What Really Happens to Insulin Resistance During a 72 Hour Water Fast and Why Day 3 Is Where the Real Metabolic Reset Begins With Ben Azadi | #1277

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Ben Azadi

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Fitness, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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🔥CLICK to Get Your Berberine (20% off code FREEDOM) HERE → https://bit.ly/4cT9w4f FREE GUIDE: How To Lose 1 Pound Of Fat Per Day HERE - https://bit.ly/4j45Yxa In this episode, Ben Azadi breaks down what really happens inside the body during a 3-day water fast and why this strategy can be powerful for improving insulin resistance and metabolic health. Ben explains that insulin is not the enemy. It is a hormone that signals the body to store energy. However, when insulin stays elevated for long periods due to frequent eating and high carbohydrate intake, it blocks fat burning and contributes to metabolic dysfunction. The episode walks through the three metabolic phases of a 72-hour fast. During the first 24 hours, the body mainly uses stored glycogen for energy while insulin levels begin to decline. Between 24 and 48 hours, the body shifts toward fat burning and ketone production, allowing the brain and body to run more efficiently on fat for fuel. By the third day, insulin levels drop significantly and deeper processes begin, including increased fat burning and cellular repair through autophagy. Ben also discusses the role of visceral fat, why it is strongly connected to insulin resistance, and how lowering insulin for extended periods allows the body to finally access these stubborn fat stores. This episode highlights how longer fasting windows can help restore metabolic flexibility, allowing the body to efficiently switch between burning glucose and fat for energy. 📚 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today to receive immediate access to a FREE course on metabolism with exclusive interviews from Dr Daniel Pompa, Dr Jason Fung, Megan Ramos, Cynthia Thurlow & more. CLICK HERE: http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) Find All Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship Deals ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Benazari Show, your daily ritual to live longer, healthier, and happier.
0:09.0	Here we use real science, ancient wisdom, and a daily dose of vitamin G, gratitude.
0:15.4	So you live the life you were always meant to. Let's lock in.
0:23.9	What if the real reason your belly fat won't budge, your blood sugar keeps creeping up,
0:29.8	and your energy crashes every afternoon isn't because you're lazy, it's because your
0:34.9	insulin never fully resets. Look, you can fast every day. Heck,
0:39.3	you could skip breakfast. You could even eat low carb and still stay insulin resistant. Because
0:45.7	insulin resistance doesn't scream. It hides. And most people never drop insulin long enough
0:52.9	to fix it. So here's what actually happens inside
0:56.0	of your body when you go three days, 72 hours without food. And it's important to note that day one
1:01.5	is not the same as day two and day two is not the same as day three. And if you quit before
1:06.8	day three, you never fully reach the reset. Now before we talk about fasting, we need to talk about insulin.
1:12.6	Insulin is not the enemy.
1:13.6	You don't have any bad hormones.
1:15.6	God doesn't make any junk.
1:16.6	But insulin is the gatekeeper.
1:18.6	Think of insulin like this.
1:20.6	A lock, a signal, a traffic controller.
1:23.6	When insulin rises, it tells your body, store energy. Protect fat. Pause repair.
1:30.5	And as long as insulin stays elevated, you can't burn fat, so fat burning is blocked.
1:35.9	Atophagy, which is this cellular cleanup process that's very important, gets suppressed.
1:41.4	Inflammation repair slows and visceral fat, the nasty invisible fat around
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