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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

2630: Fat Loss & Optimizing the Metabolism With Dr. Ben Bikman

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Fat Loss & Metabolism with Dr. Ben Bikman

  • Challenging the dogma surrounding heart disease. (1:32)

  • Is there a connection between dementia and heart disease? (12:05)

  • Strength training and Alzheimer’s. (17:49)

  • Learning something new helps put off dementia. (22:45)

  • The connection between insulin resistance and your body’s inability to fight off infection. (25:17)

  • We put TOO much attention on total cholesterol. (27:55)

  • Fat cells dynamics explained. (30:13)

  • Why your metabolism is EXTREMELY complex. (44:14)

  • Mitochondrial uncoupling. (48:51)

  • Ketones and athletic performance. (55:39)

  • The problem with DNP. (58:11)

  • Why he is a HUGE advocate of creatine. (1:01:03)

  • The brain loves ketones. (1:04:33)

  • Keep your running shoes in the closet, GO STRENGTH TRAIN! (1:05:32)

  • The metabolic origins of chronic disease. (1:08:10)

  • How GLP-1s are being overused and the proper way to use them. (1:14:48)

  • The resurgence of religion. (1:37:57)

  • As a scientist, did he ever doubt his faith? (1:41:28)

  • The most profound moment of his life. (1:45:51)

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.3

Mind Pump.

0:07.1

Mind Pump with your hosts.

0:09.2

Sal DeStefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.4

You just found the most downloaded fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:16.5

This is Mind Pump.

0:17.8

Today we have Dr. Ben Bickman on the show. He's a biomedical scientist and

0:23.1

professor at BYU. Now, he specializes in the study of metabolic disorders. He's an author

0:29.5

of two books, why we get sick and how not to get sick. And in today's episode, we talk about

0:35.2

the metabolism, fat loss, insulin sensitivity, and the value of ketones.

0:40.6

In fact, today's episode is brought to by ketone IQ.

0:45.2

You can take this.

0:46.5

And regardless of whether or not you're on a ketogenic diet, you will have ketones that you'll be fueling your brain and your body.

0:53.8

When I use these, I feel sharper in my thinking.

0:56.9

I often use them before a podcast.

0:59.3

Go check them out.

1:00.1

Go to ketone.com forward slash mind pump to get set up.

1:04.7

By the way, that'll get you 30% off your subscription plus a free gift with your second

1:09.6

shipment.

1:10.3

Again, it's ketone.com forward slash mind pump.

1:13.2

That's k-et-o-n-e dot com forward slash mind pump.

1:17.5

Now, we also have one day left for the June special.

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