EFR 892: Metabolic Freedom: Burn Fat, Boost Longevity, and Reverse Insulin Resistance with Ben Azadi
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Chase Chewning
5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
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In this episode of Ever Forward Radio, we sit down with Ben Azadi, author of Metabolic Freedom, to uncover the truth about metabolism and its role in energy, fat loss, and longevity. Ben shares why 93% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy, the dangers of the “glucose rollercoaster,” and why snacking may be accelerating aging. You’ll learn the importance of fasting insulin testing, how muscle mass protects metabolic health, the role of stress and cortisol in stubborn fat, and simple strategies to move from metabolic “prison” to metabolic freedom.
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In this episode we discuss...
00:00 – Introduction to Ben Azadi & Metabolic Freedom
03:02 – The “Glucose Rollercoaster” explained & why it matters
05:26 – Carb limits for prediabetes vs type 2 diabetes
08:41 – Fasting insulin: the real metabolic marker
10:26 – Affordable ways to improve metabolic health
11:39 – Snacking & the Hayflick limit: why grazing ages you faster
17:39 – The body’s resilience vs the dangers of ignoring symptoms
19:14 – Metabolism myths: efficiency over speed
25:32 – How muscle mass prevents metabolic decline with age
29:17 – Post-meal walks & controlling insulin spikes
31:31 – Are glucose spikes really bad? The role of metabolic flexibility
33:35 – CGMs: useful tool or unnecessary gadget?
35:57 – Foundations first: food quality, sleep, stress, movement
37:48 – Stress, cortisol belly, and HRV tracking
41:18 – Cold plunging: benefits, risks, and adaptation
42:45 – Writing Metabolic Freedom: calories vs hormones & inflammation
45:48 – The power of belief: the refrigerator cart story
48:37 – Ever Forward
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| 0:00.0 | The following is an operation podcast production. Well, the conversation we're going to have is about |
| 0:05.1 | the metabolism. And I think a lot of people misunderstand the metabolism that it's responsible for |
| 0:10.5 | every function inside of the body. So if you're looking to have more energy, maybe fat loss, |
| 0:15.0 | anti-aging, longevity, health span, lifespan, and not make it complicated. Like, how do you get the |
| 0:20.1 | science that's out there |
| 0:21.0 | actually and fine-tune it to work for you? That's what today is going to be about. And 93% of |
| 0:26.9 | Americans are metabolically unhealthy. They're dealing with symptoms. And there's a long list of |
| 0:31.5 | symptoms that people deal with. It might be brain fog, high blood pressure, afternoon fatigue, |
| 0:36.3 | or maybe even some severe things like cancer, |
| 0:38.2 | autoimmune, et cetera. |
| 0:40.0 | Those symptoms are not the problem. |
| 0:41.3 | They're a result of the problem, which is a metabolism that has dysfunction. |
| 0:45.6 | They're what I call it. |
| 0:46.4 | They're in a metabolic prison. |
| 0:48.0 | So what we want to do is teach them to get into this metabolic freedom where you could |
| 0:52.4 | take food for energy, whether it's carbohydrate, |
| 0:55.2 | protein or fat, break it down, produce energy, burn fat, feel good. |
| 0:59.5 | At the end of the day, be your truest version of yourself, the way that God created you, |
| 1:03.2 | your full personality. |
| 1:04.7 | So you could work on that mission, whatever that mission is. |
| 1:07.5 | The bigger the mission, the more energy required. |
| 1:09.8 | So we're going to discuss the ways that we disrupt the The bigger the mission, the more energy required. So we're going to discuss the |
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