Understanding Leptin Resistance & The Fat Switch with Dr. Rick Johnson

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

Vanessa Spina

Nutrition, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 795 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Dr. Rick Johnson is back on the podcast! This time we focus on the hormone leptin and why Dr. Johnson believes it to be the main cause of obesity! The connection between fructose and leptin and mitochondria! We also discuss how proper hydration alone can help with fat loss, mitochondrial health and some VERY surprising things that improve mitochondrial health and biogenesis!

Dr. Johnson is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado and is both a clinician, educator and researcher. He is board certified in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and kidney disease and is the founding editor of Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology, one of the main textbooks on kidney disease. For more than 20 years, he has led research on the cause of obesity and diabetes, with especial interest in the
role of sugar (especially fructose) and uric acid. His research has been highly cited, published in top medical journals, and supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health. He is the author of The Sugar Fix and The Fat Switch. His latest work contains state-of-the art discoveries on the cause of obesity and potential cures. Currently Dr. Johnson lives in Colorado with his wife, kids, and two rambunctious puppies.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina.
0:04.5	Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host Vanessa. And I am so excited for
0:10.0	today's episode. We have the phenomenal Dr. Rick Johnson back on the podcast. And I had such a
0:17.3	wonderful time. This time on this episode, we got to dive more deeply into some of
0:22.4	the connections with leptin, leptin resistance, and why he believes leptin really is the cause
0:29.1	or the major source of obesity and our modern day obesity epidemic. We talk about fructose,
0:35.8	of course, Uyric acid levels, the connection between fructose
0:39.4	and leptin resistance and why all of these things are all connected back to the mitochondria.
0:45.1	He provided some insight on some really mind-blowing things such as mitochondrial transplants.
0:52.0	I mean, you guys, when we talk about how we are on the leading
0:54.2	cutting edge of science on this podcast in terms of talking about mitochondrial health, which I
1:00.9	truly believe is the next frontier when it comes to this major paradigm shift that we are having
1:06.4	when it comes to how we approach health and wellness. And he talked about mitochondrial transplants and how
1:13.1	this one scientist is doing these mitochondrial transplants, which just completely blew my mind.
1:18.4	He shared some amazing tips on how to improve our mitochondria that I had never heard before.
1:25.5	And one of the tips involved eating dark chocolate.
1:29.0	So I absolutely love having Dr. Johnson on the show.
1:33.5	And especially when he shared this special tip
1:36.2	about how dark chocolate actually helps stimulate
1:40.0	the growth of mitochondria.
1:41.9	Just a small amount though, we talk about how much exactly to consume
1:45.6	for that, but he shared some really insightful tips on what we can do to optimize our mitochondrial
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