The Mindbodygreen Podcast

Anastacia Marx de Salcedo: “Let exercise be thy medicine.” Anastacia, a nonfiction writer and author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how regular exercise has the ability to transform your health, even if you subscribe to a not-so-balanced eating plan. For the record, we still believe that health begins on one’s plate—but exercise may be way more important than we thought. In this episode, they cover: - Anastacia’s personal health journey (~00:58) - Anastacia’s personal nutrition philosophy (~06:14) - The military’s influence around food shelf-life (~08:43) - Why exercise is the ultimate elixir for health (~13:20) - The most reasonably healthy processed foods (~20:00) - Why nutrition science is not as concrete as we thought (~22:58) - Why we shouldn’t overlook exercise for overall well-being (~34:10) - How exercise benefits every function of the body (~39:02) - The ultimate exercise diet (~43:05) - What we can learn from studies on cats & bats (~45:25) - Why traditional doctors don’t talk enough ab