The Rich Roll Podcast

Today I sit down with the one and only Joe Cross, the man behind the wildly successful documentary film, Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead*. A few eerie parallels. Joe and I are almost exactly the same age, and we both decided to make radical life changes when we turned 40. So when I began the journey I chronicle in Finding Ultra*, Joe began the journey he chronicles in his movie. And now here we are, sitting across from each other, sharing our respective stories which essentially transpired concurrently. So what is Joe's story? 100 pounds overweight, loaded up on prescription meds and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe was at the end of his rope — a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldn't end well. With one foot already in the grave, the other wasn't far behind. With doctors and conventional medicines unable to help long- term, Joe turned to the only option left, the body's ability to heal itself. He trades in the junk food and hits the road with