The act of shrinking them triggers what amounts to a computer program and there's only two ways out.

One is to refill the cell.

That's the most common one.

And then the other is that the body can adapt to that and you can maintain.

It's the less common one.

So those are your two outcomes.

The one where the fat cell has adapted to shrinking, the least common outcome, it is doable. But in this era, in this ecosystem that we're in, it takes them doing. That's what I would say. And so what that does is it takes us to this place where like, you know, you look at the long term, you'll be five, 10, 15, 20 years for people. And you always hear the same story. Oh, I did that for a while at work. And now I can't drop one. I can't drop that. I did that. It worked. Now I can't drop that. You know, I did that. It work. Now I can't drop that.

You always hear that story. And it's because the repeated trips to the well for chronic weight cycling,

it's one of the most injurious things you can do to your body. It's very damaging long term. There was a study recently looking at all-cause mortality, and chronic weight cycling is correlated

to very serious long-term outcomes.

So the idea that I can just go and do my diet and shrink my fat cells again, there's a cumulative

cost to that, and it adds up long-term.

Welcome to the optimal protein podcast.

I'm Vanessa Spina.

Hello, my friends.

Welcome back to the optimalimal Protein Podcast.

It is Monday, June 13th.

And today's episode is featuring Joel Green.

We have a fascinating discussion about what is the real truth behind fat loss and what actually

works?

We talk about crash dieting, the truth behind

overdoing fasting, overdoing omad, carnivore even, different protocols that sell really well,

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