Dr. Chip Lavie, author of The Obesity Paradox, reveals why thinner can mean sicker and heavier can mean healthier. Find out why being oveweight or obese on the BMI scale can protect those with heart disease, diabetes, HIV, arthritis, cancer, and more. You’ll also learn what REALLY matter when it comes to longevity. And why endurance training can actually shorten your lifespan.
Here's what we talked about:
2:26 – How Dr. Lavie discovered The Obesity Paradox almost by mistake. Do overweight, obese or people of normal weight have the better prognosis?
8:29 – Death by weight: What a huge study of 2.9 million people showed us about weight and mild obesity.
10:42 – Are the obese doing really well or is everyone else just really bad? The connection between your BMI, body fat percentage and muscle mass.
16:24 – Some surprising stats bust through common myths about weight and disease and what it means to be “metabolically healthy” regardless of how much you weigh.
19:32 – Calories in vs. calories out: a different take from Dr. Lavie and where/when he thinks we’ve gone wrong.
24:00 – What fitness really means when it comes to the obesity paradox and why a little extra weight does not equal doomsday.
27:27 – Does it matter where your fat is? How some of your fat could be protecting you (thank your thighs!)
32:15 – FIT vs. FAT. Which one always wins the fight for your health and why.
35:39 – “Fit” isn’t as hard as it sounds: the best ways to move (and eat) to maximize long-term benefits.
42:33 – The future of fat: Will we ever be able to accept it?
44:46 – The obesity overlap and why it is so hard to prove whether or not it is a disease or just guilty by association.
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Dr. Sara Gottfried, author of The Hormone Reset Diet, returned to the podcast to reveal how you can balance your hormones and heal your metabolism through diet and lifestyle changes.
Here's what we talked about:
3:01 – Cravings for Grandma’s chocolate chip cookie dough turned into disordered eating as a teen … and maybe set Dr. Sara up for adult hormone challenges.
8:25 – Are women expected to be everything to everyone all the time? How society’s expectations of women could be leading to addictive behaviors.
10:58 – Madonna helps Dr. Sara dump out her body image shame bucket and find clarity to make a change – and teach other women how to do it too.
13:57 – Why is alternative medicine the 2nd class citizen? The hierarchy of medicine and the reason there isn’t better nutrition science.
18:11 – How modern meat could be making your breasts and hips bigger than they should be … and what you can do to “poop out” some extra estrogen.
29:48 – The subtleties of coffee science: why the final answer on whether or not to drink it will always be “it depends.”
36:27 – The reason you might not be able to hear your body say “dude, put the fork down.”
40:32 – Dr. Sara’s favorite supplements ever for balancing hormones and blood sugar.
42:01 – What fat-free potato chips have to do with reducing your toxic load … and why you probably shouldn’t eat them anyways.
44:45 – More about The Hormone Reset Diet, who it’s for (not just women!) and why you need to be thinking about your cells AND your soul
47:38 – Get your free Hormone Reset Cookbook!
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Dr. Brian Mowll, host of the upcoming Diabetes Summit, discusses how insulin resistance in the brain may be at the root of Alzheimer’s and dementia. And what you can do about it!
Here’s what we talked about:
2:10 – How The Diabetes Coach came to be and found his passion for helping people lost in the medical system with whole body diabetes care.
5:45 – It’s not just your genes. The Diabetes-Alzheimer’s connection, the diabetes spectrum and what happens when your body and your brain is “bathing in insulin.”
12:30 – Brain food: the biggest feeder on sugar in your body and what it means for insulin.
16:13 – This is your brain on fire – the vicious cycle of plaque, tangles and inflammation that is preventing your brain from working right.
25:25 – Is insulin resistance affecting your mood or is your mood affecting your insulin levels? Here’s why it might not even matter.
26:42 – The ADA’s “appetite for profit” and how money is influencing the standard of care for diabetics.
30:27 – “There’s no evidence that sugar has anything to do with diabetes.” Is sugar really to blame or should we give it a break?
33:48 – Dr. Mowll recommendations (with some surprises) for preventing and maybe even reversing Type 3 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
40:10 – Is your fat protecting you? How cutting too many carbs can cause a problem and why a little extra weight might not always be a bad thing.
46:19 – Supplements and nutrients vital to blood sugar regulation plus some medications you might want to avoid!
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Tom Malterre, author of The Elimination Diet, stops by to reveal how you can discover exactly which foods that are making you sick and tired.
Here’s what we talked about:
1:35 – Chef Lance drops by the show with a special bone broth announcement.
7:36 – What makes Tom a “research machine” and how research proves that our diseases are NOT a coincidence.
11:44 – What “normal” should really feel like and how the elimination diet became a “magic wand” for eliminating symptoms.
18:34 – Are you going to trust the lab or listen to your body? The intolerance/allergy scale, the limitations of testing, and the #1 way to discover your trigger foods.
24:43 – The usual suspects: what the most common allergens are up to once they’re in your body.
29:55 – The right place at the right time, or too much of a good thing? How unexpected allergens (like chocolate!) might be wearing down your body.
36:45 – The #1 most irritating thing to your intestinal tract .. and maybe your entire body.
44:28 – How environmental toxins can cause food sensitivities almost overnight!
48:09 – 3 major ways toxins contribute to your food sensitivities.
52:04 – Natural substitutes for the harmful chemicals behind the drastic rise of Type 2 Diabetes, obesity and other disease.
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