#1057 The Hidden Dangers of One Meal a Day: How to Burn Fat Without Wrecking Your Hormones With Ben Azadi

Metabolic Freedom With Ben Azadi

Ben Azadi

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Ben Azadi breaks down why doing OMAD (One Meal a Day) long-term can slow your metabolism, disrupt hormones, and stall fat loss. He explains how chronic caloric restriction can cause thyroid suppression, muscle loss, and elevated cortisol, leading to fat gain—especially around the belly. 🔑 What You’ll Learn: Why OMAD works short-term but fails long-term Signs of metabolic adaptation and hormonal imbalance The importance of protein intake and muscle preservation How to implement Metabolic Switching (16:8, 18:6, OMAD 1x/week, Feast Day) How to restore leptin sensitivity and avoid weight loss plateaus 📘 Grab Ben’s book + FREE metabolism course:http://metabolicfreedombook.com 🎤 Upcoming live events:http://benazadi.com/events 🔎 Find all of the Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship deals and coupon codes here: https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

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0:00.0	The Greek definition for metabolism is to transform. Your metabolism is designed to take food and to transform it into energy so you feel good and burn fat. We are determined to deliver the science and art of metabolism to you.
0:23.3	We bring on the thought leaders in this space to have life-changing conversations so you could apply
0:28.4	and upgrade your metabolism. The topics covered here include biohacking, ketosis, carnivore, fasting
0:35.6	strategies, mindset, and metabolic health.
0:39.0	Your body was built to be self-healing.
0:41.3	Our goal is to identify the interference and remove it.
0:44.7	You are a masterpiece because you are a piece of the master.
0:48.8	Welcome to the Metabolic Freedom Podcast.
0:51.4	My name is Benazotti.
0:52.8	I'm the best-selling author of KetoFlex, and I want to thank you
0:56.0	for spending part of your day with me. If you're doing omad one meal a day and still not losing
1:05.6	belly fat, this might be actually wrecking your metabolism. I've seen it over and over working with thousands of students, stole fat loss, hormone
1:14.6	chaos, and even weight gain with OMAD.
1:17.6	Before your body crashes, you need to hear what actually works, and it's not eating one meal a day.
1:23.6	Omad equals caloric suppression, and it puts your metabolism into a survival response.
1:29.9	The number one priority for the human body is survival.
1:32.7	I want you to always remember that.
1:34.6	So let's start with the signs of adaptation here.
1:37.0	Your body is always adapting to the environment you give it.
1:40.6	That includes how much food and energy you supply.
1:43.7	When you eat one meal a day for weeks
1:45.7	and months and for some people, years, your body sees this as a famine pattern. It says, okay,
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