What's going on friends welcome to another episode of the Genius Life I'm your host Max

Lugovier of Filmmaker health and science journalist in the author of the New York Times best

selling book Genius Foods.

I am pumped for you to listen to this episode of the show which is going to feature Dr.

Jason Fung a Toronto based kidney specialist who also happens to be an expert on obesity

medicine and metabolic health.

He's written extensively on fasting and has recently even published in the journal BMJ

Case Reports.

Three success stories utilizing intermittent fasting as an intervention to reverse insulin

resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Over the next hour you're going to discover why Dr. Fung believes that obesity is more

of a hormone issue than one of mere energy balance.

You're going to learn why not eating at all is often easier than calorie restriction.

What effects consuming things like coffee or bone broth have on fasting, how extended

fasting affects your muscle and metabolism, does it slow it down like many believe, the

benefits of a cellular cleanup process called autophagy and the approximate timeframes

in which it becomes active and so much more.

If you're a regular listener of this show, I know it must feel like every new episode

is my favorite episode, but I gotta be honest, this episode is pretty damn special.

We go deep into the hormonal and behavioral aspects of obesity and this is something Dr.

Fung is very passionate about because he sees this all the time in his practice.

I mean type 2 diabetes is one of the major causes of chronic kidney disease and chronic

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