‘We’ve Been Brainwashed’: Pete Evans’ Explosive Warning About The Sun

The Karl Stefanovic Show

In this episode, Pete Evans returns to discuss his unconventional approach to health, focusing on the dangers of modern toxins like fluoride

Key takeaways

• Pete Evans avoids tap water due to concerns regarding fluoride and chlorine levels.
• He recommends using glass or stainless steel containers over plastic or aluminum to avoid leaching.

Main topics

• Water filtration and toxins
• Ancestral diets and gut health

Notable quotes

We are basically a wonderful solar panel.

Conclusion

The episode provides a provocative look at how modern lifestyle habits

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:00) Pete, great to see you. Mate, thanks for having me back on. How you been? Speaker 1 (0:05) I've been all right. I've been all right. I just noticed before we actually recorded then, you took a long sip of that icy cold water. But what's really in the water? You want to go there, do you? Let's just go straight there. Speaker 2 (0:22) Well, I'm in Sydney at the moment in Bondi and I don't drink the tap water, to be honest with you, but I've got a great filter system that's set up here in the house that I'm in. And yeah, for about 30 years, over 30 years ago, I learned about the potential problems with fluoride and chlorine in tap water. And so for 30 plus years now, I haven't drank it. You know, obviously there might be times on a plane or something where I'm drinking the water from the plane. But no, it's a choice that I've made to really be very, very aware of the type of water that I consume and my family consumes. So where we live at home in the northern rivers of New South Wales, we're blessed. The reason we bought the property actually is because it has spring water. Like 5,000 liters of spring water flowing its gravity fed into our tanks and that's what we drink and and from my understanding Spring water is the ultimate water source that you can consume and not everyone could do that so what do we do when we're in cities and towns that you are Reliant on the town water supply and you choose not to have fluoride or chlorine in your water, either to drink or to shower with or to bathe in. And there's great companies out there. The one company that actually supported me when I was cancelled, and I'll give them a great plug here, they're called Waters Co Australia. And we have a discount on there as well. I'm going to do the full shill here. P Evans, 25, I think it gives you 25 % off. And they do small little water filters that are either a liter or two liters or home ones that are five or ten liters. And basically filters out most of the crap that's in the water supply. And where I'm at at the moment, I'm in my kid's house. And that's the setup they've got. My mom lives next door. She's got the same setup. She's got the five liter one. We've got the ten liter one here. And it's... It's a good idea to understand how toxic tap water can be. And a lot of research has come out over the last... It's been out there for a long time, but it's starting to get the headlines now where... fluoride can lower your IQ. So Speaker 1 (2:50) that's probably not a bad Speaker 2 (2:52) thing to consider. And the water just tastes great when you filter it and you remove those toxins that they put in. And there's a lot of debate about it. But for me, I'd rather... choose the best quality water that I can for myself and my family. And Waters Co., thanks for supporting me through the turbulence. Speaker 1 (3:20) Well, we like sponsors who do that, let me tell you. And I'll be giving Waters Co a call and signing up for my own water supply and possibly a sponsorship. Look, is there anything that you recommend? I mean, I see everyone carrying around these, you know, these massive cylindrical bottles made out of steel or whatever they're made of to the gym and everything these days. Does it matter what the water is in? Are you? Speaker 2 (3:45) It's debatable as well. Glass, obviously, is the recommended one. You know, glass is obviously the best. I would be cautious about anything with plastic in there. Stainless steel seems to be okay. Aluminium, I would put a big question mark over. But if you can do glass or stainless steel, I think you're in. Speaker 2 (4:06) In good form, you know, and everything is about education and being your own doctor or detective in these things. Speaker 1 (4:13) Don't take my word for it, Speaker 2 (4:15) please, you know. But 30 years I've been drinking this water, my teeth haven't fallen out. So Speaker 1 (4:22) without the fluoride, they're still Speaker 2 (4:24) there. Speaker 1 (4:25) Might be just good DNA. You got those teeth from somewhere from your mama or something. But look, I have, you know, and again, to clarify. I love having you on and I love talking with you because it just opens my world a bit. And you don't have to listen. You don't have to follow what we talk about and make your own judgments and things and do your own research. But I know that you do a lot of that and I like hearing from you because of that. So since we last spoke, I had a couple of other jobs. Tell me. Tell me. And in my previous job, I was always talking to Sarah and Jane at the newsroom on Today Show. And stuff would come up. And even though, you know, there was a bit of controversy around me having you on, there are persistent questions that came through from the girls. And one of them was creatine. And whether or not, I mean, I think everyone's taking some form of supplements. Everyone's into it, mate. And I think that's a wonderful thing to try and be healthy. You know, everywhere we travel with The Karl Stefanovic Show, we hear the same thing. It's hard to employ people in Australia. It's way too hard. Rising costs, thousands of pages of fair work rules, edge cases everywhere. They're like the flies. It's so annoying. Even trying to do the right thing, you're one step away from doing the wrong thing and who pays for it? No wonder people are fed up. It's almost like they don't want you to hire anyone anymore. That's why I like what the team at Tanda has created. Aussie-built software that handles all of that complexity. Rostering, payroll, HR, and fair work compliance. Tanda takes care of it all and makes it easier to be an employer. So if you've got employees, check them out at tanda.com.au. You won't regret it. So what's your perspective on creatine for women and men? Speaker 2 (6:23) Well, I think a lot of people are not eating enough meat and seafood, to be honest with you. So when we don't consume enough of the most natural food sources in the world, some people like to look elsewhere for a quick fix. It's why I created the documentary The Magic Pill, because... People are looking for the magic pill, whether it be a supplement or a medicine or a therapy that's out there that can be a shortcut. And we're beings of nature. We are nature. Everything is available to us. And I believe if we had a species specific diet and that's might sound a bit crazy. But when we think about it, I mean, I'm here in Bondi. I'm looking out at the ocean here. the sharks, the dolphins, the fish, the birds, except if they're eating the chips that people leave them on Bondi Beach, pretty much every species of the world intuitively and instinctively knows what to eat, right? Why is it that human beings have such perhaps confusion and debate about what to eat? And we discussed last time about ancestral diets. And that's where I get a lot of my information from, just looking back into the past of what's available to us. And if we really want to break it down... Speaker 2 (7:48) The lowest hanging fruit is to eat food that doesn't come in packets, meat, seafood, eggs, even though they're in a carton, nuts and seeds, fruit and vegetables, and eat seasonally and remove as many chemicals or processes that may have contributed into what you're buying from the supermarket or the grocery store. or the marketplace. So yeah, I mean, we can delve a little bit deeper into this, but I'd Speaker 1 (8:23) like to, I mean, this, because last time you gave me a tease, and then we didn't, it didn't go any further. And I, I was left wanting more, Pete. Yeah, okay. Okay. Well, it's Speaker 2 (8:36) interesting. I mean, I've interviewed so many people on this topic, what should humans eat? Right? And it does come down to those bare basics. I think everyone can agree if we remove as much processed food from our diet, that's a tick. Pretty much in every person that's out there, whether it be a diet, well, maybe I won't go there with dietitians because a lot of dietitians do promote things that are in packets. I mean, you watch them on breakfast television, you bring in a dietitian or a nutritionist. What's the best thing in a packet that we should be eating? And that can create a lot of confusion. So most people, and some dieticians, I'm not giving them a bad rap here, but if we can remove the processed foods first and foremost, and then it can come down to where do you live and what season are you in, right? Think about this. So if you're in Tasmania and it's cold in winter, do you really want to be eating bananas that are grown in far north Queensland or avocados? when it's freezing because they're not growing in your local environment. So when it's cold, maybe look at including broths, stews, roasts, curries, these types of slow nourishing cooked foods that are full of warmth and goodness. Whereas if you're in, like you were just saying before, you're in Queensland, far north Queensland. Speaker 2 (10:00) You probably want to be focusing on what's growing in that area. So tropical fruits when they're ripe and in season and fish, leafy greens, these types of things, maybe less cooked ingredients when the temperature is hot outside. Speaker 2 (10:18) Because there's this philosophy about healthy superfoods, berries, avocados, chia seeds that people have, kiwi fruits, the list goes on and on. And some people consume them every single day of their life. They put them into a smoothie thinking they're healthy. And never in human history would we have had access to some of these foods every single day of our life. And I interviewed this... This really interesting woman called Sally K. Norton who wrote a book called Toxic Superfoods who explains why our dosage of some of these foods that we consider healthy can lead to problems or continue a health issue even though we're thinking we're eating healthy foods. So the least inflammatory foods for human beings from... my research and others research is good quality meat and seafood Speaker 1 (11:11) that's they're the least inflammatory foods for a human being Speaker 2 (11:14) and then Speaker 1 (11:15) we can talk about carnivore Speaker 2 (11:17) vegetarianism as as i sort of alluded to last time if you want to go down Speaker 1 (11:21) that path or if Speaker 2 (11:22) you've got other questions to ask at this particular point i have Speaker 1 (11:25) plenty to ask and as you go along i was just thinking what difference does it make if you're in tassie or whatever if you want to have a banana or you want to have an avocado but i think you're getting on to explain that and and