Although he’s authored over 300 articles and book chapters on cardiac surgery and created innovative cardiac surgical devices, Dr. Steven Gundry now directs all of his energies at the edge of a different kind of table—the dining table. He went from being a top cardiac surgeon to being a researcher and best-selling author focusing on cutting-edge human nutrition. His research has reaped major nutritional breakthroughs impacting high cholesterol, heart disease, and high blood pressure. His career shift came after seeing the dramatic effects of dietary changes among his own surgical patients. It was an epiphany.

I’ve got this all wrong. Instead of operating on people and then teaching them how to avoid me, I should teach them how to eat and I will never have to operate.

As Director and Founder of the International Heart & Lung Institute and the Center for Restorative Medicine in California, Dr. Steven Gundry helps patients learn how to take control of their weight, health, and energy by following his simple nutritional program. His years of research have revealed what nutrients are deficient in the American diet and which “staple foods” are harming human health. His discoveries also have uncovered the complex relationship between gut health and overall health. Gundry explains, “Within our gut, there are a hundred trillion bacteria, probably 500 trillion viruses, and a bunch of fungi. This gut biome is a complex ecosystem, more complex than any tropical rainforest and it has a symbiotic relationship with us, its hosts.”

Dr. Steven Gundry’s nutritional philosophy has gained a national audience with the publication of his best-selling books, The Longevity Paradox, The Plant Paradox, The Plant Paradox Cookbook, The Plant Paradox Quick and Easy, and Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution.

The results of his programs have been impressive. According to his research data analysis, participants have not only had improvements to cardiac health and weight, but also dramatic health benefits such as eliminating chronic autoimmune disease or migraines. They have even been shown to grow biologically younger.

It’s a fountain of youth you’ll want to hear about in my interview with nutritional trailblazer and gut biome expert Dr. Steven Gundry.