The Hunger Code: Reset Your Fat Thermostat To Reduce Cravings and Turn Up Fat Burning with Dr Jason Fung"
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 852 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. Jockers is joined by Dr. Jason Fung to break down why weight gain isn't a willpower issue or a calorie problem, but a hunger problem driven by internal signals. You'll learn why eating less often backfires and why controlling hunger is the real key to sustainable fat loss.
Dr. Fung introduces the concept of the "fat thermostat," explaining how hormones like insulin, cortisol, and GLP-1 quietly determine whether your body stores fat or burns it. He also reveals how ultra-processed foods disrupt these signals and keep cravings switched on.
You'll also explore the different types of hunger that influence eating behavior, why some foods never lead to satiety, and how small shifts in food choice, timing, and lifestyle can naturally reduce cravings while supporting fat burning.
In This Episode:
00:00 Introduction to Food Industry Tricks
01:19 Dr. Jason Fung's Background and Achievements
04:06 The Concept of Hunger and Hormones
12:05 Understanding the Fat Thermostat
17:09 The Role of Hormones in Weight Management
21:53 Impact of Diet on Hormones and Weight
26:06 Debunking Diet Myths
26:43 The Science of Hair Regrowth
28:23 Understanding Hunger and Hormones
29:40 The Dangers of Ultra-Processed Foods
31:33 Food Addiction and Its Implications
32:55 The Role of Natural Foods in Satiety
36:10 The Impact of Food Processing on Health
44:01 Effective Strategies for Weight Management
52:09 The Importance of Social Support in Dieting
52:48 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | There's all these different tricks that the food companies do. |
| 0:04.0 | And you need to know about this because if you don't, you're going to say, hey, that's the same number of calories. |
| 0:09.4 | It's sort of like the whole diet soda argument, right? |
| 0:12.3 | And everybody's like, diet soda doesn't cause obesity because there's no calories. |
| 0:16.3 | That's not the problem. |
| 0:18.0 | The problem is what does it do to your hunger? Because if that diet soda with |
| 0:23.4 | its sweet chemical is making you more hungry, then that is going to make you gain weight. |
| 0:31.2 | Well, welcome back to the podcast. Great topic today and great guest, Dr. Jason Fung, New York Times, |
| 0:37.1 | best selling author of The Obesity Code. |
| 0:41.2 | He's got a new book. |
| 0:42.3 | It's The Hunger Code. |
| 0:43.8 | And we're going to talk about the fat thermostat that drives hunger, cravings, fat burning, and weight loss. |
| 0:49.4 | You guys are in for a treat. |
| 0:50.7 | We're going to talk about the three types of hunger that you may experience and how that |
| 0:56.8 | drives behavioral patterns when it comes to eating, when it comes to foods that you might crave or, |
| 1:02.9 | you know, it comes to accomplishing your health, your health goals, whether it's losing weight, |
| 1:07.6 | having more energy, better brain function. We're going to talk all about that. We're going to talk about key hormones that are involved in hunger cravings, weight gain, |
| 1:15.1 | fat burning, and weight loss. So you guys are really in for a treat here. A little bit about Dr. Jason |
| 1:20.7 | Fung. He completed medical school at the University of Toronto and Fellowship and Nephrology, so kidney |
| 1:26.8 | medicine at the University of California. |
| 1:29.5 | He's the co-founder of the fasting method, a program that helps patients lose weight and reverse |
| 1:34.1 | their type 2 diabetes naturally. |
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