{"podcast":{"title":"Modern Wisdom","slug":"modern-wisdom-229239","podcast_index_feed_id":229239,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SIXMSB5088139739","website_url":"https://chriswillx.com/books/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a62f84c0-f8b6-11ed-a4fc-fb9e7841d45b/image/76ed638554a4be965517200d1cd5f30d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Williamson","episode_count":1153,"summary":"Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew McConaughey, Alain de Botton, Alex Hormozi, Tony Robbins, Chris Bumstead, Mark Manson and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-10-01T08:20:03.571815+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239"},"episode":{"title":"Harvard Professor: “I Tried Every Diet. This Is By Far The Worst.” - Daniel Lieberman - #1137","slug":"harvard-professor-i-tried-every-diet-this-is-by-far-the-worst-daniel-lieberman-1137","published_at":"2026-08-15T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239/harvard-professor-i-tried-every-diet-this-is-by-far-the-worst-daniel-lieberman-1137","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239","url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/SIXMSB9539051723.mp3","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/SIXMSB9539051723.mp3","summary":"Daniel Lieberman is a Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology, paleoanthropologist, and author. What is the best diet for peak human health? From vegan and carnivore to Mediterranean and raw food, how do you know which approach is right for you? And are diet and exercise still the keys to good health—or does modern science offer another solution? Expect to learn why nutrition and diet feel much like a religion, which diet is healthier: Vegan or Carnivore, why the Blue Zone science might be one big scam, what the best and worst diets are for your health, why most diets stop working after a certain period, if GLP-1s are the artificial solution to a real problem and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Sign up for a free trial from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Get 160+ lab tests for just $365 and save an extra $25 at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at ⁠https://chatgpt.com Timestamps: (00:00) How Diet Shapes the Way You Think About Food (02:12) Diet Through the Lens of Human Evolution (02:55) Do We Look for Meaning Through Diet? (05:56) Are Plant-Based Diets Actually Better? (11:30) Why the Carnivore Diet Is Taking Off (14:04) The Truth About Proteinmaxxing (19:50) Is There Really One “Best” Diet? (24:00) Can We Trust Epidemiological Studies? (31:46) Why the Mediterranean Diet Keeps Winning (34:36) The Blue Zones Myth Explained (42:18) Can You Lose Weight Without Cutting Carbs? (51:57) Why Dieting Is Simpler Than You…","meta_description":"Daniel Lieberman is a Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology, paleoanthropologist, and author. What is the best diet for peak human health? From…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7696,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-wisdom-229239/episodes/harvard-professor-i-tried-every-diet-this-is-by-far-the-worst-daniel-lieberman-1137/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239/harvard-professor-i-tried-every-diet-this-is-by-far-the-worst-daniel-lieberman-1137.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}