My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Ben Greenfield Life Podcast,

if you kind of like starve yourself of carbohydrates post workout,

your body gets really, really good at using carbohydrates,

insulin sensitivity,

at up regulation of glucose transporters,

and at all the functions that would increase metabolic health.

The reason this is important is I think a lot of people are still working out

based on that old school idea that as soon as you finish working out,

you're supposed to drop everything and go find your shake,

or your jambajuse, or your energy bar.

So that you don't miss your antibiotic recovery window, bro.

Faith, family, fitness, health, performance, nutrition,

longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and a whole lot more.

Welcome to the show.

Let's talk nicotine, shall we?

I use nicotine. I chew on a piece of nicotine gum a couple of times a day.

It's a lot healthier than a cigarette.

You can tell you that.

And nicotine actually has some pretty cool properties in terms of focus and

productivity, and I think it's kind of a reason that a lot of people now are combining it with

like a cup of coffee or a little caffeine or another new tropic and just basically

blasting through their day with a little bit of nicotine.

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