Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Today on the show, I welcome Dr. Benjamin Bickman.

Dr. Bickman is a metabolic research scientist, professor of cell biology and physiology at Brigham Young

University, co-founder of Health Code, and author of Why We Get Sick, the Hidden Epidemic at the root of most chronic disease, and how to fight it.

So this hidden epidemic that is teased in the subtitle of the book is insulin resistance.

And this condition is simply ubiquitous impacting nearly a billion people around the world.

And most people who have it are unaware of it. And I was one of them.

So in our conversation we explore the relationship between insulin resistance and the most

insidious chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, dementia, and diabetes, as well

as insulin resistance's impact on infertility in men and women, PCOS, and erectile dysfunction.

We unpack the three primary causes of insulin resistance, including stress, inflammation,

and chronically elevated insulin, which is so often a result of the sugar-laden standard

American diet. We discussed the protocols to prevent and reverse insulin resistance,

as well as the pros and cons of popular drug interventions like Ozympic and metformin.

Okay, this was a conversation that I've been looking forward to for some time.

It's very personal for me.

So without further delay, I present to you, Dr. Benjamin Bickman.

Dr. Benjamin Beckman, what a treat. Welcome to the Common podcast.

Hey, Jeff. Thanks so much for the invitation.

Yeah, I've been looking forward to it. So I recently finished your book, which is just masterfully constructed why we get sick.

And you point clearly to this hidden epidemic

that sits upstream, if you will, from so many of our most common

chronic diseases, and that, of course, is insulin resistance. And this is a condition that I

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