Abel James Show

Today's very special guest is  Christopher Walker . He's a member of The Fat-Burning Man team and I've been meaning to get him on the show for a while now. He's also an elite tri-athlete, a brain geek (like me), a blogger over at  NoGym.net , a male model and a hot wing eating champion, among many other things! Plus he's co-host of  The Road To Ripped podcast , and I had the pleasure of being on t...

I am very blessed to be here today with a guest who has been requested from all over the world. It's a knowledge packed show, full of wisdom, and very entertaining as well! It's  Mr Joel Salatin . A self-described Christian, libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist, lunatic farmer, who produces high quality, beyond-organic meats, which are raised using environmentally responsible, ecologically be...

Today's episode is with one of the most knowledgable people in health and fitness,  John Berardi of Precision Nutrition . Basically this guy knows what's up! Precision Nutrition takes people who are  massively  overweight, and turns them into super fit people. They understand how the body works; they understand physiology; they make it happen. They also teach some of the highest performing athlete...

  Today's show is a really fun one with  Steve Kamb , the guy behind  NerdFitness.com , a super popular blog and fitness community. He's helped thousands of regular people "level up their lives" as he says, all while exercising and exploring all over the world! Now before we get to our show today with Steve, I just want to tell you guys about what's been going on behind the scenes here, and why yo...

Today's show is with Scott Gryzbek, the proud founder and CEO of Zukay Live Foods, the makers of vegetable kvass. This is ridiculously tasty stuff! After working in the food industry for a number of years for some big players in the game, Scott found it hard to sell foods he wouldn't feed to his own kids. So instead, he started Zukay to bring the health benefits of raw, fermented vegetables back i...

Today's special episode of the show is with my buddy  Darryl Edwards, The Fitness Explorer . Darryl is a natural movement therapist, and Paleo clinical nutritionist based in London. After nearly two decades working in investment banking as a computer scientist, Darryl abandoned the life of a desk jockey in favor of eating delicious steak and playing outside (my kind of dude!). Just a reminder that...

Today we're talking to Bill & Haley of "The Food Lover's Primal Palate." The author's of the hit cookbook "Make It Paleo" are back with a new book "Gather: The Art of Paleo Entertaining," set to be released on April 30, and it looks absolutely amazing! Shortly after that their  next  book "The 30 Day Guide to Paleo Cooking: Entire Month of Paleo Meals" will be released on June 11. Needless to say,...

Ori Hofmekler  is a fellow renaissance man. Not only is he a world renowned artist, but he is also the author of the ground breaking  Warrior Diet  and many other health and fitness books. With a tagline like  “Not actively surviving... is passively dying!”  this guy is no joke, and is a wealth of information and knowledge. In today's show we talk about: Why human are nocturnal eaters How not eati...

John Romaniello  (better known as Roman) runs Roman Fitness Systems with a tongue-in-cheek approach to fitness. Equal parts narcissism and self-loathing, Roman writes with passion and humor, show-casing his belief that training doesn’t need to be serious, stern, science-laden monotony. It can be fun, too. Roman stopped by The Fat-Burning Man Show before going on other shows such as Dr Oz, The Colb...

Today's show is with  Yuri Elkaim , a former pro soccer player, holistic nutritionist, and strength and nutrition coach. A quick shout out to all those folks who I met at Paleo f(x) this past week. It was amazing to see you guys and appreciate all the support you guys have given me! Another quick announcement: we have hit #1 in health in Australia, Canada and the United States,  and all of these i...

Mat Lalonde Ph. D (aka “The Kraken”) is a lecturer at Harvard University who specializes in chemical biology but studies human metabolism, nutritional biochemistry, health and athletic performance... for fun. Exciting news - as of today, The Fat-Burning Man Show has been dominating the iTunes charts latley, hitting top spots in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and more. As of today, ou...

Chris “The Kiwi” Ashenden is a native of New Zealand and an avid traveler. He’s been to over 60 countries and has a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science and years of experience as a nutritionist and strength coach. Chris is a spokesperson for  Athletic Greens  and writes a newsletter entitled  Kiwi Two Cents  on fat loss, nutrition, and happiness through health. In today's content-packed show, we cov...

Today's special guest is  Michael Fishman . For over 20 years, Michael has been the leading advisor on marketing, positioning and strategy setting in the health, wellness and personal development categories. He has been instrumental in growing to category leadership such businesses as Rodale, Inc., with the Prevention and Men's Health publishing brands, and has worked on products and/or collaborat...

Melissa Joulwan, the author of  Well-Fed , blogs at  The Clothes Make The Girl  about her triumphs and failures in the kitchen, the gym, and in life. In her own words she’s "on a mission to be a superfit, well-fed, dressed-to-kill, glossy-haired, rock-n-roll, tart-tongued detective." That's pretty sweet. Melissa lives in Austin, TX (holla) and is a former Roller Girl with Austin’s famous Texas Rol...

Mira and Jayson Calton are authors, rockstars, and some of the  first guests ever on the show . During an unconventional honeymoon where they crossed the world visiting over 100 countries in search of knowledge regarding the relationship between micronutrient deficiencies and public health and disease, the explored how specific dietary patterns and lifestyle choices affect development of disease a...

Craig Ballantyne is a fat loss and fitness expert who specializes in helping people get incredibly lean and strong with short workouts. Craig holds a Master’s of Science Degree in Exercise Physiology from McMaster University and he's written for Men’s Health, Maximum Fitness, Oxygen, and Men’s Fitness. He’s also a fat-burning beast. Craig’s super-popular  Turbulence Training system  is a targeted...

Gary Taubes is an award-winning science writer and the bestselling author of the groundbreaking and controversial books  Good Calories, Bad Calories  and  Why We Get Fat . Gary has been a contributing correspondent for the journal Science since 1993, and has contributed articles to The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and Slate. Gary studied applied physics at Harvard Univer...

In today's show I welcome Dr. Loren Cordain - considered by many to be the godfather of the Paleo Movement and the world's foremost scientific authority on the evolutionary basis of diet and disease.  Loren is the author of the groundbreaking,  The Paleo Diet , as well as  The Paleo Answer ,  The Paleo Diet For Athletes , and the  Paleo Diet Cookbook . In today's show we learn: The most compelling...

Tim Ferriss is a man of many talents, as well as a 3 time new york times bestseller with  The Four-Hour Workweek ,  The Four-Hour Body , and now the brand-spankin' new  Four Hour Chef . We spent most of the show goofing off, but Tim drops a ton of truth bombs so listen-up. You guys will dig this one. Quick note: I just got back from speaking at Dave Asprey’s biohacking conference in San Francisco....

Todays' show is with the bestselling author of The Primal Blueprint, creator of Mark's Daily Apple , and the Grokmeister himself, Mark Sisson. Since he last appeared on the show , Mark has published his follow-up to The Primal Blueprint, an excellent read entitled The Primal Connection.

Today’s show is with Leanne Ely, a New York Times bestselling author, certified nutritionist, and the creator of the  Saving Dinner  series. Leanne is also a bone fide expert in preparing and executing the perfect family dinner. …It’s always a pleasure talking to a fellow food lover about how much we love food. This hour just breezes by. And exciting news: Leanne and I will be presenting a FREE we...

Today's show is with Todd Herman, an expert of the mental game and coach to professional, olympic, and developing athletes all over the world. Todd's innovative approach focuses upon confidence-building to reduce stress, avoid game distractions, conquer negative thinking and address poor game-planning. Through The Peak Athlete and The Champions Challenge , Todd has helped over 12,383 athletes from...

Back again is the king of biohacking, Dave Asprey, the  Bulletproof Executive . Since  Dave was last on my show , Bulletproof coffee has blown up, Dave's churned out a few more books, and he's put together a biohacking conference in San Francisco. Not too shabby for a few month's work. I'll be presenting on how to improve mental performance with music (following-up on my first book,  The Musical B...

Today's show is with the brilliant Paul Jaminet, author of  The Perfect Health Diet  and  perfecthealthdiet.com . After  having Paul on the show a few months ago , I was happy to touch upon some of the cheekier topics this time around, including the health benefits of drinking, why eating white rice won't kill you, and, of course, fecal transplants. Now, if I had to recommend one book on optimizin...