Welcome to Sex, Body and Soul.

I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the Body Agency, and on this show, we talk about the marvel that

is our bodies and souls, what they can do and what we need to thrive.

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We have some pretty hard but juicy conversations here, and you need to hear this.

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On this show, we dive into this Ozempic and GLP1 diet crazed with Dr. Bickman, who has a PhD in bio and genetics and a

master's in science and exercise psychology. He's currently exploring the contrasting

roles of the hormone insulin and ketones as a key driver of metabolic function.

We break down obesity and diabetes and how this drug affects the body and why it's so effective for weight loss, but also talking about the potential harm effects.

Welcome to the show, Dr. Bickman.

Dr. Ben, good morning and welcome to the show.

Yes, my pleasure. Thank you.

It's so good to see you again.

Yes, same.

And we today are going to talk all about the Ozympic craze, the GLP1. And we're going to talk also about diabetes. We're

going to talk about menopause, what happens to our metabolic health during that process.

But first, I would love to hear about you. I've been incessantly watching all of your social media and your

YouTube channel. There's great topics you talk about. What drove you to do this work?

As a professor, there is one goal that stands out when you're a newly hired professor,

namely obtaining tenure. Tenure is the status that you were able to earn as an academic, where

essentially you have your job locked in. Not that you can't lose it, but remarkably it can be

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