Michael Brandt: Being Metabolically Flexible, Sugar Addiction, and Avoiding Diet Dogma | EP 401

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 923 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Ever wonder what happens to our body if we skip carbs for long periods of time? In this episode of the Align podcast, Michael Brandt and I chat about ketogenic diet, how we can fully reap the benefits of it and where to naturally get ketones exogenously. We also chat about sugar addiction and insulin spikes, how ketones can be used both in facilitating body restoration and in keeping satiation and MCTs. Michael Brandt is the CEO and co-founder of Healing Via Modern Nutrition (HVMN). He’s an avid triathlete and marathoner with a 2:42 personal record. 2:24: Ketones and ketosis for dummies 5:55: Understanding the difference between ketone bodies 11:15: Why is the military interested in ketones? 22:42: Are there any caveats in experimenting ketones? 24:54: Ketones in American diet and Ketoacidosis 29:05: What are the risks when taking exogenous ketones? 32:57: Can ketones be used in the restoration of the body? 36:36: What are the mechanisms behind ketones as anxiolytic? 43:00: Is there a natural way to extract exogenous ketones? 49:06: What are MCTs? 54:18: Naysayers on endogenous ketone usage To learn more about Michael<... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Line Podcast, my name is Aaron Alexander. This is a place that we bring
0:06.0	together the world's leading experts in all things health and wellness to help you optimize
0:09.6	your mind, body and movement today's conversation is a somewhat of a master class on what the
0:17.1	heck are ketones, what are exogenous ketones, what is MCT oil, what does it mean to be metabolically flexible and a lot more I think this
0:28.6	conversation is quite enlightening there is a lot of information out there around nutrition and
0:35.6	performance and energy systems in the body and what's the best and what's the
0:40.6	worst and I think it can be daunting and the intention of this conversation
0:44.0	was to simplify all that information and present it to you today.
0:48.6	So my guest is Michael Brandt.
0:50.6	Michael Brandt is a brilliant mind in the realm of ketosis and ketones. He is the founder of a company referred to as
0:57.5	HVMN which I would say they're kind of they spearheaded the movement around exogenous ketones.
1:03.7	So if there's anyone to talk to about this, it would be Michael.
1:07.1	I heard him originally on Ben Greenfield's podcast.
1:09.2	The conversation is very interesting and I wanted to go deep with him here today. I want to thank you guys for leaving us
1:15.0	reviews on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen to this.
1:19.0	I'm reading one from Ethan Maurice.
1:21.0	Ethan Maurice, I'm just reading the top part, he says a physiophilic
1:24.3	schmorgasborg for a dude who gets having a body.
1:28.0	And his line podcast are my favorite things to be found on the internet And then he goes on to suggest that he loved the
1:34.2	puppy client episode and the Stephen Pressfield episode.
1:36.6	And it's kind of a longer review.
1:38.0	So I'm not gonna read the whole thing, but thank you Ethan Maurice.
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