14 Jul 2025 10:00
#413 Harry Gray: The Over-Intellectualization of Health
In this solo episode of the Meat Mafia Podcast, Harry explores the growing disconnect between the rise in health research and the decline in real-world health outcomes. He breaks down a simple, actionable framework to reclaim your health—built around rest, real food, movement, community, and purpose. This episode is a challenge to stop waiting for perfect answers and start making meaningful changes, one step at a time.
Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (02:00) Health is simple: rest, real food, clean environment, purpose (04:45) Six pillars of health explained (07:00) Overview of a key obesity study and global trends (10:00) Obesity projections for 2030 and academic disconnect (12:30) Introduction of the SOAR ratio and its meaning (16:00) The health theater and Big Food’s role (19:00) Marketing, lobbying, and the cost of inaction (22:00) The 3-phase framework: foundation, refinement, mastery (31:00) Call to action: stop spectating, start living with purpose
Check out the original article on Substack where I discuss the idea that we're studying the obesity problem, but not fixing it.
1. The Epidemiology of Obesity: A Big Picture2. The Overintellectualization of Health3. The 6 Pillars to Reclaiming Your Health
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