Today, we're diving in deep to a topic that I think gets tossed around a lot, but is not

very well understood that I'm incredibly passionate about, the science of metabolic flexibility.

This episode is a compilation of some of the best moments from our previously published

interviews bringing together different perspectives on how to fuel your body, burn fat,

and use carbohydrates to your advantage without losing your progress.

You're going to hear from a couple of amazing guests. First up is Rachel Gregory. Revisit her conversation about her personal journey

transitioning from a strict keto diet to becoming metabolically flexible. She breaks down why she was

initially carbphobic and how she learned to strategically reintroduce carbs to improve her training

and performance, all while keeping her body able to seamlessly switch back and forth between fasting and fat-burning modes. Then we bring on Robert Sykes,

the keto savage, for a slightly different tip. Robert and I get into a discussion about this

value of strict adherence to a ketogenic diet to really maximize and build up your body's

metabolic machinery. He shares his thoughts on whether it's better to be a master of one

dietary protocol or a jack of all trades with metabolic flexibility. And we dig into the science

of ketones versus glucose as a cleaner burning fuel source for the body. Between their interviews,

I'll also be dropping into shares in my own frameworks on carb backloading and how to manage

your glycogen storage so you can have great energy all day long without those massive blood sugar spikes. I call this glycogen priming or the million dollar body method. I'm just going to lay it out for you here. So you get a few different perspectives and start seeing what works for you and what works for your body. You're listening to get leaner and live longer. My name is Nate Palmer. Let's do this. If you're going from a really low carb or keto lifestyle, it's also going to result in inflammation in your body.

So you're not going to feel that good. Your joints are going to hurt. It's just overall negative. But if you can be a little bit smart about this, take a little bit of a longer term perspective. you can get to the point where you're now a little bit more metabolically flexible,

which means that your body can stay fat adapted and burn fat, which is amazing,

but it can also burn carbs when you call upon it. And especially if you've gone low carb, if you've done the low carb reset, if you've done some sort of keto diet, you want to be able to reward yourself for the effort you put in. Most people in the U.S. are sugar burners. We're burning carbs all day long because

that's what they eat. They eat a lot of sugar. Their body doesn't even barely know how to burn fat. It has no reason to. Now that you've gone through a keto or low carb phase, now you're more fat adapted, which is awesome, so powerful. But I think it can be even more powerful if you can burn fat as well as being able to burn the occasional carb.

I think that's a even more powerful if you can burn fat as well as being able to burn the occasional

carb. I think that's a great place to land and to live long term. Now, some of you might be like,

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