Rise In Obesity & Disease: Fix These Diet & Lifestyle Habits To Prevent Early Death | Dr. Ben Bikman
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- There are many conflicting viewpoints on what drives weight gain. Excess calories? High insulin levels? Unwavering hunger? Dhru has been on a quest for answers to learn exactly how to shift body composition to lose fat and build muscle.
Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru welcomes Dr. Ben Bikman on the show to continue his summer weight loss. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Bikman dive deep into insulin's critical role in weight gain, obesity, and cardiometabolic disease.
Dr. Bikman explains how high fasting insulin creates insulin resistance, grows fat tissue, and makes it more challenging to achieve sustainable weight loss. He also touches on how our genetics influence weight gain, the power of protein and resistance training, and why we should focus on lowering our insulin levels first for weight loss before worrying about calories.
Dr. Ben Bikman is a renowned metabolic research scientist and a popular speaker on human metabolism and nutrition. Dr. Bikman has a Doctor of Philosophy in bioenergetics and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in metabolic disorders with the Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School. He is the author of the book Why We Get Sick, which offers a thought-provoking yet real solution to insulin resistance and reversing prediabetes, improving brain function, shedding fat, and preventing diabetes. Currently, Dr. Bikman is an associate professor at Brigham Young University with the mission to better understand the role of elevated insulin in obesity and diabetes and the relevance of ketones in mitochondrial function.
In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Bikman dive into:
-The perfect formula for creating a sick society
-The most underrated blood test for metabolic health
-Optimal fasting insulin reference ranges
-The two primary factors that contribute to weight gain
-Dhru’s weight-loss journey and its relationship to calories and insulin
-Is it possible to gain weight on low-carb diets?
-Dr. Bikman’s stance on the role of calories in weight loss
-Dr. Bikman’s thoughts on using satiety as a metric for weight loss
-The protein leverage hypothesis
-Protein recommendations for optimal health and weight loss
-The role of skeletal muscle in glycemic control and diabetes prevention
-The link between resistance training, muscle mass, and insulin resistance
-Dr. Bikman’s four pillars for eating a healthy diet
Also mentioned in this episode:
-Why We Get Sick: a.co/d/8GNmdwJ
-Instagram: @benbikmanphd
-Dr. Bikman’s meal replacement shake: gethlth.com
For more on Dr. Ben Bikman:
-Instagram @BenBikmanPhD
-Facebook @BenjaminBikmanPhD
-Twitter @BenBikmanPhD
-Website: bikmanlab.byu.edu and insuliniq.com.
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Love how Dr. Bickman knows how to express politeness and true respect of other professionals in a harmonial elegant way. Hes a great example of "you can carry alot of knowledge in your brain, disagree with others, without needing to be pompous and arrogant about your own intelligence." Arrogance does not add to ones knowledge it decreases it.
You know it's going to be a good one when Dr. Bikman is on!
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Dr. Ben Bikman is one of the few real deals in our society. Thank you, Dr. Bikman.
I could listen to Bikman all day. Awesome!
Ben is such a deeply moral man, something our society is in such need of -- masculinity at its finest. And I just love what he said about his wife and fidelity. Beautiful.
I’m 58/M, a stage2 breast cancer patient, had surgery MRM and underwent chemotherapy. Everything discussed just affirmed what I’ve been doing the past 9 weeks. I’ve lost 15 kg from 85 kg body weight, well within normal Asian BMI for my height now; my waistline dropped from 35inches down to 32inches and I don’t have cravings anymore. I stopped taking antihypertensive and antilipidemic meds a month ago since my BP is now 120/80-110/75 range. Next month, I will have my lipid profile, A1c, FBS, fasting insulin, etc lab works. Here’s hoping I have reversed my insulin resistance. Thank you for this video. Mabuhay!
Fasting will also help!
@@LTPottenger that’s what I’ve been doing lately. 😃☑️
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Many hearty congra-
tulations on your huge success! This will also greatly reduce or even eliminate any chances of reoccurance! So you can go on living a happy, healthy & worry free Life to the fullest!
I am beginning this lifestyle change and hope I also lose some weight & my numbers test in the healthy range...
As well as feeling much better & my body moving more easily, as in my youth!
Enjoy!
Namaste 🙏 🤲🏻 🕊
I’m hoping all continues to go well for you.
There may be some other parts to the cancer story, ie, Vit K2 (Kate Rheaume-Bleue, N.D.), Iodine (David Brownstein, M.D.), Visceral fat( Sean O’Mara, M.D.), Melatonin (Russell Reiter, Ph.D.), Vitamin D (Michael Hollick, M.D.), etc.
I’m not suggesting anything. Just putting this out there in case it may be of interest to you or anyone else reading this.
Here is what I did for weight loss and overcame on health issues I had.
1- removed junk food from my diet
2- I started eating Whole Foods including fruits, nuts and honey.
3- eI eat mostly two times a day.
As a result, lost 52 lbs in seven months and right now after two years, I have my weight maintained. Pre diabetes gone and Hba1c dropped to 5.2 which was 5.8 when I was sick.
My blood pressure 162/90 but now 113/72.
Triglycerides was 136 and now 63
Also my hdl raised to 60 from 35.
I eat everything healthy but twice a day only. I also don’t know count calories.
I have a similar story. Fake food is killing us.
You sound 'sorted' - Well done - Do you work out at all ? And more importantly perhaps , what do you do for fun
sugar is toxic,, fructose even more toxic, honey is a mix of both
@@MrYoubetnot according to Dr. Saladini!
Amazing how food heals the body. Your blood work proves that.
0:22: 📉 Dr. Ben Bickman discusses the recipe for making society sick, fat, hungry, miserable, and ultimately causing a painful death.
10:20: 📈 Insulin is a key factor in fat cell growth and energy storage, and its absence can lead to weight loss even with high calorie intake.
25:42: 💪 Building skeletal muscle can improve insulin sensitivity and metabolic health, but it may also result in the accumulation of belly fat even with optimal insulin levels.
28:34: 💡 Insulin resistance and weight gain are not directly correlated, as weight gain may indicate insulin sensitivity in fat cells.
37:35: 📊 Insulin resistance in fat cells leads to weight gain and metabolic consequences.
46:30: ✅ Lowering insulin levels is the key to successful weight loss.
1:01:17: 💡 Protein is an important macronutrient that should be prioritized in nutrition, as it is not a fuel and does not contribute to calorie intake.
1:04:25: 🥩 Don't fear fat and prioritize protein with fat for better digestion.
1:12:45: 🤝 The speakers engage in a healthy discussion about the satiety per calorie model and its focus on protein, fiber, and hedonic score.
1:22:06: 💪 Muscle is a metabolic powerhouse that can absorb a significant amount of glucose, making it important for metabolic health.
1:31:21: 💪 Increasing muscle mass and challenging the muscle through exercise can help maintain steady blood glucose levels and improve insulin sensitivity.
1:41:15: 🥦 Ben's four pillars for a healthy lifestyle: control carbohydrates, prioritize animal source protein, don't fear fat, and frequently fast. Additionally, engage in physical activity and establish connections with people who share common values.
1:49:50: 📚 Ben Bickman shares his contact information, his entrepreneurial venture, and his book 'Why We Get Sick' which focuses on insulin resistance.
Recap by Tammy AI
Fantastic, thanks!
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Thx now we know where to go to in the interview 🎉
Thank you.
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Professor Bikman... one of my favourites, very knowledgeable gent, fantastic teacher... learnt a lot. Love and respect ftom UK.
Dr Bikman gave a wonderful insight into fat cells - It was fascinating to hear how some ethnicities can “ multiply “ fat cells and thereby grow fatter without having health consequences whereas other ethnicities cannot multiply fat cells , and their cells become so enlarged that they ultimately start leaking to prevent bursting .. And thereby cause metabolic disaster to the body.
Yes. It's natural that ethnicities differ due to the different nutrition situations past generations have faced. I greatly dislike how woke cultists try to control science by stating all people and ethnicities are the same. They are not! That's why all ethnicities have certain diseases they are prone to have. For example sickel cell disease, which prevented malaria for the forefathers of black Africans. Our DNA is so specialized on our epigenetic values. That's one of the wonders of life. 🌱
What a wonderful conversation, with plenty of useful information. Listening to Ben is a absolute pleasure.
I tested my fasting insulin, and glucose 5 months ago it was 26.4 and 113 respectively. Since I started a weight lifting combined with mtb riding combined with intermitent fastind, last week I tested again and the results were amazing. Glucose 106 and insulin 15.2, that got me more motivated to avoid all junk food, carbohydrates and keep the lifestyle. Now I am being more rigid with what I eat
Excellent!
Fantastic congratulations
Fasting insulin should run 2.5 to 5ish. Keep it up!
How u test your insuline?
I so appreciated the doctor's honest forthright answers to even admitting he's not an expert in different areas yet still clearly giving his voice to other possibilities. Another great interview!!
Dr. Buckman is a really nice man - #9 of 11 children. He is a professor at Bringham Young - obviously a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints.
CARNIVOE FOR LIFE! IT HEALED EVERY PROBLEM I HAD!
How long have you been carnivore?
@@mad2itch 5 months
@@lesleyannthecarnivore A little over 6 months for me and feeling wonderful. Congrats to you and keep up the good work! Spread the word!!!
@@mad2itch love that for us
What problem u had??
Plant base people say the same
Dr Bikman is an exceptional.. exveptional man. Thank you so much for bringing him on. 🙏
Dr. Bikman is a fascinating interview,always. Dhru ,not so much. How many times does he have to brag about physical appearance. I'm skinny, I have only 15 % body fat...etc,etc. Please!
Keto carnivore diet really helped me get out, was hopeless for the longest time, the hardest part is adjusting mentally 🙃 was surprised how quickly my body reversed many of the issues I had brought on to myself. What I was not prepared to deal with is the mental aspects and figuring out the root cause of my personal problems. There's hope out there folks think of it as an non linear upward spiral journey.
Like that advice!
Nonlinear, upward spiral journey-I like that way of describing the search for a healthier life. Well done!
This is one of the best explanations I’ve heard about fat metabolism and why we gain or lose weight. Thanks for making this accessible to the layman such that we can be better at building our own health.
Loved this great interview of one of my favorite resources for metabolic health! I love the shakes by the way. and Why We Get Sick . . I wish Dr.Bikman had elaborated a little bit more about length and frequency of fasting that he would suggest. I am 72 year old woman, prioritize ruminant protein, and do resistance training. I would like to lose about 10 lbs of fat, gain muscle and bone strength. I am RN and still work part-time as substitute school nurse. I think I have never felt better in my life. I am familiar with DietDoctor, Jason Fung, Eric Westman's page 4, Dr. Ted Naiman, Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Robert Cywes, and others.
Your getting good advice from those guys!
Are you familiar with the work of MD Mindy Pelz? To lose fat, doing alternate day fasting (not eating for 36 hours) works very well; with resistance training on the feasting days.
Bikman is the man. He is just so great at explaining.
Dr.Bikman is Brilliant!!!
" eat protein 1st " that is my new motto!
What an amazing, knowledgeable, humble, gentle human being. Loved the interview. Thank you
Amazing show, this guest was very informative and helped make insulin resistance make sense. I hope to have this guest back.
Type 1 diabetic, and trying to reset my food -- way too much cheese, because it doesn't raise glucose much. Still fattening, though. "Insulin" is not the enemy -- we'd all be dead without it. "Excess insulin" is not as easy to control as people seem to think, when you have to control it yourself, control your eating, etc -- it's overwhelming sometimes. You don't know how lucky you are if you are worried about "insulin resistance" and are not even diabetic, and can still make your own insulin and amylin. Wish you could do an episode for T1D who are having weight gain issues, because there are too many of us. "Choose: High glucose, or fat storing insulin, or obsessing about not eating and exercising all of the time." Theory goes out the window in the real world. As a lifelong insulin dependent diabetic, I understand the complaint that T2D are being given too much insulin or sulfonylureas to reduce glucose, but some of us need injections of this slow and dangerous medication or we croak. And so, more of a qualifier needs to be said by these doctors, because not all diabetics are in the same situation, and we don't have a choice. It is always going to be to inject engineered insulin, or get sick and expire. I'm glad he mentioned us, but missing an easier solution. Obviously "diabulimia" is self harm and eventual suicide.
I think he's addressing type 2...that one can be manipulated. Type 1 is different from type 2.. needs other options....not critizing the type 1 diabetes insulin
I understand. Cheese is addictive...it has an opiate like molecule in it. Somehow or other it would be likely be wise for you to switch to all meat and animal fat diet for about 90 days. I would need more info to be more helpful. See Dr Ken Berrys and Dr. Lustig and Richard Johnstone and Daniel Amen for starters. It's a lot of homework. Slow steady progressive but better than the horrendous suffering that diabetes causes By the way type 1 or type 2 can be mixed up by even endocrinologist.
I can’t agree with you enough! It somehow felt warming he briefly mentioned us. Completely agree there should be more studies for those who require insulin and are trying to lose weight
It’s always pleasure to listen to Dr Ben Bikman have learned so much from me .thank Dhru for having this dr with so much to to offer.thank you have been following him and my health improved greatly .thank you ❤
After having experinented with with every diet and protocol for years, I have finally achieved perfection on every metric including lipid profile and body composition and never feel hunger in the following way =
One meal a day consisting of = at least 500gr grass fed steak, 5 organic eggs , 1 can sardines in spring water, 30 gr grass fed butter and one scoop grass fed whey with stivia. Total carbs 3 gr. And 30 min resistance training in a fasted state per day.
Sounds delicious!
Forget the freezing over, the warming up, the asteroids, so often depicted in dystopian futures, what we need is a movie based on a dystopian future of obesity, the picture he paints at the beginning is so bleak and utterly true and horrifying. And no govt seems to care at putting a stop to all this processed food.
I agree. The movie WALL-E kind of shows that with all the characters being sedentary and obese. I know its a cartoon and a Disney (yuck!) movie, but kind of depicts it.
By design
I love this guy, he’s so knowledgeable about the topic. I learn a lot. An immense Thank you to you and Dr B
WOW! i have learned so much! He explains his results and theories extremely clearly! Love it! Have him on MORE!
Love RUclips when it keeps giving me more and more of Ben Bikman!
In April my fat % was 22.8.
In August came down to 18.2%
I skipped breakfast and had some protein for lunch and did exercises for 3 times a week.
I increased up to 4 days a week and I am planning to reduce my fat %.
In this journey back to health I married my greatest weaknesses (laziness, gluttony, slow wit, & vanity) to become my superpowers.
From elite athlete to dying from obesity BACK to real health. Below is my life's work distilled. 🎉
Recovery:
Inclined Sleep Therapy is free & an ancient practice
CPAP
Exercise:
*Rebounder* proven in the 1970s as the most efficient exercise still. Unique health benefits.
Food:
Lean poultry, onions, & sweet potatoes replace unhealthy calories
Dentist gum cleaning
Supplements:
Threonate magnesium, vit.D, creatine, taurine, NAC, methylene blue, & fibers
Thank you, Dhru & Dr. Bikman for a good conversation! You both seem sincere & your info very helpful.
In the same vein, I do hope to inspire the kind Scientist to be even more desirous & diligent in his search for the eternal, Truth, noting that, "....God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise;..."
Praise God for His Grace wherein the uneducated & the most educated among us can find ourselves on level ground at the foot of the ✝️ with the power therein to test for Truth as well!
I thank you for the gift of knowledge for the here & now & pray you find & grow in the greater knowledge of the here & forever-after! 🙏🏽
Wow! This is a very informative interview! Dr Bikman is a wealth of knowledge, very helpful!! Thank you!!!
I've heard Dr. Bikman many times, but this might be the best one I have ever heard. There's something about the way he rolls out the information in this one that's particularly good. Great job on the hosts part as well.
Yes true, dr Bikman It’s one of the kind passionate about his profession and helping people.he is awes🎉some! His clear beautiful diction and wording he is using is truly remarkable! I love Dhru podcast, he simply the best!
Thanks
So far the best advice on this subject. Thank you!😊
I have been SO Lucky to be born 1950. Good home cooked meat and vegtables. 3 meals a day. After that Overlacto Veg. Sugar freak sadly. No meds at all at 73 years young. Since they have AMBUSHED our food. Now pescatarian thanks to wonderful people like YOU. FAMILLY UNITY was Paramount. SPIRITUAL. cheers
Done a very good job with this podcast and it is worth watching more than one time because of the information density👍🙏💰
Thank dr. Bikman for stating your ground on these issues
Great information Ben is a wonderful guest. I agree 100% ancestors would not have sought out only protein.
I think the whole protein debate is so as protein shakes can be sold.
My preference is lamb meat and Oxtails And fatty free range duck and eggs.
Satiety is the key.
Another fantastic talk. Great host and guest. Thanks guys!
This blew my mind!!
Thank you guys!
Ben Bikman: Nobody puts insulin in a corner.
I'm sooo glad you pressed him on weight gain while in a low insulin state! Because that's a question that needs answering. Those who are all or primarily about the endocrine model of weight loss constantly try to hand wave caloric intake. Like you, Dhru, I endlessly see anecdotal reports (on Reddit fasting/carnivore/keto subs) of people eating low insulinemic diets who aren't losing any weight, have plateaued with their weight loss, or who are even gaining weight. I lost half my body weight (from 252 to 124) and my last DEXA puts me at 18% bf (I'm female). But all along the way I experienced plateaus that only fasting would bust. I did many a PSMF cycle and the needle wouldn't budge for a week or even more. There is an explanation for that that cannot be explained with just insulin. Or, if it can, I haven't heard the answer yet. Not even from Ben Bikman.
And lastly, why is "counting calories" such a dirty word? I did it and I loved it. It provided structure, accountability, and knowledge! How else was I going to know how much protein I was getting? How many calories I was REALLY eating? NO ONE knows how much they're really eating by just guessing and doing mental math. Now, are calories/thermodynamics perfect? No. But in my experience every obese person trying to take the weight off must weigh and log everything they eat, at least for a significant period of time, if they want to maximize their results.
If people are drinking 5 gallons of heavy cream a day they will gain weight because the fat doesn't disappear, it just goes to the adipose tissue first and not to the liver first unlike the fats produced from fructose or alcohol which go straight to the liver. That's why many low carb doctors discourage liquid calories and want people to eat the fat that comes with the protein and don't add more. I think the most powerful combination is a low carb diet that lowers insulin combined with time-restricted eating (which is easier to do when your insulin is lower and your body body is fat adapted) and also do some kind of alternate day fasting. I had struggled with my weight since I was a kid. I finally was able to attain sustained fat loss with a keto diet but I still plateaued after I lost 100 pounds with 70 to go. The next 70 I lost when I incorporated 2 or 3 days of non consecutive fasting days per week. That way I reduce overall calories without having my basal metabolic rate collapse which happens when you do the same caloric restriction everyday. Love the work of Dr Fung regarding this process. I also just eat 2 meals a day during my eating days eliminating all snacking
Just eat less
Excellent. I would say if someone is gaining on carnivore, they need to minimize to one meal a day. OMAD keto or carnivore. Working like a charm for me.
What an ultimate podcast! Please please must watch this…Thanks so much to both of you! 🙏🇮🇳
So informative ❤Dr bikman is awesome
Great insights. Just stop using your experience in evry interview.... Its not about you. Itsa about the insights of your guests. Or just go have a coffee with them
Our ancestors focused on survival. They ate animals, fish, snails, plants, seeds, nuts, berries. I'd love for these discussions to sway away from specific diets and more towards the study of why certain populations live longer and healthier.
his words at the beginning touched me very much and made me think. aspects that have so far received little attention on the subject of nutrition and illness - thank you!
Dr. Bikman is so right on!!!
PCOS, Hashimotos, polycythemia vera, 60 years old, 5'3" 218 lbs. Fatty liver, SO VERY HARD for me to loose weight! VSG 8 years ago. Only lost 20 pounds! Then the weight started to come back. Eating healthy now, low carb, 80 grams protein. Off 2 diabetes meds. But loss is so slow!
Question: are we doing this same thing to our animals? Pets and the ones we eat (cows being fed corn & other things)?
Yes so cows and pigs can have leaky gut so if they are grain fed we are exposed to the grain proteins by eating the grain fed meat. And that has all kinds of legal implications.
Extremely informative. Great questions asked too. Thank you
This interview with Dr Bikman opened new horizons to me. It's true help in understanding and eye opening.
Reverse my fasting insulin with adopting a low carb diet along with IF. Current reading 3.4ulu/ml and HOMA-IR is 0.80
It’s obvious that the daily loading of sugar and simple carbs are driving this problem. But admittance to it and the subsequent corrections might not gel well with the food and healthcare industry.
The reason this has gone global is because America has exported a lot of these “fast food” restaurants. If it’s from America, it seems like the world will accept it and not consider the consequences of doing so.
So true. And other nuances ruclips.net/video/oEjZk15SXaU/видео.html
I really enjoyed listening to this edification on diet/life style plan. In the end, when he listed his 4 things to do, it was great to hear because I'm doing them already. And I hope to see some results of weight loss soon.
EXCELLENT - thank you Dhru, Dr. Ben Bikman is amazing - and I LOVE how he always explains difficult concepts (what I believe to be difficult, anyway) so well!! :)
Great information. Because I follow you dhru, and guest. Dr. Bikmn has said so much regarding insulin, the average person would be confused, along with your injections. It's about your guess. 🤔
I think it’s funny every show says talk to your doctor while calling the doctors ignorant 😂
Bikkman is right about the "satiety focus" is wrong thinking and going backwards to just another way for counting calories
It is with great pleasure that i will say this was one of the most educational video i have viewed, i have gained a great deal of info to assist me and others. Thank you
Fantastic podcast! 👏🏻 👌
Dr Lyons is very strict about counting calories and advocates eating low calorie. I agree with dr. Bikman
Great information... Amazing! Thank you very much for this interview
Totally amazing very practical and useful information for my journey to keep trying to understand my system and lose weight.
Greetings and blessings from phoenix Arizona from Imelda.
I really respected Ivor Cummins videos and his analyses of Covid, the lockdowns, epidemiology and all cause mortality graphs throughout the pandemic and how different countries approaches created better or worse outcomes in a holistic way. He's an engineer, not a virologist so he brought a refreshing and novel viewpoint to the topic.
Dr. Bikman said something that contradicts most every diet authority (meaning teacher or doctor, influencer or other person's informing the general public) denies, and that is that consumed fat can be stored as body fat (46:54). I have been told for years, that is not possible. I have struggled to understand why I am putting on body fat when I was eating only moderate protein (not enough actually according to most online health authorities), high fat and very, very low carb (averaging 1800-2000 calories per day). I can even gain weight on a high fat carnivore diet! Every other authority seems to claim it is the protein being converted to glucose and that the glucose is then stored as body fat. But Dr. Bikman seems to indicate that the consumed fat itself can be stored as body fat. This is paradigm shifting.
My entire family is fat & diabetic. I refuse so I fight by having no carbs. (a few of my children are fighting too) So far 66, no longer obese, and no symptoms of metabolic syndrome. Dr Ben knows insulin. Thanks for the real science @Ben Bikman, InsulinIQ
Respected sir.
Best scientific informetion to prevent ,control over weight ,obesity and metabolic syndrome related diseases.
Awesome interview Dhru!
Love your channel and so much gratitude to you.
Excellent talk, this “grandma” is going to the gym to lift heavy!!
Hell Yeah! Put on some good music and pre tend you are dancing!
Dr. Ben is so good
Thanks …a real dr/expert in the field …not a so called bro science expert …
I am so sorry but I really believe that ninety percent of the people that are interested in what you have to say won't listen to you more for more than about fifteen to twenty minutes but you guys are doing a good job
Love this guy!
Thank you guys
You don’t have to watch your calories if you’re eating real food. It’s really hard to over eat veg and meat.”Keto” snacks and packaged foods are never really good. If you’re snacking, you aren’t eating enough of the fat/ protein or You’re triggering your insulin and creating hunger for yourself..
You know how they say - don’t take the first drink. Well don’t take the first bite of processed food. It is not worth it.
Yes, since much effort go into designing processed foods specifically towards tricking one's brain to get addicted.
@@maricamaas2326 exactly
Thank you so much
Ben is such an outstanding teacher!!!! 🔥
Around 47:12 Dhru and Dr. Bikman we’re talking about people who were gaining weight on carnivore or kept diets. Dr. Bikman seemed a bit stumped as to why this could happen because insulin would be low… but what if these individuals are under heavy stress? I remember hearing how you can become insulin resistant despite a healthy diet due to stress causing high cortisol which raised blood glucose and then insulin. So in theory, these people COULD be gaining weight despite their diet not causing the increase in insulin. I know with my husband, we have been low carb/Whole Foods for a long time BUT his job is high stress in addition to having 3 young kids which is high stress in itself. His blood work showed him having an A1C in the pre diabetes category and my only conclusion would be it’s due to the stress, NOT the diet because it would be nearly impossible for us to eat any healthier. Thoughts?
For me the adventure is Feed the gut biome and it will will care for all the above. I love your scientific research and evidence. God bless YOU
About fiber. It seems even Dr Bikman grants that it will lead to lower consumption *in the meal*. Of course, if you get hunger faster, or get more hungry in the next meal it's possible it won't matter in the grand scheme of things. That said, for someone with strict eating times, I don't really see how intentional consumption of fiber-rich foods (for the stomach filling effect), won't lead to more satiety overall.
Fiber is said to dilute stomach acid, and thereby it leads to less liberation of nutrients from food.
@@maricamaas2326thanks for pointing that out
All fiber does is to create bulk, like eating rice cakes, it might make you FEEL full briefly, but it does nothing for the satiety hormones and provides zero nutrition. Same thing for the "drink water" trick. But at least with water sometimes that and/or salt is what you're actually craving so it's useful. But you can't trick hunger that way. Hunger isn't about filling an empty hole, it's about signals from the body in search of certain nutrients. This is why we're always hungry on a high carb, highly processed, low fat diet. Your body is still looking for the nutrients it needs, both macro and micro, so will keep sending hunger signals. There is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate, including fiber. We have no requirements for it and the nutrients are not in the right form or as bioavailable as animal foods, so it does little to really nourish us or turn off the hunger signals.
There is in general a shortage of doctors. There are almost 0 doctors that work WITH patients and have any real knowledge regarding metabolic health. I am very motivated to stay extremely healthy and mentally competent so I can take care of me.
Wow, what a good interview.
I'm convinced I was insuline resistant before going Keto. Prior to doing the diet change I asked my doctor to prescribe a fasting unsuline test and the answer was i dont need it because I wasn't diabetic...Also went to see 2 nutricionists, the fist didnt know the difference between Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load so I didn't listen to anything else she said when she couldn't answer that. I went to see a 2nd nutricionist, he didn't know Fructose metabolism is different from Glucose metabolism... It's a weird feeling to realise that you are better informed than some physicians...
I wish there was a way of measuring fasting insulin at home.
This was legitimately enjoyable. Thank you
Great interview Dhru!
As a former binge eater with BED, fasting was a recipe for disaster and bingeing for me personally. I can appreciate it’s helpful for some but after losing 100lbs and maintaining it for 3+ years I’ve learned we cannot discount the psychological component of the individual and a lot of us need to just do what works for us long term and experiment with different ways of improving eating. I didn’t really do as much to clean up my diet until after I had lost my weight and was trying to maintain but even just losing massive weight by cutting calories and counting calories and protein, I got rid of pre-diabetes. Now that I’ve done body recomposition and would like to lose an additional 30 lbs of body fat, I’ve started focusing a lot more on cutting out a lot of ultra processed foods and getting way more whole food while continuing weight training and moving a lot daily. Fasting sometimes happens for me naturally by eating better and paying attention to hunger and satiety but I don’t “fast” intentionally because it triggers binge urges for me personally.
Have fun and go with the flow though
Mind over màtter, be resolute
When i was in Italy, i ate pasta and drank a glass of red wine every day and I enjoyed delicious food every day. I lost 5 lbs from that trip.
Thanks for having Ben, and I have to second all the above positive comments in reference to him!
Wondering about DHA, which is a high priority to keep my brain from shrinking but Alaskan cod, which obviously doesn't have any fat, so wondering about which fat to add, and what about salmon, which has more fattiness, but wondering which fat to add, and how often he would recommend, to have seafood, but not be shortchanged on DHA.
It seems I feel less satiated after a fish meal.
Love to hear Ben.
whats the best test for insulin
Dhru: to move forward along the lines of current metabolic debates, a meaningful step would be to consider the work of Dr. D'Adamo on blood type. He has uncovered differences in the amount and type of protein individuals can digest and the types of lectins they react to. You have got to get Dr. D'Adamo on your podcast!!!
In Quebec, I asked my newly graduated GP to request a fasted insulin blood work for which I was willing to pay for at a private lab. She categorically refused. I figure she would not know how to interpret it and/or it may lead to a detrimental impact if ever overlooked by the college of GPs down the road.