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and pancakes, and cupcakes,

and all that,

then yes, it is restrictive,

because you shouldn't be

eating those things.

If you eat a lot of,

for example, either sugary

or starchy foods,

you're going to tend to get

quite high levels of sugar

in the bloodstream.

If blood sugar levels

go very high,

the problems is

is that a huge surge

of insulin

can drive blood sugar levels

to sort of sub-normal levels.

When blood sugar levels get low,

people can get tired

and a bit listless.

In fact,

that was the major cause

of my problems with fatigue

when I was a lot younger.

But also it can tend

to make people hungry

and to crave foods,

specifically for, say,

sweet foods,

be it chocolate, or candy,

or biscuits, or cookies,

and foods like those.

That's a really good way

of describing it,

a slave to food,

because so many of us

are dependent

on these addictions.

You know, we have this...

We actually are addicted

to sugar and carbohydrates.

People say, "Oh, no,

I just like bread,

and I like pasta."

And I say,

"No, no, you're addicted

to bread and pasta."

My biggest challenge

becoming Paleo was

giving up... carbs and sugar.

Um, it was awful.

It is hard,

because they're craving

their sugar fix.

Once you get past

that withdrawal stage,

it becomes much easier.

Once you start eating

satiating foods

that are nutritious,

you don't...

Well, A, you start craving

nutritious foods.

That's another little thing

that's changed.

You don't feel

you need to eat right away

to, kind of...

to feel human again, you know.

Call it "hangry."

People would just get hungry

and angry,

and you don't want

to be near them at that time

until they get

their little muesli bar.

A lot of people

that have the experience

of craving sweet foods

and then succumbing

to eating them

imagine that

they lack self control,

or they have a weak will,

or an inadequate personality,

but actually, the reality is

for the majority

of these people,

the problem isn't some sort

of psychological frailty,

it's a physiological imbalance.

And very often,

that imbalance has been induced

by eating

a supposedly "healthy,"

low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.

The majority of people

with Coeliac Disease

don't have digestive...

uh, symptoms.

So most people think

it's Coeliac Disease,

they think,

"Oh, you got GI issues.

You have stomach aches,

and you have

all this kind of stuff."

And that's not the case at all.

Most people don't have

those symptoms.

Most people are

just munching away

on their Wonder Bread and stuff,

and they have no idea

that by eating that

that's tied to their migraines

or their, you know...

whatever other condition

that they have.

Whether it's gluten intolerance

or Coeliac Disease,

it can manifest

in any part of your body.

Not just the digestive tract.

Most people think

"Oh, I don't have stomach ache,

then I'm fine."

And that's not the case at all.

It's actually...

almost on the verge of scary

how much it can make me...

not be pleasant.

I mean, like a...

complete a**hole.

I mean, just, like,

a complete jerk.

And I know

that I'm being a jerk,

so it's like, I'm like,

"God, why are you being..."

And it's just...

It's like I can't do anything

to change it.

Yeah, gluten is nasty.

There seems to be

an increasingly-recognized

correlation

between gluten issues

and brain issues.

And whether that's the form

of neurodegenerative diseases

like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's,

whether that's

attention deficit disorders

in children,

whether that's even autism.

You know,

conventional wisdom is,

"Grains are good,

and you gotta eat..."

however many servings

they say you have to eat

of grains now

and stuff like that.

People need to question

where that came from,

how that came about,

why that started,

why we're doing all that.

Not just...

accepting it at face value.

There's ample evidence

that grains are detrimental

to health

because of

their anti-nutrient qualities.

So, basically,

they contain compounds

that are harmful

and detrimental to the gut.

So they affect digestion.

They irritate

the lining of the gut.

They prevent certain nutrients

from being absorbed.

By doing so,

you're not getting the best

out of the other foods

that you're eating.

When our colon is damaged...

It's protected by one cell,

with protection,

so it's easy to--

Like this.

I just damaged my colon.

That's all it would take,

something like that,

that kind of an irritation,

like that.

Our mum had, like,

a wheat and gluten intolerance,

and we've both kind of

picked that up as well,

So, I think

one of the biggest things

for me especially

is the fact that

I'm not bloated anymore.

I'm not... I don't feel

that real lethargy

after I've eaten a big meal.

And I'm now eating

feeling sustainably full,

and then feeling good an hour,

two hours later,

rather than wanting

to sort of fall asleep

on the sofa.

-Yeah, that was big.

-Big difference, definitely.

-Mark, will you bring me down

some packs, mate?

-Yeah.

Can I have some mango?

[Mark] I used to work shifts

in a hospital,

so coming from a shift,

to the gym to work out,

there was nothing available.

I couldn't just stop

in a supermarket,

and that really frustrated me.

And there was nothing.

You could either buy

a chicken breast

that was pumped full

of potato starch,

or rice starch, or something.

Or you could have some fruit.

And there was nothing complete,

nothing that would help us,

so we decided

to do it ourselves.

[Peter] If we'd have known

what we know now,

like, 10 or 15 years ago,

we would have changed,

like, someone's life

that's really close to us.

Like, our mum died from cancer,

so... if we'd have known

all this stuff 15, 20 years ago,

potentially,

we could have changed it,

you know.

Yeah, we maybe couldn't have

changed the fact that she died,

-but we could have probably...

-Yeah.

Made a big impact.

Yeah, definitely. So it's...

And this is why, like,

it's so close to us.

And the gym,

and the whole ethos is

a lifestyle shift,

and we just wanna try

and help, like... shift that,

'cause we know that

there's better stuff out there,

you know.

For an increasing proportion

of the population,

the grains are very inflammatory

in the bowel,

and that sets up

a lot of inflammation

elsewhere in the body.

And since inflammation

is the main driver

for disease,

then we wanna keep

the inflammation low.

Back when I was still eating

a standard, American diet,

and I was

a traditionally-practicing

physician,

I had a daughter who struggled

with a lot of health issues.

Primarily,

gastrointestinal-type issues.

So, we went the gamut of

the traditional medicine model.

You know,

she saw gastroenterologists,

and had studies done,

and was given medications,

none of which

made any difference

in her situation.

And then she, on her own,

tried different kinds of diets.

'Cause she knew intuitively

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