A Deep Dive Into the Role That Insulin Plays in Weight Gain and Chronic Disease with Dr. Ben Bikman, Ph.D.

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 117 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and ButcherBox. There are many conflicting viewpoints on what drives weight gain. Excess calories? High insulin levels? Unwavering hunger? Dhru has been on a quest for answers to learn exactly how to shift body composition to lose fat and build muscle. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru welcomes Dr. Ben Bikman on the show to continue his summer weight loss. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Bikman dive deep into insulin's critical role in weight gain, obesity, and cardiometabolic disease. Dr. Ben Bikman is a renowned metabolic research scientist and a popular speaker on human metabolism and nutrition. Dr. Bikman has a Doctor of Philosophy in bioenergetics and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in metabolic disorders with the Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School. He is the author of the book Why We Get Sick, which offers a thought-provoking yet real solution to insulin resistance and reversing prediabetes, improving brain function, shedding fat, and preventing diabetes. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Bikman dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): -The perfect formula for creating a sick society (1:46 /1:46) -The most underrated blood test for metabolic health (6:12 / 6:12) -Optimal fasting insulin reference ranges (11:51 / 9:47) -The two primary factors that contribute to weight gain (17:10 / 14:45) -Dhru’s weight-loss journey and its relationship to calories and insulin (29:23 / 27:00) -Is it possible to gain weight on low-carb diets? (48:26 / 46:16) -Dr. Bikman’s stance on the role of calories in weight loss (1:01:14 / 57:48) -Dr. Bikman’s thoughts on using satiety as a metric for weight loss (1:17 / 1:14:33) -The protein leverage hypothesis (1:26:22 / 1:24:35) -Protein recommendations for optimal health and weight loss (1:30:49 / 1:28:20) -The role of skeletal muscle in glycemic control and diabetes prevention (1:33:57 / 1:31:31) -The link between resistance training, muscle mass, and insulin resistance (1:38:56 / 1:37:33) -Dr. Bikman’s four pillars for eating a healthy diet (1:49:42 / 1:49:10) Also mentioned in this episode: -Why We Get Sick -Instagram: @benbikmanphd -Dr. Bikman’s meal replacement shake: gethlth.com For more on Dr. Ben Bikman, follow him on Instagram @BenBikmanPhD, and through his websites bikmanlab.byu.edu and insuliniq.com. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today. Right now, new members of ButcherBox receive New York strip steaks for a year PLUS $20 off your first order. Go to butcherbox.com/DHRU to sign up and use code DHRU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You must have elevated insulin to signal the growth of fat cell and you must have
0:05.5	sufficient energy to fuel the growth of the fat cell. Either is insufficient.
0:10.9	You need both. This week we are continuing our Weight Loss and Body Composition
0:16.4	series by getting into all the nuances around fasting insulin insulin
0:22.4	resistance metabolic health and their relationship with weight loss if you're
0:27.9	fascinated about these topics today's episode is absolutely for you. Welcome to
0:34.6	the Drew Pro at Podcast. Each week we explore the inner workings of the brain and
0:38.9	the body with one of the brightest minds in wellness medicine and mindset. This
0:43.8	week's guest is Dr. Benjamin Bigman who's been on this podcast twice now and
0:49.6	this will be his third appearance. It's always great to have Dr. Bigman in the
0:54.6	house. Now a little bit more about Ben. Dr. Bigman earned his PhD in bioenergetics
1:02.2	and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke National University of Singapore in
1:07.7	metabolic disorders. Currently his professional focus as both a scientist and
1:13.9	associate professor at Brigham Young University is to better understand the
1:18.6	role of elevated insulin which is not a good thing in regulating obesity and
1:24.3	diabetes including the relevance of ketones in mitochondrial function. Stay
1:30.7	tuned for a fantastic episode on all things weight loss body composition and
1:35.1	metabolic health and fasting insulin with Dr. Ben Bigman. Dr. Ben Bigman
1:43.1	welcome back to the podcast pleasure to have you here. I want to jump right in.
1:46.8	If I ask you to create the perfect recipe for society to make them sick fat hungry
1:56.5	all the time miserable and ultimately die a painful death how would you do that?
2:06.5	Yeah yeah well the easy answer is just to be doing what everyone's doing but
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