“Breakfast is the important meal of the day,” according to decades-long conventional wisdom—however, this notion has been slammed in recent years along with the rise of the Ancestral health movement. 

But now, breakfast is coming back in style for many reasons—especially for healthy, active folks looking to pursue peak performance and avoid disease and delay aging. Listen to this episode to learn about the benefits of eating breakfast, why the morning hours are the most opportune time to consume calories, why certain people should still consider partaking in fasting for health benefits, why skipping breakfast or eating low-carb can be too stressful for certain people, how to treat an “energy toxicity” problem, and much more!



TIMESTAMPS:

Breakfast is making a comeback after being derided in the ancestral movement. [00:44]

What is important is understanding how to consume the right foods for your activities during the day. [02:03]

Consume fewer nutrient deficient calories because that is the main culprit causing metabolic function problems. [05:28]

If you simply eliminate processed foods, you can’t get fat. (Lustig) [06:39]

The idea that too many eggs will give you a heart attack has been disproven. [08:47]

For many years, Brad would skip breakfast.  Now he has done a complete about face. [09:37]

Fruit provides easy-to-digest calories, good all year around. [11:31]

A large number of genes associated with energy utilization are under circadian control. [15:21]

Break your fast in the morning emphasizing protein. A recent study showed that 78% of the people in the study who ate breakfast every day, lost weight and kept it off long-term. [19:58]

Weigh yourself every day.  [23:15]

It is easy to add excess body fat when eating non-nutritional processed foods. [26:24]

Brad’s motto is: perform, recover, perform, recover. Don’t forget keto is a stress mechanism. [30:24]

Brad talks about his recent fasting as a result of having COVID. [35:41]

Make a concerted effort to consume the most nutritious foods. [37:34]



LINKS:
Brad Kearns.com
Brad’s Shopping page
B.rad Whey Protein Isolate Superfuel (Now Available in Cocoa Bean)
Podcast with Dr. Robert Lustig
Brad’s New Morning Routine
B.rad’s Whey Protein Plus Creatine Super Fuel
Podcast with Dr. Tommy Wood Back to Basics
Podcast with Dr. Tommy Wood
Two Meals a Day
Thomas DeLauer
Carnivore Score Food Ranking Chart



Join Brad for more fun on: 

Instagram: @bradkearns1

Facebook: @bradkearnsjumphigh

Twitter: @bradleykearns

YouTube: @brad.kearns

TikTok: @bradkearns



We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&A shows, emailed to podcast@bradventures.com. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you!

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Peluva: Comfortable, functional, stylish five-toe minimalist shoe to reawaken optimal foot function.
Mito Red Light: Photobiomodulation light panels to enhance cellular energy production, improve recovery, and optimize circadian rhythm. Use code BRAD for 5% discount!
GAINSWave: Enhance sexual function with high frequency shockwave therapy. Buy 6 and get one treatment free with code: BRAD
Plunge: Sensational custom-designed home cold plunge with filtered, circulating water, custom temperature setting, and sleek design. Save $150 with code BRAD. Also enroll in my Cold Plunge online course!
B.rad Whey + Creatine Superfuel: Premium quality, all-natural supplement for peak performance, recovery, and longevity. New Cocoa Bean flavor!
Online educational courses: Numerous great offerings for an immersive home-study educational experience
Primal Fitness Expert Certification: The most comprehensive online course on all aspects of traditional fitness programming and a total immersion fitness lifestyle. Save 25% on tuition with code BRAD!
Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO): Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement

Brad's Favorites on Amazon

I have a newly organized shopping experience at BradKearns.com/Shop. Visit here and you can navigate to my B.rad Nutrition products (for direct order or Amazon order), my library of online multimedia educational courses, great discounts from my affiliate favorites, and my recommended health&fitness products on Amazon.

“Breakfast is the important meal of the day,” according to decades-long conventional wisdom—however, this notion has been slammed in recent years along with the rise of the Ancestral health movement. 
But now, breakfast is coming back in style for many reasons—especially for healthy, active folks looking to pursue peak performance and avoid disease and delay aging. Listen to this episode to learn about the benefits of eating breakfast, why the morning hours are the most opportune time to consume calories, why certain people should still consider partaking in fasting for health benefits, why skipping breakfast or eating low-carb can be too stressful for certain people, how to treat an “energy toxicity” problem, and much more!
 
TIMESTAMPS:
Breakfast is making a comeback after being derided in the ancestral movement. [00:44]
What is important is understanding how to consume the right foods for your activities during the day. [02:03]
Consume fewer nutrient deficient calories because that is the main culprit causing metabolic function problems. [05:28]
If you simply eliminate processed foods, you can’t get fat. (Lustig) [06:39]
The idea that too many eggs will give you a heart attack has been disproven. [08:47]
For many years, Brad would skip breakfast.  Now he has done a complete about face. [09:37]
Fruit provides easy-to-digest calories, good all year around. [11:31]
A large number of genes associated with energy utilization are under circadian control. [15:21]
Break your fast in the morning emphasizing protein. A recent study showed that 78% of the people in the study who ate breakfast every day, lost weight and kept it off long-term. [19:58]
Weigh yourself every day.  [23:15]
It is easy to add excess body fat when eating non-nutritional processed foods. [26:24]
Brad’s motto is: perform, recover, perform, recover. Don’t forget keto is a stress mechanism. [30:24]
Brad talks about his recent fasting as a result of having COVID. [35:41]
Make a concerted effort to consume the most nutritious foods. [37:34]
 
LINKS:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/podcast-index/">Brad Kearns.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bradkearns.com/shop/">Brad’s Shopping page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://a.co/d/731gssV">B.rad Whey Protein Isolate Superfuel (Now Available in Cocoa Bean)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/2021/09/21/dr-robert-lustig-metabolic-effects-of-processed-foods-and-transcending-the-diet-wars-once-and-for-all/">Podcast with Dr. Robert Lustig</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od0YRR-ZURk">Brad’s New Morning Routine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/B-rad-Grassfed-Superfuel-Monohydrate-Bioavailability/dp/B0B9F9YXN6?th=1">B.rad’s Whey Protein Plus Creatine Super Fuel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/2021/09/10/back-to-basics-life-optimization-insights-inspired-by-dr-tommy-wood/">Podcast with Dr. Tommy Wood</a> Back to Basics</li>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/2022/04/28/dr-tommy-wood-the-beauty-of-not-always-optimizing-and-the-power-of-the-enjoy-life-mindset/">Podcast with Dr. Tommy Wood</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Two-Meals-Day-Sustainable-Frustration/dp/1538736950/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2C20OYZVBR1MR&amp;keywords=Two+Meals+a+Day&amp;qid=1642725311&amp;sprefix=two+meals+a+day%2Caps%2C140&amp;sr=8-1">Two Meals a Day</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThomasDeLauerOfficial">Thomas DeLauer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/2021/03/12/carnivore-scores-food-ranking-chart/">Carnivore Score Food Ranking Chart</a></li>
</ul>
 
Join Brad for more fun on: 
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bradkearns1/">@bradkearns1</a>
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bradkearnsjumphigh">@bradkearnsjumphigh</a>
Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bradleykearns">@bradleykearns</a>
YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4XXEoULD0AiiuPHdRw-Efg">@brad.kearns</a>
TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bradkearns">@bradkearns</a>
 
We appreciate all feedback, and questions for Q&amp;A shows, emailed to <a href="mailto:getoveryourselfpodcast@gmail.com">podcast@bradventures.com</a>. If you have a moment, please share an episode you like with a quick text message, or leave a review on your podcast app. Thank you!
Check out each of these companies because they are absolutely awesome or they wouldn’t occupy this revered space. Seriously, I won’t promote anything that I don't absolutely love and use in daily life:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://peluva.com/?sscid=91k7_1q58j" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://peluva.com/?sscid%3D91k7_1q58j&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694035602925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0AUDXoSdWPX_Ciu3aYkZgb">Peluva</a>: Comfortable, functional, stylish five-toe minimalist shoe to reawaken optimal foot function.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.mitoredlight.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mitoredlight.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694035602925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3yB4vB7v9Poi3yXqxwGAz3">Mito Red Light: </a>Photobiomodulation light panels to enhance cellular energy production, improve recovery, and optimize circadian rhythm. Use code BRAD for 5% discount!</li>
<li><a href="https://gainswave.com/brad/">GAINSWave:</a> Enhance sexual function with high frequency shockwave therapy. Buy 6 and get one treatment free with code: BRAD</li>
<li><a href="https://thecoldplunge.com/?irclickid=QJ0Vy7V-3xyIRUjQQMwkGTlIUkAyzjzlQ1DeTY0&amp;irgwc=1&amp;utm_source=impact&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=bb_affiliate&amp;utm_content=Online%20Tracking%20Link&amp;utm_term=3616965_Bradventures" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thecoldplunge.com/?irclickid%3DQJ0Vy7V-3xyIRUjQQMwkGTlIUkAyzjzlQ1DeTY0%26irgwc%3D1%26utm_source%3Dimpact%26utm_medium%3Daffiliate%26utm_campaign%3Dbb_affiliate%26utm_content%3DOnline%2520Tracking%2520Link%26utm_term%3D3616965_Bradventures&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694035602925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vzgbv4swfCN8nq4N-_HeL">Plunge:</a> Sensational custom-designed home cold plunge with filtered, circulating water, custom temperature setting, and sleek design. Save $150 with code BRAD. Also enroll in my <a href="https://bradkearns.com/cold-plunge/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bradkearns.com/cold-plunge/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694035602925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw27DgKhjBJfGIMO3NtOPzQ0">Cold Plunge online course!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bradnutrition.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bradnutrition.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694035602925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3apw1dYkrVMPM-KjVKpCcO">B.rad Whey + Creatine Superfuel</a>: Premium quality, all-natural supplement for peak performance, recovery, and longevity. New Cocoa Bean flavor!</li>
<li><a href="https://bradventures.thinkific.com/collections" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bradventures.thinkific.com/collections&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694035602925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1KeAmB6wYGR3eDWYt8u7Ua">Online educational courses:</a> Numerous great offerings for an immersive home-study educational experience</li>
<li><a href="https://www.primalhealthcoach.com/brad/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.primalhealthcoach.com/brad/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694035602925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2vUrRhcuAvTXFcj8wSH8bW">Primal Fitness Expert Certification</a>: The most comprehensive online course on all aspects of traditional fitness programming and a total immersion fitness lifestyle. Save 25% on tuition with code BRAD!</li>
<li><a href="https://bradkearns.com/mofo/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bradkearns.com/mofo/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694035602925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0KmIx_5nS8Hn8DUqcyyAXv">Male Optimization Formula with Organs (MOFO):</a> Optimize testosterone naturally with 100% grassfed animal organ supplement</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/4CCAC4F3-30B1-4459-8312-32EB4121B3D6?ingress=2&amp;visitId=d1dce474-2c5c-4ded-9955-c651e670f542">Brad's Favorites on Amazon</a>
I have a newly organized shopping experience at <a href="http://BradKearns.com/Shop" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://BradKearns.com/Shop&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1694035602925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lTUZJbyIoAHm8ftaBtnHA">BradKearns.com/Shop</a>. Visit here and you can navigate to my B.rad Nutrition products (for direct order or Amazon order), my library of online multimedia educational courses, great discounts from my affiliate favorites, and my recommended health&amp;fitness products on Amazon.

Join Brad Kearns, New York Times bestselling author and champion triathlete, Speedgolfer, and masters high jumper, in pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life. Enjoy memorable insights from leading experts on diet, fitness, peak performance, personal growth, relationships, happiness, and longevity. Brad’s “Breather” shows provide step-by-step tips you can implement right away to improve your life. Let’s explore beyond shortcuts, hacks, and crushing competition to laugh, have fun, appreciate the journey, and not take ourselves too seriously. It’s time to B.rad!

Join Brad Kearns, New York Times bestselling author and champion triathlete, Speedgolfer, and masters high jumper, in pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life. Enjoy memorable insights from leading experts on diet, fitness, peak performance, personal growth, relationships, happiness, and longevity. Brad’s “Breather” shows provide step-by-step tips you can implement right away to improve your life. Let’s explore beyond shortcuts, hacks, and crushing competition to laugh, have fun, appreciate the journey, and not take ourselves too seriously. It’s time to B.rad!

Brad Kearns, NY Times bestselling author and Guinness World Record athlete,  offers a fun and diverse mix of interviews with leading authors and health experts, and "Breather" shows for peak performance and personal growth

The B.rad Podcast

Join Brad Kearns, New York Times bestselling author and champion triathlete, speedgolfer, and masters high jumper, in pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life, without taking ourselves too seriously! You'll learn from experts on diet, fitness, peak performance, and personal growth, and enjoy Brad's brief "Breather” shows where you get simple, actionable tips to improve your life right away. Let’s explore beyond hype, hacks, shortcuts, and sciency talk to laugh, have fun, and appreciate the journey. It’s time to B.rad!

Join Brad Kearns, New York Times bestselling author and champion triathlete, speedgolfer, and masters high jumper, in pursuing peak performance with passion throughout life, without taking ourselves too seriously! You'll learn from experts on diet, fitness, peak performance, and personal growth, and enjoy Brad's brief "Breather” shows where you get simple, actionable tips to improve your life right away. Let’s explore beyond hype, hacks, shortcuts, and sciency talk to laugh, have fun, and appreciate the journey. It’s time to B.rad!

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