290: Dr. Alan Christianson - The Metabolism Reset Diet • Is Your Liver Overloaded? • Journaling Before Bed
The Jesse Chappus Show
Jesse Chappus
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🗓️ 23 April 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Alan Christianson (IG: @dralanchristianson) is a naturopathic endocrinologist who focuses on thyroid function, adrenal health, and metabolism. He has been actively practicing in Scottsdale since 1996 and is the founding physician behind Integrative Health.
Alan is a New York Times bestselling author whose books include The Adrenal Reset Diet, and the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Thyroid Disease and the book we're focusing in on today, The Metabolism Reset Diet.
He regularly appears on national media like Dr. Oz, The Doctors, and The Today Show.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Alan's story of growing up with cerebral palsy & epilepsy
- Metabolism defined
- What causes an overloaded liver?
- Overloaded liver symptoms
- The 4-Week Metabolism Reset Diet
- Drinking two smoothies a day
- The benefits of plant protein
- Use the whole banana, including the peel
- Aquafaba contains resistant starch
- Health benefits of legumes
- Why a satisfying dinner helps beat insomnia
- Eat breakfast one hour after waking up
- The main functions of the liver
- Consume a variety of protein sources
- Are you taking too many supplements?
- Supplement quality matters
- How much iodine do you need?
- What is sleep jet lag?
- Journaling before bed
- Avoiding caffeine on the 4-week reset
- Exercise during the reset
- How much water should you drink, daily?
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| 0:00.0 | During the process of restoring glycogen and liberating these triglycerides, it does benefit to have a slower amount of breakdown. |
| 0:09.1 | So see how avoiding caffeine makes that much smoother and lowers the cortisol burden as well. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and welcome to the |
| 0:15.0 | court of the |
| 0:20.0 | well and welcome to the ultimate health podcast episode 290. |
| 0:23.7 | Jesse Chapp is here with Marnie Wasserman and we are here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:28.7 | Each week we will bring you inspiring and informative conversations about health and wellness, covering topics of nutrition, |
| 0:34.7 | lifestyle, fitness, mindset, and so much more. |
| 0:37.4 | This week our featured guest is Dr. Alan Christensen. |
| 0:40.7 | He's a naturopathic endocrinologist who focuses on thyroid function, |
| 0:44.1 | adrenal health, and metabolism. He's been actively practicing in Scott still since 1996 |
| 0:49.2 | and is the founding physician behind Integrative Health. Alan is a New York Times best-selling author whose books include |
| 0:55.4 | The Adrenal Reset Diet and The Complete Idiots Guide to Thyroid Disease |
| 0:59.4 | and the book we're focusing on today,, the metabolism reset diet. |
| 1:03.6 | He regularly appears on national media like Dr. Oz, the doctors, and the today show. |
| 1:08.5 | It was such a pleasure having Dr. Christensen on the show as we haven't really gone |
| 1:12.2 | deep into the liver and its role and we really get into different ways to support it and its importance in our overall well-being. |
| 1:20.0 | So here's some of the highlights of today's show. |
| 1:22.0 | We talk about the causes of an |
| 1:24.0 | overloaded liver as well as the main functions of the liver. What the four-week |
| 1:28.1 | metabolism reset diet is all about. Why Alan likes to use the whole banana even the peel in smoothies? |
| 1:34.0 | What aquifaba is and how to use it and why too many supplements can overload your liver. |
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