American Glutton

Is your favorite superfood actually a marketing success story? Ethan sits down with Natalie Alibrandi, a nutrition and food science expert who helps take products from concept to commercialization, to unpack how food trends are born. They explore the rise of kale, goji berries, cottage cheese hacks, and the powerful role marketing plays in shaping what we believe is healthy.

Natalie breaks down formulation, regulation, and the realities of the food industry, while Ethan digs into how consumer psychology drives demand.

HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Introduction and Natalie’s Background
05:42 How Food Trends Are Born
12:18 The Rise of Superfoods
18:47 Marketing vs Nutritional Reality
26:15 Product Formulation and Food Science
34:02 Consumer Psychology and Health Claims
42:30 The Business of Health Foods
50:11 Regulation, Labels, and Transparency
58:27 Social Media and Trend Acceleration
01:05:44 Final Thoughts and Takeaways
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How do you navigate the mental and physical hurdles of long term weight maintenance? In this episode of American Glutton, Ethan Suplee sits down with host Paige to answer listener questions on everything from breaking through stubborn plateaus to the realities of life after GLP 1 medications.

Ethan shares his personal strategies for managing intense food cravings with healthy hacks and explains why he prioritizes sleep as the essential foundation for any successful health journey. He also offers advice on using a diet break to reset your metabolism when progress stalls.

Swapping to Egg Whites
Calculating Caloric Maintenance
The Work of Weight Maintenance
GLP 1s and Regaining Weight
Navigating Cravings and Food Hacks
Prioritizing Sleep Over the Gym
Using Diet Breaks to Reset

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What happens when you come face to face with death and are forced to make a choice?

Ethan sits down with Jaimie Alexander to unpack a raw, deeply personal story about sobriety, self-worth, and survival. Jaimie opens up about being a highly functioning alcoholic, the quiet rationalizations that kept her drinking, and the medical crisis that nearly took her life. What followed was a moment of clarity that changed everything and led to a commitment she could not ignore. This conversation is honest, emotional, and unfiltered, exploring pain, meaning, and the power of choosing to stay.

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SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Wired Headphones and Small Talk
00:26 Jaimie’s Journey to Sobriety
01:31 High-Functioning Alcoholism Explained
03:13 The Illusion of Control
05:54 Drinking as Medication
06:07 The Question of Rock Bottom
09:03 Dating, Anxiety, and Drinking Before the Date
10:38 Accidentally Sober in a Snowstorm
15:10 Withdrawal, Denial, and Pushing Through
18:03 Severe Appendicitis and Ignored Pain
21:44 Facing Death in the Operating Room
25:54 “Do You Want to Stay or Go?”
29:43 Surviving Against the Odds
31:18 Choosing to Stay Alive
36:26 Power, Perspective, and Agency
41:30 Self-Kindness as a Practice
47:24 Meaning, Suffering, and Choice
53:57 Toxic Positivity vs Real Empathy
58:04 Sobriety, Growth, and Closing Reflections
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What if improving your physical health was never the real starting point?

In this episode, Ethan sits down with Dr. Tara Narula, cardiologist, journalist, and author, to explore the often ignored mental and emotional foundations of health. Together, they unpack the science of stress, the reality of mind body connection, and why resilience is not about toughness but about acceptance, flexibility, and daily practice.

Dr. Narula shares deeply personal stories from her medical training and clinical work, revealing how trauma, mindset, and social connection directly impact heart health and longevity. This conversation challenges quick fixes and offers a more honest blueprint for lasting change.

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What if weight gain, depression, and chronic illness are symptoms rather than the real problem?

Ethan sits down with Dr.Josh Redd, a functional medicine doctor, to explore why treating symptoms alone often fails. On this episode of American Glutton, Ethan Suplee and Dr. Redd dig into inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, mental health, and why personalized care matters more than one-size-fits-all diets or pills. They discuss real patient stories, overlooked root causes, and what true healing can look like.

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SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 - What Functional Medicine Really Means
04:10 - Treating Root Causes Instead of Symptoms
09:05 - Why One Size Fits All Diets Fail
14:40 - When Weight Is a Symptom, Not the Problem
20:30 - Brain Inflammation and Mental Health
27:15 - The Emotional Cost of Chronic Illness
32:40 - A Child’s Drawing That Changed Everything
38:20 - Why Patients Feel “Crazy” When Labs Are “Normal”
45:10 - Food, Inflammation, and Modern Lifestyles
52:35 - Why Healing Requires Education, Not Just Treatment
59:40 - What Real Health Transformation Looks Like
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