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Gosh…i grew up thinking fat is bad for you. So we switched to everything low fat and fat free
Very good explanation of why NOT counting calories, they matter but absolutely no need to count.
So what breakfast options would be good?
Doctor, you're winning the battle against insulin resistance, but the war starts in the soil.
Human health doesn't begin in the kitchen. It begins on the farm.
We measure calories, sugar, carbs, and protein, yet we rarely measure the nutrient density of the soil that produced the food.
If a food label had a QR code showing soil nutrients, growing methods, and chemical inputs, consumers could finally make truly informed choices.
The future of healthcare isn't just treating disease. It's growing healthier food from healthier soil.
Please share this message widely. The conversation about metabolic health should include the very foundation of our food supply.
Healthy soil. Healthy food. Healthy people.
That version is more likely to be read completely by the doctor because it focuses on one central idea:
"The war starts in the soil."
That's a phrase people remember.
Whilst I love your videos.. I do not agree with your statement about a plant based diet versus a meat diet
Some people's bodies do better on a plant based diet if it's done properly
Whilst others do better on a meat diet
Personally, meat is slow to digest in my stomach even with digestive enzymes and I feel sluggish .. whereas my body proccesses a plant based diet with alot more ease and comfort 😊
Ha! I have been keto and sometimes carnivore for 10 years. I still can't loose weight. I have been eating clean for years.
So……
Fat and omega-3s are ESSENTIAL for brain health and woman health. Let's stop being unreasonable by cutting good fats out.
How can I get a consultation with you???
At 6:13 how was a woman in her 70 eating a " plant heavy diet" in one breath and then a diet " loaded with processed and ultra processed foods" ? Are you juat making up patient profiles? And doing a poor job of it?
Is walking, swimming and weight lifting too much cardio?
What are your thoughts on homemade desserts?
am I allowed to better my health using this advice even though I am not a woman????
Does thie still work for a person who works the night shift?
OMG!!! That introduction FUNNEL to your Metabolic Transformation Program was 25 of excruciating listening unable to fasforward I finally near the end couldn't take it any more and clicked off and figured with 3 docs (and more) on YouTube I'll be able to figure out how to get where I intend to get…..sheesh …..talk about feeling trapped in the "Funnel"….this was a MAJOR turn-off for me and an insult to my intelligence…sorry…..SMH
4:25 Carbs are body's preferred fuel source, NOT fat.
you tell us how it works but I still don't understand how to do intermittent fasting
I'd add a 6th piece to the list: deal with real-life and habitual stress. If there are problems in your life that cause constant friction/stress (relationship, financial, work…), or you are habitually anxious & worried (your amygdala can literally be overactive even when there's no real threat), you can eat & train right but still have high cortisol. For real-life stressors, look at options to change those, make a plan, get help… just taking first steps will lower your stress about that problem. For habitual stressing, practice relaxation techniques, engage in stress-lowering activities like walks in nature, yoga, creative hobbies… we can rewire those worry-circuits in the brain by giving our nervous system lots of safety- and wellbeing-signals.
I’m so worried to not count calories because I could eat a half a cow with butter daily lol I try so hard to eat now with in an hour of waking, I do break my fast with high protein whole milk coffee (5oz= 8p, 3c, 5f) . I’m not sure that counts. For the longest time I was having my coffee black so I could fast as long as possible. I will start making overnight oats so they are ready.
For insulin resistance we should take tablet ? Is it compulsory
You make it make sense thank you.
1. If I wear a continuous glucose monitor for two weeks and my blood sugar levels are consistently normal does that mean that I am NOT insulin resistant?
RESET … HOW??? great to tell us what we need to do, but tell us HOW. These suggestions are way too general for the most part.
What are you board specialties?
Have a silly question. I understand this video is geared more towards women, but will this approach also work for men. I mean this is biology correct?
Why do we need to subscribe to a system and sign up. Sounds like a money making scheme. Aside from that most people probably didn't hear the one thing in the video that is key to protein intake. She said adjusted bodyweight. This is a medical term that is important here. Google it
I was onboard until "eat right away within 1 hour of waking". That's my easiest time to get a fast in, then I eat two substantial meals later 4 hours apart and won't eat again 3 hours before bed. I've heard autophagy is important from so many sources, and now hearing that because morning cortisol is high you should eat right away? Wouldn't that be a good time to walk, get sunlight and move if cortisol is high and naturally burn fat as a fuel if you're in Zone 2 and no higher? It's the higher levels that cause cortisol to spike I know.