{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Next Level Healing","title":"Back to Real Food: Metabolism, Seed Oils & the Truth About Why Diets Fail — with Dr. Liz Graves","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4058,"description":"Dr. Liz Graves didn't set out to become a doctor. She discovered chiropractic as a patient, fell in love with its foundational philosophy that the body heals from the inside out, and built a career around that principle. Today, as the founder of Back 2 Real Food, she helps people restore their metabolic health through food, cyclic nutrition strategies, and targeted amino acid therapy — without relying on willpower, calorie restriction alone, or one-size-fits-all dieting.\nIn this episode, Dr. Tara Perry sits down with Dr. Graves for a wide-ranging conversation on why so many people are doing \"everything right\" and still can't lose weight, what the modern food system is doing to our metabolism, and the counterintuitive strategies that actually work.\nKey Takeaways:The real reason diets stop working (00:07:00) — Every time you diet without recovery, your body adapts to living on less, slowing your metabolism over time. Dr. Graves explains her cyclic approach: a structured window of fat loss followed by a deliberate high-calorie phase that trains the body to metabolize more, not less.Seed oils are the #1 offender in your diet (00:16:44) — Vegetable, canola, sunflower, and safflower oils disrupt cell walls, cause inflammation at the cellular level, and impair mitochondrial function. Removing them is the first and fastest win Dr. Graves makes with every new client.Three foods worth adding right now (00:19:41) — Healthy natural fats (animal fats, olive oil, coconut oil), quality mineral-rich sea salt, and more whole foods without a label. Small additions that compound into meaningful change.Know your farmer (00:21:49) — Pesticide load, not the food itself, is driving the explosion in leaky gut, celiac, and autoimmune conditions. Dr. Graves recommends the Weston A. Price Foundation as a starting point for finding local farmers and co-ops, and makes the case that buying direct is often cheaper than buying organic at a grocery store.Targeted amino acid therapy changed...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9xMz9HpJXGH4dd0ntTlc530OzNpo0NJVZfIGz8mWb5I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ODgz/MjQ0ZTkwMTEzY2Ri/NjlkZjYyZjEyODEy/ZjU0NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}