Poop & Gut Expert: How Processed Food Is Destroying Your Gut Health

Discover how eating only ultra-processed foods for 30 days can tank your testosterone by 30% and cause a 5.5x increase in dangerous visceral fat, even when calories and weight stay the same. In episode 817 of the Savage Perspective Podcast, your host Robert Sikes sits down with Throne founder Scott Hickle to reveal the shocking truth about how the standard American diet impacts your hormones, gut health, and mood. Scott shares the results of his 30-day experiment, discusses the future of health tracking, and explains how analyzing your poop can provide incredible insights into your body's performance and help detect hidden diseases like colon cancer. Want to build a stronger, healthier body? Join Robert’s FREE Bodybuilding Masterclass to learn the exact methods to optimize your nutrition and training. Sign up here: https://www.ketobodybuilding.com/registration-2 Follow Scott on IG: https://www.instagram.com/scotthickle Get Keto Brick: https://www.ketobrick.com/ Subscribe to the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/42cjJssghqD01bdWBxRYEg?si=1XYKmPXmR4eKw2O9gGCEuQ Chapters: 0:00 - How Ultra-Processed Food KILLS Your Testosterone  0:46 - Meet the Man Who Invented the "Whoop for Your Poop"  1:42 - How a Poker Night Joke Became a Health Tech Startup  2:56 - Why Doctors Secretly Hate Getting Pictures of Your Poop  4:06 - The Untapped Health Data Hidden in Your Toilet Bowl  5:14 - What Is the Bristol Stool Chart & How Does It Work?  6:13 - How to Find Your Food Triggers (The Automated Way)  7:16 - We Paid Gastroenterologists to Label THOUSANDS of Poop Photos 8:06 - Is STRESS or DIET Worse For Your Gut Health?  10:14 - My 30-Day Ultra-Processed Food Experiment (The Rules)  12:52 - The REAL Effect of Sugar on Your Mood & Energy  15:51 - How a Processed Food Diet TANKED My Testosterone by 30%  17:26 - The Hidden Danger of Visceral Fat (And How to Measure It)  19:12 - Are You Eating The Standard American Diet? (The Uncomfortable Truth)  20:02 - What 3200 Calories of Junk Food Actually Looks Like  21:58 - The Day Energy Gels Almost Made Me Crash My Car  24:15 - My Testosterone Levels After 30 Days of Junk Food (The Exact Numbers)  25:00 - Did 30 Days of Junk Food Destroy My Cholesterol?  25:56 - Did I Lose Muscle Eating Only Processed Food? (DEXA Results)  27:02 - How a Junk Food Diet Made Me "Radiate Bad Energy"  28:33 - Whoop vs. Aura vs. Levels: Which Health Tracker is Best?  29:45 - The Single Best Feature in Wearable Health Tech Today  32:17 - Is Microbiome Testing a Waste of Money?  37:44 - How a Junk Food Diet Impacts Your Strength in the Gym  40:43 - The #1 WORST Processed Food I Ate  42:34 - What Does the "Perfect" Poop Look Like?  44:49 - The Most Common Poop Problem Affecting 40 Million Americans 46:52 - How This Smart Toilet ACTUALLY Works  49:54 - How to Measure Your Prostate Health at Home  52:14 - What Happens if You Poop in a Different Toilet?  54:41 - The Business of Poop: Building a Viral Health Company  57:26 - The Ultimate Goal: A "Smoke Detector" for Colon Cancer  59:01 - Where to Find the Throne Smart Toilet