TMHS 807: Shrink Your Fat Cells & Fix Your Metabolism - With Dr. Benjamin Bikman
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Most people understand that metabolism is a key factor in controlling weight and overall health. But the science of how the metabolism actually works can often be confusing or oversimplified. On today’s show, we’ve got one of the world’s leading authorities on metabolism here to break down the inner workings of insulin, blood glucose, and more.
Metabolic scientist and professor Dr. Benjamin Bikman joins us on this episode of The Model Health Show to unpack the critical role that insulin resistance plays in obesity and chronic illness. You’re going to learn the exact mechanics of how insulin resistance occurs in the body, and realistic lifestyle interventions you can implement for better metabolic health.
This interview contains key insights on fat loss strategies, how dietary factors impact metabolic health, and the interesting details of Dr. Bikman’s research studies. Today’s episode is absolutely packed with the latest science on metabolism, so click play and enjoy the show!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- The connection between insulin and type 2 diabetes.
- Which two markers are important for measuring metabolic health.
- How Dr. Bikman’s study helped participants reverse diabetes.
- Why insulin is a unique hormone in terms of how it impacts cells.
- The connection between insulin resistance and infertility.
- What the three primary causes of insulin resistance are.
- How cortisol and adrenaline impact insulin levels.
- The important role that sleep plays in insulin sensitivity.
- Which cause of insulin resistance is the most common.
- The effect each macronutrient has on insulin levels.
- How long insulin circulates in the body after eating.
- The natural rhythm of cortisol levels.
- How exercise impacts blood glucose levels.
- The best exercise for metabolic benefits.
- Why fat cells cannot grow without insulin.
- How cold water immersion impacts the metabolism.
- Four main dietary principles for better health.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson. |
| 0:04.0 | For more visit the model health show. |
| 0:07.0 | There's a critical metabolic fact about fat loss that many people simply don't know. |
| 0:17.5 | Your body simply will not release stored body fat if insulin is active. |
| 0:23.0 | When we hear the word insulin, |
| 0:25.0 | we usually think about it in terms of metabolic conditions |
| 0:28.0 | like diabetes, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. |
| 0:32.0 | But insulin is one of the most important hormones for life as a human being. |
| 0:37.0 | We need insulin to survive. It is the hormone of storage. |
| 0:43.0 | But again, when insulin is active, |
| 0:46.0 | in particular when it's overactive. |
| 0:48.0 | And when our cells lose sensitivity to insulin, this creates a blockade in our fat cells ability to release |
| 0:57.0 | their contents. Again, insulin being the hormone of storage we cannot release |
| 1:02.0 | when insulin is doing its thing. So with that being said |
| 1:06.3 | today you're going to get a masterclass from one of the world's leading authorities |
| 1:11.1 | on metabolic health and specifically on the role of insulin. |
| 1:16.2 | You're going to hear about his study that was published in the Journal of Diabetes Research, |
| 1:20.4 | where he and his team took test subjects with type 2 diabetes |
| 1:24.7 | and effectively reversed their type 2 diabetes |
| 1:28.2 | within a 90 day period complete remission |
| 1:31.2 | they no longer had diabetes at the end of the study. |
| 1:34.0 | You're going to find out how exactly he did that. Again, this is published peer-view data. This exists. Type 2 diabetes does not have to be a death sentence, let alone a condition that you |
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