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I focused on hormones and inflammation. I lost 80 pounds of fat in nine months. I went from

34% body fat at my highest to 6% body fat at my leanest. And that was 17 plus years ago. I am

proof that it worked and I kept it off since then. If you answer yes to two of these six questions,

high probability you're a sugar burner

and probably have insulin resistance. First question is, do you feel tired after eating meals?

Blood sugar, when it's elevated, it will age you very fast. It will strip collagen from your

body, which makes your skin look old and wrinkly. Visibly it ages you, but internally it's aging you as well.

When you're a sugar burner, you're not metabolically free. You're in a metabolic prison.

If you let all the groceries inside of your refrigerator expire, but don't throw them away,

it's going to be a toxic environment. The human body is very similar. We have cells and mitochondria

that all have an expiration date. And autophagy, 16, 17 hours

into a fast, gets activated to start getting rid of those expired cells. I'm not against those

fatty coffees, but if your goal is to burn fat, you want to remove the fat from your coffee. You

want to lower the fat intake. You want to focus on protein.

Ben, when it comes to fat loss, you've accumulated a ton of knowledge over the years, and you also have your personal experience, being obese.

This is back in your 20s.

If you could go back to Ben in his late 20s, mentally disheveled, physically as well,

what would you tell yourself that you've learned along the way since to help guide you?

I would tell myself that, hey, Ben, you don't have a weight problem.

Those watching and listening who are overweight right now, you also don't have a weight problem. There's actually no such thing as a weight problem. Those watching and listening who are overweight right now, you also don't have a weight

problem. There's actually no such thing as a weight problem. It's actually a weight symptom.

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