventured on with Dr. Paul Saladino!

Eric’s deep immersion and the insights gained from these experiences have significantly informed his work in the health and wellness industry.

His book Postdiabetic offers a holistic, actionable 9-week plan to tackle prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. 

His newest book, The Evolution Gap, explores how the mismatch between our slow biological evolution and rapidly innovating modern lives impacts our health and well-being.

Tune into this episode to hear them discuss:

• How Eric’s unique family history sparked his interest in human evolution

• The profound changes experienced by the Hadza Tribe since Eric first began visiting

• Eric’s evolutionary health journey and vegan vs. Paleo diets

• Why it’s easier to get diabetes today than it was 50 years ago

• The “Evolution Gap” and why Eric believes almost every physical and mental condition erupts from that space

• Using natural and artificial solutions to “close” the gap and align our lifestyles more closely with the rhythms/systems our bodies were designed for

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Check out EquipFoods.com and enter code TNS at checkout for 15% off! 

• Visit LineageProvisions.com and use code AG20 for 20% off your first order!

• Eric Edmeades’ website: EricEdmeades.com

• Eric’s books: The Evolution Gap and Postdiabetic

• Eric’s WILDFIT® program

• Eric’s Instagram: @EricEdmeades

Ever wonder what gives you vitality? 

Case Bradford, Primal Health Coach, chats with Dr. Anthony Gustin about the best habits to elevate your body-mind health and fitness (and which devitalizing habits you should avoid).

Case is an enthusiastic advocate for authentic vitality. He and Dr. Gustin dive into how to make intuitive calls in your health rather than unquestioningly trusting the science behind your everyday motions.

Tune in to the episode to hear their thoughts on:

• How to define vitality

• What prevents people from reaching their peak vitality

• Best habits to practice when you’re feeling physically, mentally, and emotionally drained

• How to explore your own authentic, holistic vitality

• The top microtoxins that devitalize us

• The new rules of essential modern hygiene for better health

• The benefits of local, biodynamic foods

• Thoughts about fasting from a ritualistic, meditative perspective

• The “pure alchemy” of making amazingly nutrient-dense ice cream

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Case Bradford’s website 

• Case’s Peak Earth podcast

• Case’s Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube channel

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

• Visit HVMN.com/AG to get 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ™ 

Licensed Registered Dietician Nutritionist Diana Rodgers is here to prove that a plant-based diet may not be the answer to better nutrition and a better environment and she shows what is instead in this podcast episode with Dr. Anthony Gustin.

When you tune in, you’ll hear Diana’s case for a higher quality of nutrition, environmental impact, animal welfare, and sustainability through eating a diet that contains meat.

Diana also discusses why meat isn’t the reason behind global warming and skyrocketing cancer rates.

She also tackles issues such as what happens when we pull meat from our schools, if it’s possible to raise meat sustainably and ethically, and so much more.

You’ll also learn about the true water usage of raising meat and whether or not grass-fed versus conventional grown meat really shows much of a difference.

As for Diana’s background, she’s a Licensed Registered Dietician Nutritionist who lives and works on an organic farm in New England.

She’s also a podcast host and author of The Sustainable Dish Podcast and she’s a speaker at both universities and conferences around the world.

On top of that, Diana is a Consulting Dietician for many well-known publications, she’s also a board member of several prestigious programs, and her work has also been featured in many top publications.

Tune in now to learn why a plant-based diet isn’t the answer and what is instead.

You may be working out and thinking that you’re doing a good thing for your physical health but if you’re not considering things like your range of motion and joint health, you could be doing a huge disservice to your body.

As Dr. Ryan DeBell points out in this podcast episode with Dr. Anthony Gustin, many people don’t realize just how variable their anatomy is.

And without considering this, you could be doing popular exercises like squats and overhead lifts incorrectly for your specific body.

Over time, this can lead to injuries and deterioration of joint health despite the fact that you thought you were doing the right thing.

So how can you fix things?

Thanks exactly what you’ll learn about in this episode.

Ryan discusses how to improve your joint health with the goal of preserving it and strengthening it for longevity along with figuring out how to optimize your range of motion without putting yourself at risk for injuries.

On top of having a passion for health and fitness since a young age, Ryan has also received his Master’s Degree in Sports & Exercise Science along with a Doctorate in chiropractic.

What he discovered over the years is that, while most people have good intentions, they’re not using exercise programs designed specifically for their body.

Along with injuries, this can lead to unwanted aches and pains and imbalances.

Ryan’s goal is to help people understand their own personal movement better so each person can become a master of their own body.

And that’s exactly what he dives into with this episode.

Tune in now to learn more!

Dr. Anthony Gustin sits down with Chris Irvin, Perfect Keto’s Education Manager and The Ketologist, for another Q&A to tackle some more great questions from their listeners.

But this Q&A is a little different from the other six since it covers more of a hybrid style where Dr. Gustin answers questions and shares his latest experiment with Chris Irvin.

Dr. Gustin and Chris are experimenting with adding more carbs into their diets to see how they feel and what effects (if any) it has on their blood glucose, body composition, resting metabolic rate, and so much more.

They’ll also share why they’ve decided to do this and how it’s working so far. You’ll even hear if they’re going to continue this experiment or abandon it for another testing phase.

On top of discussing this experiment, Dr. Gustin and Chris are answering top questions pertaining to their thoughts on cyclical keto, the best times to add in carbs, their top carb sources, and more.

So if you’ve been considering adding more carbs into your keto diet, this podcast episode has a ton of great information in store for you.

Check out the episode now to learn more!

Mansal Denton isn’t your stereotypical hunter.

As you’ll hear about in this episode with Mansal and Dr. Anthony Gustin, he’s not going out to hunt for the thrill of it and he doesn’t treat it like a sport.

Instead, Mansal believes in ethical hunting, practicing mindfulness while out there, and tapping into the emotions that come up before, during, and after the hunt.

Mansal’s approach resembles that of many indigenous people and Native Americans.

And that’s exactly what you’ll hear more about when you tune in.

Mansal shares how he went from being a vegetarian for 20 years to practicing this style of hunting.

You’ll also learn why he went down this path, why he treats it so differently than most hunters, and why he uses it to tap into his emotions and suggests that more people do it.

Mansal also talks about his guided hunting excursions and what he recommends understanding before going out.

Mansal even dives into how he recommends that people spend more time in nature and tap into their emotions whether they hunt or not.

If you’re not familiar with Mansal Denton, don’t worry. You’ll learn all about his unique background in this episode.

Tune in now to hear more about ethical hunting and how Mansal does things differently.

Dr. Will Cole, a leading functional medicine practitioner and author of two incredible books, was one of the first guests to appear on this podcast.

This time around, Dr. Gustin and Dr. Cole will be chatting about some topics from his latest book, The Inflammation Spectrum, to discuss all things related to inflammation.

So you’ll learn what inflammation is, why it’s not a bad thing, and what happens when things go wrong.

Dr. Cole also shares what you can do to combat inflammation and how this affects more people than most realize.

Dr. Cole also discusses how inflammation can affect your mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing and what can be done to stop it in its tracks.

If you didn’t catch Dr. Cole on his first episode, or you’re just not familiar with him, he’s a functional medicine expert that focuses on helping people around the globe using telehealth medicine.

In his practice, he helps people identify the underlying causes that are contributing to chronic diseases and autoimmune issues and helps them create a customized plan to start healing these issues.

Dr. Cole was also named one of the top 50 functional medicine and integrative doctors in the United States and he continues to share his message through speaking engagements, the two books he’s written, and as a course instructor for top wellness brands like MindBodyGreen and Goop. 

When you tune into this episode, you’ll discover how inflammation could be at the root of your health issues and some simple strategies you can implement today to start reducing it once and for all.

Check out the episode now to learn more!

Dr. Greg Kelly, a naturopathic physician (N.D.), has written and published numerous articles on natural medicine and nutrition, he has more than 30 journal articles indexed on PubMed, and he’s contributed to three chapters in the Textbook of Natural Medicine.

He’s also the author of the book Shape Shift and he’s the past editor of the Alternative Medicine Review.

On top of that, Dr. Kelly has been an instructor at the University of Bridgeport in the College of Naturopathic Medicine and he’s now the current lead product formulator at Neurohacker Collective.

To say he’s very accomplished would be an understatement.

In this episode, Dr. Kelly and Dr. Anthony Gustin dive into a number of different topics ranging from key health markers, mental models, optimizing brain health, promoting anti-aging in a healthy manner, and so much more.

Dr. Kelly also shares more about vitamins and minerals along with the one nutrient that he feels most people are deficient in and how you can add more of it into your life.

You’ll also discover more about Dr. Kelly’s impressive background, how he found himself down this path of naturopathic medicine and neurohacking, and what the main similarities and differences are between a naturopathic doctor and a traditional one.

Tune into the episode now to learn more!

Will Harris, a sixth generation farmer, followed in the footsteps of his great-great-grandfather, his great-grandfather, his grandfather, and his father before him.

He also went to school for agriculture and he implemented everything he was taught there on his family’s farm.

But after 20+ years of doing this on his family’s farm, White Oaks Pastures, he had a gut instinct that this wasn’t the way to run things, despite everything he had been taught in school.

He followed his instincts and radically transformed his family’s farm going back to the methods his great-great-grandfather used.

And now Will Harris uses a regenerative agriculture approach on his farm, which benefits his animals, the environment, and the people on the farm and in the local community surrounding it.

Will explains why that is in this episode with Dr. Anthony Gustin and he also dives into how his farm went full circle -- from using industrialization and commoditization after WWII to taking a humane animal husbandry approach and focusing on environmental sustainability.

You’ll also hear more about how this approach isn’t the most profitable and why that doesn’t matter to Will.

Will also describes the issues he faced early on and why he continues to hit roadblocks despite doing the right thing.

If you’re not familiar with the term “greenwashing,” you’ll also discover what that is, why it’s so detrimental, and how big corporations are continuing to deceive people.

On top of being a sixth generation farmer, Will has become a leader in the humane animal husbandry and environmental sustainability space. 

He’s the immediate past President of the Board of Directors of Georgia Organics and the Beef Director of the American Grassfed Association.

Will was even selected as the 2011 Business Person of the year for Georgia.

And the reason he’s held such prestigious honors is because he’s not profit-driven, which you’ll hear more about when you tune in.

Will cares about keeping mother nature happy along with making sure his animals and the people surrounding them are taken care of properly.

When you tune in, you’ll discover why regenerative agriculture is so beneficial for the animals, the environment, and the people surrounding it.

Check out the episode now to learn more!