Snake Super Health Podcast EPISODE 8: LOOKSMAXXING AS HIDEOUS TRUTH

Snake Super Health Podcast EPISODE 10: COFFEE AS ULTIMATE OVER-STUDIED UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE

On the pod: Coffee, gut health, shoulder anabolism, Peat and 24 cups of coffee a day, Huberman coffee protocol at 5 AM; fat blunting caffeine; paper filters and cholesterol; Starbucks’ weighted vest Coffee is the ultimate overstudied, misunderstood substance. Is it good for you or bad for you? On this episode of Snake Super Health Podcast my cohost Josh Feola and I discuss a new study linking coffee with positive gut health biomarkers, its Lindy existence in lifting circles, its possibly very healthy properties when consumed at a high level, and the meritocratic/science-pod tilt against drinking it right away and after lunch. What do we know about coffee? Snake Super Health the POD: a discussion on health for people interested in its edge—nutrition, red light, lifting, musculature, face yoga, pullover exercises, calisthenics, strength, raw dairy, energy, orange juice, black seed oils—but who don’t live there. Or who do. Or people who are normal. Or who aren’t. Hosted by Sami Reiss and Josh Feola [https://www.instagram.com/leantimes]. Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4xGZu5W2t1DN3AFQCsG6NL], on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/snake-super-health-podcast/id1846403715]. Rate and review. Relevant anti-Knicks story: “You hear similar tales of awe from those who were with Diaw in Atlanta too. [...] The capper comes from Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin, who, like Quinter, was an integral part of the Suns’ front-office team when Diaw was acquired in a sign-and-trade for Joe Johnson orchestrated by then-Suns personnel chief Bryan Colangelo. ‘Boris walks into the gym one day wearing flip-flops and holding his customary cappuccino, which was a staple for him every morning,’ Griffin recalled. ‘It was during pre-draft workouts, so he sees the Vertec [machine] and asks what it is. ‘We tell him it measures your vertical leap by determining how many of the bars you can touch. He asks what’s the highest anyone has ever gone, and we tell him Amare’ [Stoudemire] cleared the entire rack. ‘Boris puts down the cappuccino, takes off his flip-flops and clears the entire rack on the first try. Then he calmly puts his flip-flops back on, picks up his cappuccino and walks away, saying, ‘That was not difficult.’‘” (Source [https://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/11084748/boris-diaw-dishes-san-antonio-spurs]) Follow @snakesuperhealth on Instagram: Show Notes: 00:00: Intro 01:00: Coffee as the most overstudied, misunderstood commodity… 01:30: History of coffee—Ethiopia to Cairo to Europe to Brazil to Seattle… 03:30: Coffee as social leveler—coffee vs. beer—coffee as work… 4:30: The health discussions around coffee of the 1700s—identical to ours’ now… 5:30: The endless list of studies bagging on coffee… 6:30: The endless list of studies supporting coffee… 7:00: The conservative, scientific anti-coffee protocol: circadianism… 8:00: Josh’s pro-coffee bias—eight cups a day = healthy 9:00: The Ireland study: Coffee consumption—even decaf—promotes good bacteria in the gut. 9:30: Because of fiber? Paper filters? 10:30: Peat and coffee. 13:00: What’s more Lindy? Bank coffee/AA coffee, or iPad coffee? 14:30: The ritual of coffee… vs. Celsius… 15:30: Sometimes you have to drink mud first thing… 16:00: Coffee as preworkout, coffee as only perfect supplement…. 16:30: THESIS: As lifting became more baroque and arcane, a shot of espresso was no longer enough… 18:00: As lifting has splintered, lifting has returned to coffee… 19:00: Lindy vs. Science: Coffee has been around forever, but gut-brain science is new. 20:00: Josh One For The Road: Starbucks weighted vest… and pretty good macro protein coffee? 21:00: What would this drink have looked like in 2023? 21:30: Can a sugar-free, high-protein, high-fiber coffee taste good? 22:00: A little sludge now and then is good for you? 23:00: Yemeni coffee—not bad! 24:00: Sami One For The Road: Super Shoulder Training as a way to get giant steroid shoulders without taking steroids. 27:00: Josh is hitting Zerchers—underrated dad lift; Rollins’ workout essay 28:00: Is the barbell’s unnatural angle what makes people more resilient? Reading List: * Irish study: Habitual coffee intake shapes the gut microbiome and modifies host physiology and cognition by Cryan, Boscaini et al (pubmed ID: 42014402 [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42014402/]) Nature Communications 2026 Apr * Coffee and colony [https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/a-review-of-coffee-nation-how-one-commodity-transformed-the-early-united-states/]—book review on Harvard Review of Latin America * Negative studies: coffee and bone density [https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5024]; coffee and nervous system [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-026-05693-0]; coffee and blood pressure [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12937-016-0146-0]; coffee and cardiac electrical activity [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21288364/] * Positive studies: meta analysis on coffee and lower cause mortality [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5696634]; coffee and neurological disease rates [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5696634/]; coffee and focus [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260502233911.htm] * Ray Peat on caffeine [https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/caffeine.shtml] * Various Peat quotes on coffee [https://raypeatexplained.com/ray-peat-on-coffee/] * Ultimate Orange: the first preworkout [https://www.insidefitnessmag.com/en-us/blogs/fitclub-exclusive-content/your-old-school-supplements-ultimate-orange?srsltid=AfmBOooGqrRmrpTpz0vFyLQOI5rx-PBldK_kWLSv9JE21Fq8x8RQlpKc] * Arnold Schwarzenegger and coffee [https://thesportsrush.com/bodybuilding-news-after-revealing-the-ultimate-pre-workout-arnold-schwarzenegger-explores-the-unique-dance-between-coffee-and-bone-health/]; coffee as bodybuilding preworkout [https://arnoldspumpclub.com/blogs/newsletter/arnolds-challenging-movie-scene] * Josh 14TR: Starbucks weighted vest, 22g protein coffee drink [https://about.starbucks.com/stories/2026/starbucks-rtd-coffee-protein-uplevels-morning-routines-with-new-weighted-vest-and-strava-challenge/] * 22 grams of complete protein 5 grams of prebiotic fiber 5 vitamins and minerals 2 grams of sugar * Sami 14TR: Super shoulder work: * Side laterals every day [https://www.instagram.com/p/DYCCRGpvN_Q/] (@goldeneracalisthenics) * with dumbbells [https://www.instagram.com/goldeneracalisthenics/reel/DYGcrrPvImV/] * Max out on plate loaded shoulder press [https://www.instagram.com/p/DWcJgrJiXnR/] (@_bradyngamber) * Straight arm bar lift [https://www.instagram.com/p/DYsBoynvR7L/] (@counts.fit) * Shoulders and androgen receptors [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10664066/] (study PMID 10664066) * Sami’s GQ piece: My new year’s resolution to drink more coffee [https://www.gq.com/story/drink-more-coffee] Thanks for listening. Consider upgrading your subscription for more pods like these. SAMI REISS Get full access to SNAKE SUPER HEALTH at superhealth.substack.com/subscribe [https://superhealth.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Snake Super Health Podcast EPISODE 9: FIBER-MAXXING: THREAT, OR CHIMERA?

Episode 9: Fiber-maxxing: Threat, or Chimera? Hello. Good Morning. NINTH episode of Snake Super Health the POD in the can: a discussion on health for people interested in its edge—nutrition, red light, lifting, musculature, face yoga, pullover exercises, calisthenics, strength, raw dairy, energy, orange juice, black seed oils—but who don’t live there. Or who do. Or people who are normal. Or who aren’t. Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4xGZu5W2t1DN3AFQCsG6NL], on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/snake-super-health-podcast/id1846403715], rate and review. On this episode… I (Snake) talk with my co-host Josh Feola [https://www.instagram.com/leantimes] about “fibermaxxing”—the real, encroaching threat of lifters and non-lifters alike “maximizing” their cruciferous vegetable intake and increasing soluble and insoluble fiber across the board for motility and shock value/internet traffic reasons. We don’t really eat an insane amount of fiber (well, Josh does; I eat an OK amount, mostly root vegetables in fact) but find the counter of this diet—a rejoinder to increased protein—logical, sane and mostly correct. Should we be eating fiber if we nail our probiotics? Is the high-protein vegetarian diet more ELEGANT than eating steak and sauerkraut? Dare we return oats to our diet? (I won’t myself, but Josh is going feet-first.) All this is in the episode. Listen to it here or on platforms. And: Follow @SnakeSuperHealth on Instagram Show notes: 0:00: Fiber-maxxing, defined. 1:00: Vids are everywhere, from New Yorker writers to lifters to f*rtmaxxers. 2:00: Is this meaningful or just… video context? 3:00: Fiber as a counter to “masculine” pro-meat/protein diets… 4:00: Is fiber for broads? (Maybe) 5:00: What’s fiber ABOUT? Or is this just newjacks hitting protein for the first time? 6:00: Is tracking daily fiber more important than tracking protein? 7:00: Defining fiber technically. 8:00: Probiotics receded fiber when they became popular under Trump; the bourgeoisie has always loved fiber; fibermaxxing is fun. 10:00: Insoluble vs. soluble fiber, and their relationship to probiotic foods. 11:00: The case for fiber even when you hit probiotics… 12:00: Volumetric eating = the path for cuts? 13:00: The parallel wakeup call of hitting protein and fiber goals 14:00: How much fiber a day? (14g/1000 cals say the institute of medicine) 15:00: Same rough numbers from 2000s/2010s bodybuilding lore (cool) 18:00: The nefarious plant-based diet-hot girl IBS connection 20:00: Peat: the third way? (Root vegetables, coffee, dairy) 23:00: Fibermaxing is the ANSWER to demonic protein-maxing; the Lindy elegance of a trad. vegetarian high protein diet. 25:00: Judd Lienhard [https://substack.com/profile/214611238-judd-lienhard]’s work, and galaxy brain post-bodybuilding ‘colorful’ diet. 27:00: Josh one for the road: Oat-maxxing diet? (Cholesterol, the potato diet; Penn Gillette…) 31:00: Obelisks and the gut (new science) 31:30: Josh is only going to eat oats—we’ll see what happens 32:00: Snake one for the road: RIP Global Strongman Gym (Prospect Heights)—strongman training is functional training but poorly branded. Reading list: * Fibermaxxing post 1 [https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3mh4imjtacs2g] (pro-beans), fibermaxxing post 2 [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVxAkmmiWwQ/] (ranking veggies by fiber), fibermaxxing post 3 [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DQnqDgvkbt8/] (I won’t even describe what this guy is doing) * Vogue: Fiber, protein… what’s next? [https://www.vogue.com/article/protein-fiber-whats-next-on-our-plate] * WSJ: Beware of artificial fibers [https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/fiber-packed-foods-are-hitting-store-shelves-be-careful-doctors-say-c6dc0fd2] * Judd Lienhard [https://substack.com/profile/214611238-judd-lienhard]’s colorful diet plan [https://juddlienhard.substack.com/p/i-lost-10-pounds-of-muscle-on-purpose] (goated) * The Cut: Hot girl IBS [https://www.thecut.com/2022/03/ibs-sibo.html] (2022; critical pre-vibe shift text) * IOM fiber number [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26514720/]; T-Nation fiber number [https://archive.t-nation.com/lean-built-eating/fiber-made-simple/] (by John Meadows, RIP Mountain Dog) * John Meadows pre-workout meal [https://mountaindogdiet.com/basic/basic-nutrition/cream-of-rice-pre-workout-concoction-bowl-recipe/] * Snake Super Health: The Ray Peat diet explained [https://superhealth.substack.com/p/ray-peat-explained-and-more-or-less] * Josh 14TR: Oat macrodosing experiment [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68303-9] on Nature: Cholesterol-lowering effects * More on this [https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/017-2026], from Univ. of Bonn * Slime Mold Time Mold: Potato diet group experiment [https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2023/01/26/smtm-potato-diet-community-trial-6-month-followup/] * Snake Super Health: P*tato diet [https://superhealth.substack.com/p/probably-the-only-flash-diet-that] * Adherents: Penn Jillette [https://www.foodandhealth.com/blog/penns-potato-diet]; Kevin Smith [https://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/kevin-smith-weight-loss]; some potato industry guy [https://spudman.com/article/all-potato-diet-eight-years-later-voigt/]. * Psychophysical podcast on the topic [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dy6R3JZ7Rko] * Scientific American: Obelisks in the gut explain microbiome; are a mystery to man [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weird-obelisks-found-in-human-gut-may-be-virus-like-entity/] * Snake 14TR: RIP Global Strongman Gym [https://www.instagram.com/globalstrongmangym/https://www.instagram.com/globalstrongmangym/] Thanks for listening. MORE THIS WEEK. More every week. If you liked this pod, tell a friend. SAMI REISS SNAKE SUPER HEALTH is reader-supported. To get it all, elevate your subscription. Get full access to SNAKE SUPER HEALTH at superhealth.substack.com/subscribe [https://superhealth.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Snake Super Health Podcast EPISODE 8: LOOKSMAXXING AS HIDEOUS TRUTH

Episode 8: “Looksmaxxing” Hello. EIGHTH episode of Snake Super Health the POD: a discussion on health for people interested in its edge—nutrition, red light, lifting, musculature, face yoga, pullover exercises, calisthenics, strength, raw dairy, energy, orange juice, black seed oils—but who don’t live there. Or who do. Or people who are normal. Or who aren’t. Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4xGZu5W2t1DN3AFQCsG6NL], on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/snake-super-health-podcast/id1846403715], rate and review. On this episode… I (Snake) talk with my co-host Josh Feola [https://www.instagram.com/leantimes] about “looksmaxxing”—the maybe real movement that’s two years old and which we define as a series of exogenous interventions for superficial math-based beauty. We find it to be more honest than most other forms of dark wellness. Are we not all looksmaxxers? Do we not all love our mirror? Is it wrong for a 20 year old child to be so vain? Listen to the episode, and Follow @SnakeSuperHealth on Instagram Follow my ass here @snakesuperhealth [https://www.instagram.com/snakesuperhealth] Show Notes 0:00: Intro; Clav’s month on top 1:00: Is looksmaxxing… Lindy? 1:30: The wrestling aspect 3:00: The definition: exogenous intervention-biased approach to use data/math to solve superficial problems 4:00: Is Looksmaxxing just pre-mass monster-era bodybuilding? Is Clavicular a lazy Steve Reeves? 5:00: Face smashing works: see, Muay Thai shin development 6:30: Camille Paglia and Clavicular agree on this ONE thing 7:30: OK. Is it real? (Can’t say what “it” is) 8:00: SMV as a hack to not flirt… 9:00: How all fitness YouTube content got aimed at teenagers 10:00: The fellas talk Chan boards and explain incel humor 11:00: Society loves hotties; short skull shape discussion 12:30: Looksmaxxing as health sans utilitarianism, sans positivity 15:00: Does the looksmaxxing math create a bland standard of beauty? (Yes) 16:00: Is LM’s willed sterility, as a result of too much exogenous test, a failure of racist action? 17:00: Is LM just how it is for broads? 17:30: Is LM autosexuality? 18:00: Is Clavicular post-political? (Pro vaccine, pro seed oils, pro test, anti "subhuman JD Vance) 21:00: Do you have to be a day trader or looksmaxxer to hack adulthood? 22:30: Is Clav Attia butb without the double talk? 24:00: Mishima, looksmaxxing and the age of slop 25:00: Josh’s One for the Road: Too Much Tai Chi and extreme rootedness 27:00: Sami’s One for the Road: Hockey, Phil Kessel as tai chi master 29:00: Movement vs static health: A beautiful face in pics, or moving well? 30:00: Posture as anomalous beauty Reading list: Clav profiles/media: * Handsome at Any Cost [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/style/clavicular-looksmaxxing-braden-peters.html] by Joseph Bernstein for the New York Times * ‘Looksmaxxing’ Reveals the Depth of the Crisis Facing Young Men [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/looksmaxxing-clavicular-vanity-trump/685636/] by TC Williams for the Atlantic (big one forthcoming I think) * Inside Clavicular’s Thirsty Tour of New York City [https://www.gq.com/story/inside-claviculars-thirsty-tour-of-new-york-city] by Kieran Press-Reynolds for GQ * Adam Friedland episode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rodcdKuwH3o]; Matan episode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RVWU7EK3MY] * Clav on vaccines [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVT1xiLirB_/], seed oils [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DOFU4n1kdD2/], seed oil research [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUE4LJODd8U/], JD Vance [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tX7RDn5zuIU] * Looksmaxxing and death [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVRjLVRESbz/] by h_miller76; Gossip Goblin video [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/83KSHJaZJ3k] Rest: * Steve Reeves shake [https://physicalculturestudy.com/2022/10/05/steve-reeves-competition-diet-2/] * Mass Monsters [https://barbend.com/news/bodybuilding-eras-explained/] on BarBend * Sexual Personae [https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300182132/sexual-personae/] by Camille Paglia * Confessions of a Mask [https://amzn.to/4b7lMvu] by Yukio Mishima * Sam Kriss on maxxing [https://substack.com/home/post/p-186872445] * Too much Tai Chi [https://x.com/cookiecarver/status/1949155876352254275] (X thread); Master Ding, Tai Chi, London [https://tai-chi.london/] * Phil Kessel fastest skater [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qjlOJORuAE]; stories of Phil Kessel only eating cheese [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg_8kNqC16xfxPPjjm8fvQtaF2mAOSJxC] Thanks for listening. Like and subscribe please. SAMI REISS Get full access to SNAKE SUPER HEALTH at superhealth.substack.com/subscribe [https://superhealth.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Snake Super Health Podcast EPISODE 7: Peptides, Peptides, Peptides

Episode 7: Peptides Hello. SEVENTH episode of Snake Super Health the POD, a discussion on health for people interested in its edge—nutrition, red light, lifting, musculature, face yoga, foot yoga, no other types of yoga—but who are otherwise NORMAL. Or who aren’t. Whatever. Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4xGZu5W2t1DN3AFQCsG6NL], on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/snake-super-health-podcast/id1846403715]. On this episode… I (Snake) talk with my co-host Josh Feola [https://www.instagram.com/leantimes] about the recent spate of mainstream reportage on esoteric peptide usage, these drugs’ Chinese supply chain, whether they’re street drugs, whether they represent something new outright, whether they’re dangerous, which ones people are doing, their evolution out of the gym into the youth world, and how hard it is to find reliable, granular information on these drugs. Follow Snake Super Health on Instagram Follow my ass here @snakesuperhealth [https://www.instagram.com/snakesuperhealth] Show Notes 0:00: Intro—reporting on peptides 01:00: What are peptides? 01:30: Times story on Silicon Valley peptides [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/business/chinese-peptides-silicon-valley.html], NY Mag story [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peptides-from-instagram-china-wellness-cure.html], FT story about supply chain [https://www.ft.com/content/b15407bd-7b86-45c3-9780-0c92117ccbfb] 2:30: Peptides as a true… widget 3:00: The pharma roots of Chinese peptides 4:10: A water-cooler definition of peptides 5:30: NYMag story: the youth demand, and the lack of regulation 7:00: Brigham Buhler and the Rogan-world peptide head’s case for regulation 9:00: Is taking Peptides just looksmaxxing? And is looksmaxxing… Lindy? 10:00: What might regulation look like? 11:00: Vanity is Lindy; living forever… is not 12:00: Possible benefits of acute, casual peptide use 13:00: Compounding pharmacy vs. the Chinese WhatsApp route 14.00: Is distrust of Chinese markets Sinophobia? 15:00: Are peptides… probably fine? 16:00: The Chinese bias and Western bias against injections 19:00: Moving from gym and skincare sickos to gen pop… 21:00: Is a pill GLP-1 a transformative tech? 24:00: Peptides as supplement vs. street drug 27:00: Everyone’s on the take 28:00: Peptides as time saver; health without being a healthy person 29:00 Josh one for the road: Sean Geiger [https://substack.com/profile/301128768-sean-geiger]’s History of Oral Peptides [https://seangeiger.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-oral-peptides]: 34:00: Sami one for the road: Bulgarian Zerchers [https://www.instagram.com/p/DUMynjNjj_1/] Reading list: * Life on Peptides Feels Amazing [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peptides-from-instagram-china-wellness-cure.html] By Ezra Marcus for NY Mag * ‘Chinese Peptides’ Are the Latest Biohacking Trend in the Tech World [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/business/chinese-peptides-silicon-valley.html] by Jasmine Sun for NY Times * Jasmine Sun’s China Talk Peptides interview with Hamilton Morris [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r83Gpy4BXxc] (YT) * ‘I wouldn’t dare take these drugs’: how China supplies untested peptides to the west [https://www.ft.com/content/b15407bd-7b86-45c3-9780-0c92117ccbfb] by Eleanor Olcott for FT * Can Ozempic Cure Addiction? [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/can-ozempic-cure-addiction] by Dhruv Khullar (MD) for The New Yorker * Brigham Buhler on Rogan [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By17xYkP6jg] (YouTube) * 10 Zercher variations [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-AgIpiYS8I] (YT) * Peptides in Snake Super Health [https://superhealth.substack.com/p/os-9-peptides-olympic-chicanery-nikes] * History of Oral Peptides [https://seangeiger.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-oral-peptides] by Sean Geiger * Factories in Shenzhen [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/the-rise-of-made-in-china-diplomacy] by Peter Hessler for the New Yorker * Vice News fake sneaker factory capital story [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxAW3t423rg] (YT) * “Needle Up My Cock [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP8ud1kJkkU]” by GG Allin (R.I.P.) Thanks for listening. More to come ALWAYS. SAMI REISS Get full access to SNAKE SUPER HEALTH at superhealth.substack.com/subscribe [https://superhealth.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

EMERGENCY Snake Super Health Podcast EPISODE 6: RFK Jr.'s new Food Pyramid assessed

Hello. Shabbat is over. EMERGENCY/quick turnaround episode of Snake Super Health the POD (hosted by Sami Reiss and Josh Feola) covering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the HHS’s new food pyramid, looking at the grub on the pyramid, its context in esoteric health, the credentialed and media reaction, strengths and weaknesses with the pyramid and what it might mean for the food MARKETPLACE and POLICY. We have some positive and negative thoughts on the pyramid and am worried regarding how it might be wielded against people who don’t conform with the choices of dark health. Listen to the pod for the whole 411. About the Pod Snake Super Health Podcast is a health discussion for people interested in severe alleyways of health—nutrition, red light, lifting, musculature, face yoga, foot yoga, no other types of yoga—who are otherwise NORMAL. Episode is hosted by Snake Super Health founder Sami Reiss and Josh Feola. Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/4xGZu5W2t1DN3AFQCsG6NL], on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/snake-super-health-podcast/id1846403715]. Want an article on this? Follow Snake Super Health on Instagram Follow my ass here @snakesuperhealth [https://www.instagram.com/snakesuperhealth] Show Notes 00:01: actual wisdom (source [https://soundcloud.com/the-post-america-podcast/161-chubby-fresh] 1h25) 01:00: Intro 01:30: Framing the rollout: praise from dark nutrition heads, and the critique 2:00: RFK Jr’s career and credentialism vs. the diet itself 2:45: Is RFK Jr. cherry-picking his science? 3:30: Dark-horse support from… the American Medical Association? 5:00: Ultimately this is a lifter’s diet…. 6:00: The source-pleasing behavior of immediate critical reporting on this diet 7:00: Similarities between this diet and Michelle Obama’s proposed diet 8:00: The guidelines themselves 10:00: Can the feds affect food policy? 11:00: Is this diet esoteric? 12:00: Does anyone give a s**t about the food pyramid? 14:00: What’s missing? 15:00: Will Peaters like this list? 16:00: Legislating health, social credit and whether governments might deny health care to people who eat Takis 17:00: What does this list mean for SNAP? 18:00: Is this list influenced by the market or will it influence the market? 19:00: The shocking/old ways of low cholesterol/low sodium diets 20:00: Expect more b******t protein and people getting fat off lamb 21:00: A Pyrrhic victory 23:00: Josh: One for the Road: Cabbage 24:00: Snake: One for the Road: Yosuke NWN muscle-ups Reading list: * The pyramid itself [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/The_New_Pyramid_USDA_2026.svg/2560px-The_New_Pyramid_USDA_2026.svg.png] * Realfood.gov [https://realfood.gov/] * The fact sheet [https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/fact-sheet-historic-reset-federal-nutrition-policy.html] * The 90-page report [https://cdn.realfood.gov/Scientific%20Report_1.8.26.pdf]; 400 page appendix [https://cdn.realfood.gov/Scientific%20Report%20Appendices_1.8.26.pdf] * Initial NY Times’ reporting on the matter [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/well/rfk-jr-food-pyramid-nutrition-guidelines-protein.html]; Vox analysis [https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/474554/food-pyramid-dietary-guidelines-maha-protein] * Praise/critique from demon health influencers: Saladino [https://x.com/paulsaladinomd/status/2008969387244703813], Nippard [https://x.com/JeffNippard/status/2008973966678085674], Huberman [https://x.com/hubermanlab/status/2008952938786640223] * A critical analysis of Social Credit in China [https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1072&context=alr] * Pinterest trend predictions for 2026 [https://business.pinterest.com/pdf/pinterest-predicts/2026-trend-report/] (PDF; cabbage) * The Biggest Food Trends of 2026, From Fibermaxxing to Cabbage-Core [https://www.foodandwine.com/food-trends-for-2026-from-experts-11871415] (Food and Wine) * NWN muscle-ups in Finland [https://www.instagram.com/p/DTNiwC0CEQv/?img_index=1] (and more [https://www.instagram.com/p/DTFjHcmCL0O/]) and pull-ups in general [https://www.instagram.com/p/DS6IfUvke-n/?img_index=1] * The Vegetarian power diet [https://ditillo2.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-vegetarian-power-diet-gary-zeolla.html] Thanks for listening. Subscribe if you like what you hear and see. SAMI REISS Get full access to SNAKE SUPER HEALTH at superhealth.substack.com/subscribe [https://superhealth.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]