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The Lindsey Elmore Show

Embracing Metabolic Change: Individualized Approaches for Every Stage of Life | Ian Smith

The Lindsey Elmore Show

Lindsey Elmore

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine

5.0529 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Ian Smith has released his 23rd book, The Met Flex Diet. This is in addition to his most recent novel, Wolf Point, a follow-up to his wildly popular The Unspoken, a new series featuring Chicago-based Private Investigator Ashe Cayne. His previous novels are The Ancient Nine and The Blackbird Papers. Amongst his nonfiction books, his recent FAST Burn, Clean & Lean, and The Clean 20 instantly hit the New York Times bestsellers list and joined the wildly popular ShredSeries, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller. A great honor, Dr. Ian served two terms on the President's Council for Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition under President Obama. Topics covered in this episode: Definition of Metabolic Disorders Diabetes Metabolic Flexibility Carbs & Fats Keto Diets Diet Myths Menopausal Experience Occasional Treats Exercise Sleep To learn more about Ian Smith and his work, head over to https://www.doctoriansmith.com/ IG @DoctorIanSmith __________________________________________________________ Amare has a new product and it is called GBX Burn. If you have been ready to burn fat before it weighs you down, you might consider getting this little orange capsule. This is a synergistic blend of natural herbs and spices and amino acids to help you burn more calories and burn more fat. You’ll love it because it improves thermogenesis. This is the way your body creates heat to burn calories and helps with appetite control. It’s stimulant free, but still helps you to increase your energy and it may help to reduce visceral fat storage. It’s gluten-free soy, free dairy free, doesn’t have any preservatives, artificial colors, artificial flavors or sweeteners. It’s also all natural and vegan and available to you now. Head to http://www.lindseyelmore.com/amare to save $10 off of any purchase today! __________________________________________________________ Wellness Made Simple is my functional medicine education website where you can learn the practical skills that you need to build a healthy lifestyle. If you want to live healthy, but you're over temporary diets and exercises, you don't know where to find reliable health information, you don't know what wellness options are even out there, and you definitely don't have enough time to cook or go to the gym every single day. Wellness Made Simple is for you. Get access to the site, watch the courses, and feel better as you implement simple daily changes that can positively transform your health. When you go to http://www.wellnessmadesimple.us and shop the code "Pod", you can save 20% off a monthly subscription or $100 off an annual subscription. Head over to http://www.wellnessmadesimple.us to start learning more about what functional medicine is and how you can implement simple daily changes that will lead you towards a path to health! __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ We hope you enjoyed this episode. Come check us out at www.lindseyelmore.com/podcast.

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0:00.0

Welcome back everybody to today's edition of the Lindsay Elmore show. I'm so excited about my guest today.

0:05.9

We are going to talk about how the human body has the amazing ability to switch which fuels it uses for energy based on which fuel is available at the time.

0:18.6

And researchers call this metabolic flexibility. Bodies that are able to

0:24.4

make the switch can burn sugars, proteins, and other food nutrients when they are available,

0:30.7

and then can switch to burning the body's fat storage or fatty acids when food calories are not available.

0:41.4

It turns out that losing weight is not just about burning calories, but we knew that already.

0:48.7

Losing weight is about being able to switch between these pathways as efficiently as possible.

0:56.9

My guest today is Dr. Ian Smith, a renowned medical expert and the author of numerous best

1:03.4

selling health and wellness books.

1:05.9

In his newest work, the Metflex diet, he offers a one-of-a-kind plan to help you improve your metabolic

1:13.3

flexibility through changing the types and quantities of food and beverages consumed, as well as

1:21.3

the types of exercise performed. Timing of meals and timing of exercise relative to when meals are consumed is also

1:31.7

really important all of these variables make an important role in helping the body

1:39.2

to be able to switch from one food source to another this is a six-week-long program we're going to learn about

1:47.5

today, and we know that when people abide by the rules, they have fat-burning results, and it's

1:57.1

following simple guidelines. It's easy stuff, like eating the first meal of the day within three hours of waking, creating a fasted cardio, getting at least seven hours of sleep per night and finishing dinner at least two hours before heading to bed.

2:13.7

Complete with meal and exercise plans as well as recipes.

2:18.3

The MetFlex diet gives readers tools that they need to meet weight loss goals.

2:24.0

And we are going to be talking with Dr. Ian himself all about how we can put these simple day-to-day routines into our lives to gain greater metabolic flexibility.

2:39.6

This is The Lindsay Elmore Show.

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Welcome to The Lindsay Elmore Show, a podcast for people who deserve to be healthy.

2:47.5

With honest, open, and enlightening conversations with doctors, thought leaders,

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