Ep. 168 What To Do About Insulin Resistance Disorders (and the Role that Digestion Plays) with Dr. Benjamin Bikman

Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow ™

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Science, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

I am delighted to have Dr. Benjamin Bikman back on the podcast today! He was with us once before in Episode 114, where he spoke about the role of insulin resistance, metabolic health, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ben is the author of a book I frequently recommend, called Why We Get Sick. It can be quite challenging for many women to maintain a healthy weight and good metabolic health after about forty years of age. Just about all of our fat cells are made during childhood and puberty, and when we reach our sixties or seventies, the number of our fat cells starts to decline. Insulin plays a vital role in how fat cells can change and respond to sex hormones. In this episode, Dr. Ben talks about insulin, fat cells, and sex hormones in women. Stay tuned for more! Benjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders. Currently, his professional focus as a scientist and associate professor (Brigham Young University) is to better understand the role of elevated insulin in regulating obesity and diabetes, including the relevance of ketones in mitochondrial function. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Dr. Ben explains why insulin is such an important topic for women, especially as they get older. The role of insulin in terms of how fat cells can change and respond to sex hormones. How estrogens protect women against too much fat. Why you need to be mindful about certain plant-based foods and the plastics, detergents, and chemicals we use. Why animal protein is undeniably superior to plant protein. Why your diet does not require carbohydrates even though some cells need glucose. The effects of seed oils and carbohydrates on insulin resistance. How digestion relates to insulin resistance and insulin instability. Vitamin D deficiency will contribute to insulin resistance. Why you need to know what your fasting insulin number is. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Dr. Benjamin Bikman On his Insulin IQ website On the getHLTH website On Instagram

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0:00.0	This is everyday wellness, a podcast dedicated to helping you achieve your health and wellness goals and provide practical strategies that you can use in your real life.
0:11.0	And now, here is your host, Nurse Practition practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:18.3	Well, today I'm delighted to have Dr. Ben Bickman back.
0:22.4	We originally recorded on episode 114 talking about the role of insulin resistance, metabolic health, and the current pandemic.
0:31.0	And he is the author of a book I recommend frequently called Why We Get Sick.
0:36.1	Welcome, Dr. Bickman, it's a pleasure to have you back again.
0:39.3	Oh my pleasure, it's all mine, the pleasure.
0:41.8	I'm glad to be here. This is always a fun opportunity to chat about topics that people really feel strongly about. I'm glad to share any knowledge I can.
0:50.0	Yeah, absolutely. I know we were talking before we started recording and so the bulk of the people that really listen to the podcast in a very dedicated manner are women north of 35 and the concept of insulin for many of them seems a little bit intangible but let's
1:07.1	kind of unpack why this is so important especially as women are chronologically getting a little bit older and how the role of insulin plays in terms of how our
1:17.3	fat cells can change, how they respond to our sex hormones, because I think this is really
1:22.0	important for women to understand because it's not just in their head it's
1:25.0	suddenly things get a little more challenging at trying to maintain
1:30.0	a healthy metabolic health as well as a healthy weight and I don't like people to focus on their
1:35.4	weight but we can definitely agree that maintaining a healthy weight is absolutely critical
1:41.6	especially as we start creeping north of 40.
1:44.5	Yeah, so that is an interesting time. And perhaps the, so men and women as they age,
1:50.9	there are changes in fat cell number.
1:55.0	Now there are so many ideas floating around in my head and I'm going to try to put them all into a linear stream of thought.
2:00.0	So both sexes have a relevance, or there is a relevance with fat cells and that is
2:06.1	fat cell number. One of the interesting things about the fat cells as we age is that we make almost all of our fat cells during childhood and puberty and
2:14.8	then once we finish puberty we're done that number of fat cells in most people
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