Podcasts by The Energy Balance Podcast
Discover how you can live without constant hunger and fatigue, brain fog, poor sleep, and other low-energy symptoms. The Energy Balance Podcast will teach you how to maximize your cellular energy so you can take back your health and finally experience clear-headed focus, restful sleep, and all-day energy you didn’t think was possible.
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Ep. 105: Challenging The Idea That Increased Omega-3 Consumption Lowers Mortality from 2023-10-26T09:33:47
In this episode we discuss:
- Whether the research suggesting that omega-3s decrease mortality is valid
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Ep. 104: How Western Culture Keeps Us Distracted And Fighting Amongst Ourselves from 2023-10-11T08:47:19
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- Individualism and competition vs. collaboration and communitarianism
- Whether humans are inherently selfish and destructive
- The cost of social ... Listen
Ep. 103: How Western Culture Keeps Us Poor And Destroys Our Family, Community, and Relationships from 2023-09-27T09:30:48
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- How lower wages and higher costs have dramatically reduced our quality of life
- How we’ve ended up working more and resting less with worse outcomes ... Listen
Ep. 102: How Western Culture&Mainstream Medicine Keep Us Sick from 2023-09-21T09:08:39
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- The impact of the diet culture and the “eat less exercise more” ... Listen
Ep. 101: Building a Bioenergetic Diet: Optimal Carb, Fat, and Protein Sources from 2023-09-06T08:51:41
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- Why you want to avoid vegetarian-fed chicken and acorn-fed pork
- The best bioenergetic fat, protein, and carb sources
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Ep. 100: Building a Bioenergetic Diet: Macros, Calories, and Meal Timing from 2023-08-24T10:53:14
In this episode we discuss:
- Optimal macronutrient breakdowns for meals and snacks
- How to calculate your protein, carbohydrate, and fat needs
- How to use taste, cravings, hu... Listen
Ep. 99: Medications&Supplements For Hypothyroidism And The Problems With T4 Medications (Hypothyroidism Part 5) from 2023-08-17T10:03:19
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- The problems with using T4-only medications like Synthroid and levothyroxine for hypothyroidism
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Ep. 98: How To Optimize Your Diet&Lifestyle For Hypothyroidism (Hypothyroidism Part 4) from 2023-08-10T10:15:26
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- How fasting decreases thyroid function
- Why carbs are essential for thyroid function
- Specific anti-thyroid foods to avoid
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Ep. 97: How To Properly Test For Thyroid Function (Hypothyroidism Part 3) from 2023-08-01T10:22:27
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Ep. 96: Avoid Low-Carb Diets, Fasting, and Caloric Restriction If You Have Hypothyroidism (Hypothyroidism Part 2) from 2023-07-24T09:32:30
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Ep. 95: Hypothyroidism In Context&Thyroid Hormone Basics (Hypothyroidism Part 1) from 2023-07-14T10:39:38
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Ep. 94: How Stress Crashes Your Metabolism&Why Hormesis Is NOT The Answer (Stress&Mitochondria Part 2) from 2023-07-06T10:28:19
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Ep. 93: How Cortisol Affects Your Mitochondria&Acute vs. Chronic Stress (Stress&Mitochondria Part 1) from 2023-06-27T10:05:56
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Ep. 92: Celebrating Ray Peat from 2022-12-19T09:36:30
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Ep. 91: Cod Liver Oil Dangers, The Croissant Diet, and Insulin-Resistant Fat Cells (Q&A) from 2022-11-22T10:55:57
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Ep. 90: Eating 5,000 Calories Per Day, Fish Oil, Water Weight vs. Body Fat, Paleo-Ketogenic Diet (Q&A) from 2022-11-07T08:24:01
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Ep. 89: The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Fruit Juice and The Hormonal Effects of PUFA vs. SFA from 2022-10-12T10:12:31
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Ep. 88: Whether Soy Is Estrogenic And Causes Infertility from 2022-10-03T09:21:36
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Ep. 87: Robb Wolf on Ray Peat and the Bioenergetic View: Energy, Obesity, Evolution, and Paul Saladino from 2022-08-17T10:48:22
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Ep. 86: Robb Wolf on Ray Peat and the Bioenergetic View: Stress&Blood Sugar from 2022-08-08T10:13:25
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Ep. 85: Fructose and Uric Acid - Are David Perlmutter and Rick Johnson Wrong? (Part 2) from 2022-07-05T11:08:14
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Ep. 84: Fructose and Uric Acid: Are David Perlmutter and Rick Johnson Wrong? (Part 1) from 2022-06-23T10:42:30
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Ep. 83: How Nutrient Partitioning Affects Eating Behavior and Fat Loss from 2022-05-13T09:45:04
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Ep. 82: Maximizing Fitness and Athletic Performance From The Bioenergetic View (Fitness vs. Health Part 3) from 2022-04-07T09:24:07
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Ep. 81: Whether Intense Exercise and Endurance Training Should Be Avoided (Fitness vs. Health Part 2) from 2022-03-03T07:27:30
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Ep. 80: How Much Exercise Is Too Much From The Bioenergetic View? (Fitness vs. Health Part 1) from 2022-02-07T06:16:17
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Ep. 79: Hyperthyroidism, Collagen Alternatives, and Forcing Mitochondrial Respiration (Q&A) from 2022-01-13T07:41:24
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Ep. 78: Why Maximizing Energy Production and Minimizing Stress Is Optimal For Health (Hormesis Part 4) from 2021-12-22T07:15:52
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Ep. 77: Why You DON’T Want to Force Autophagy, Mitochondrial Biogenesis,&Uncoupling (Hormesis Part 3) from 2021-12-13T08:02:57
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Ep. 76: Why Caloric Restriction Is NOT Responsible For Lifespan Extension (Hormesis Part 2) from 2021-12-02T07:42:59
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Ep. 75: Hormesis As An Anti-Scientific Defense For Industrial Pollution And Chemical Exposure (Hormesis Part 1) from 2021-11-23T07:23:43
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Ep.74: Refuting Nutrition With Judy’s “Thoughts on the Ray Peat Diet” (Part 2) from 2021-11-08T07:48:04
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Ep. 73: Refuting Nutrition With Judy’s “Thoughts on the Ray Peat Diet” (Part 1) from 2021-10-29T08:31:59
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Ep. 72: Dental Health on a High-Sugar Diet&How To Determine What’s Blocking Energy Production (Q&A) from 2021-10-15T09:22:10
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Ep. 71: Weight Gain From Replenishing Glycogen&Calcium Sources Other Than Dairy (Q&A) from 2021-10-04T07:41:54
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Ep. 70: Pro-Metabolic Supplements For Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD Part 8) from 2021-09-22T10:12:58
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Ep. 69: Carb Deficiencies, Saturated Fat Intake,&The Best Diet For Fatty Liver (NAFLD Part 7) from 2021-09-03T09:09:08
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Ep. 68: Oxidative Stress, Choline Deficiency, and Exporting Liver Fat (NAFLD Part 6) from 2021-08-20T10:54:40
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Ep. 67: Endotoxin and PUFA As Primary Causes of Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD Part 5) from 2021-08-09T09:31:40
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Ep. 66: The Role of Cortisol and The Harmful Effects of Fasting in Fatty Liver (NAFLD Part 4) from 2021-07-26T10:27:33
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Ep. 65: How Fat-Burning And Low-Carb Diets Contribute to Fatty Liver (NAFLD Part 3) from 2021-07-17T09:21:32
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Ep. 64: The True Cause of Fatty Liver (NAFLD Part 2) from 2021-07-07T09:06:10
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Ep. 63: Why Fructose Does NOT Cause Fatty Liver (NAFLD Part 1) from 2021-06-28T08:30:58
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Ep. 62: Diving in to the Bioenergetic View and Our Mistakes Along the Way (Our Health Journeys Part 2) from 2021-06-17T09:04:52
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Ep. 61: Undereating, Fad Diets, and Discovering the Bioenergetic View (Our Health Journeys Part 1) from 2021-06-11T10:47:22
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Ep. 60: Carbon Dioxide And Our Environment: Climate-Destroying Or Life-Supporting? from 2021-05-31T08:25:37
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Ep. 59: How to Increase Carbon Dioxide and Minimize Lactate (Oxygenation, Swelling, and pH Balance Part 4) from 2021-05-26T11:03:36
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Ep. 58: Altitude, Panic Attacks, Swelling, Heart Failure,&More (Oxygenation, Swelling, and pH Balance Part 3) from 2021-05-19T10:04:24
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Ep. 57: Glycolysis, Lactate, and pH balance (Oxygenation, Swelling, and pH Balance Part 2) from 2021-05-14T11:40:13
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Ep. 56: Carbon Dioxide As A Key To Raising Metabolism (Oxygenation, Swelling, and pH Balance Part 1) from 2021-05-06T08:50:05
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Ep. 55: Hair Loss, Genetic Eating, And Symptoms as a Reflection of Energetic State (Q&A) from 2021-04-26T08:39:10
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Ep. 54: Sugar, Candida Overgrowths,&Whether a Calorie Surplus is Required to Build Muscle (Q&A) from 2021-04-19T08:28:22
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Ep. 53: Supplements To Boost Testosterone and Increase Metabolism (Men’s Hormonal Health Part 5) from 2021-04-01T08:24:12
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Ep. 52: Workout Supplements To Avoid&Decreasing Stress (Men’s Hormonal Health Part 4) from 2021-03-22T08:53:57
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Ep. 51: Optimizing Exercise and Sleep To Build Muscle (Men’s Hormonal Health Part 3) from 2021-03-17T08:48:35
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Ep. 50: Increasing Testosterone With Saturated Fats and Decreasing Estrogen (Men’s Hormonal Health Part 2) from 2021-03-08T13:57:26
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Ep. 49: Calorie Deficiencies, Carbohydrate Deficiencies, and Protein Excess (Men’s Hormonal Health Part 1) from 2021-03-01T12:02
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Ep. 48: A Critique of The SCD1 Theory of Obesity (The Croissant Diet Part 2) from 2021-02-22T09:15
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Ep. 47: A Critique of The ROS Theory of Obesity (The Croissant Diet Part 1) from 2021-02-15T06:49:47
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Ep. 46: Herbs&Spices, Supplements vs. Food, and Appetite as a Metabolic Indicator (Q&A) from 2021-02-08T08:03:21
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Ep. 45: Supplements for Autoimmune Conditions and Immune Health (Autoimmunity Part 4) from 2021-02-01T07:36:40
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Ep. 44: Pro-Metabolic Nutrition for Autoimmune Conditions (Autoimmunity Part 3) from 2021-01-25T07:58
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Ep. 43: Restoring Cellular Bioenergetics and Repairing the Gut (Autoimmunity Part 2) from 2021-01-18T08:51:28
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Ep. 42: Alternative Views of The Immune System and Autoimmunity (Autoimmunity Part 1) from 2021-01-11T09:21:02
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Ep. 41: Benefits of Progesterone and How to Restore Hormonal Health (Women’s Hormonal Health Part 2) from 2021-01-04T07:54:14
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Ep. 40: Why Estrogen and Birth Control Are Not The Solution (Women’s Hormonal Health Part 1) from 2020-12-29T09:10
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Ep. 39: Nutrition For a Compromised Gut, Food Additives,&Skincare Products (Q&A) from 2020-12-21T08:52:33
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Ep. 38: The Physiology of Fat Loss Without a Caloric Deficit from 2020-12-14T09:22:48
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Ep. 37: Maximizing the Benefits of Coffee and Whether Fasting Protects Against Cancer (Q&A) from 2020-12-07T09:15:08
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Ep. 36: Fixing Our Dysfunctional Relationship with Food (The Holiday Anti-Diet Part 2) from 2020-11-30T08:16:52
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Ep. 35: Putting An End to Dieting, Binging, and Restriction (The Holiday Anti-Diet Part 1) from 2020-11-23T08:03:39
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Ep. 34: Macros for Insulin Resistance&Diabetes and Melatonin&GABA for Sleep (Q&A) from 2020-11-23T01:27:11
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Ep. 33: Diet, Supplements, and Thyroid Health for Hypertension (Blood Pressure Part 3) from 2020-11-09T08:07:41
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Ep. 32: The Causes of Hypertension And Nutrition as a Solution (Blood Pressure Part 2) from 2020-11-02T08:22:50
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Ep. 31: Mineral Balance and Energy are the Keys to Regulating Blood Pressure (Blood Pressure Part 1) from 2020-10-26T10:57:52
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Ep. 30: Cholesterol Part 2: How to Lower Your Cholesterol And Heart-Healthy Fats from 2020-10-19T08:42:25
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Ep. 29: Cholesterol Part 1: Statin Dangers and Whether Cholesterol Causes Heart Disease from 2020-10-12T12:06:56
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Ep. 28: Restoring Gut Health, Why Not to Use Probiotics, and Ray Peat’s Carrot Salad (Q&A) from 2020-10-05T08:39:28
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Ep. 27: What We Eat in a Day, Diet Freedom and Variety, and the NAD+/NADH Ratio (Q&A) from 2020-09-28T08:35:43
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Ep. 26: Natural Antibiotics, Mental Health, and Optimizing Carb Metabolism (Q&A) from 2020-09-21T09:45:58
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Ep. 25: How to Slow Aging Part 3: Diet, Exercise, and Stress for Longevity and Anti-Aging from 2020-09-14T08:30:18
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- The best types and amount of exercise to slow aging and increase lifespan
- Why small amounts of stress (via hormesis) don’t contribute to longevit... Listen
Ep. 24: How to Slow Aging Part 2: Problems With Caloric Restriction and What To Do Instead from 2020-09-07T11:15:04
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- Where the calorie restriction research falls short and why eating less is not the answer for slowing aging and extending lifespan
- Why eating fewe... Listen
Ep. 23: How to Slow Aging Part 1: Increasing Your Metabolism And Competing Theories from 2020-08-31T08:35:36
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Ep 22: Resolving Joint Pain and Whether Reducing Stress Hormones Works For Fat Loss (Q&A) from 2020-08-24T08:24:28
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Ep. 21: Drink Less Water And Eat More Salt (And How to Address High Blood Pressure) from 2020-08-18T12:20:15
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Ep. 20: Intuitive Eating, 5,000 Calories per day, and Whether to go “All In” from 2020-08-10T09:30
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Ep. 19: How to Transition From Carnivor or Primal to a Bioenergetic Approach from 2020-08-03T07:51:50
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Ep. 18: How to Fix Your Sleep Part 2: Nutrition, Supplements, and Routines from 2020-07-27T09:40:08
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Ep. 17: How to Fix Your Sleep Part 1: Circadian Rhythm and Light from 2020-07-20T09:35:31
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Ep. 16: The Failures of Modern Medicine Part 2: Dangerous Treatments and Medical Error from 2020-07-13T10:27:45
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Ep. 15: The Failures of Modern Medicine Part 1: Industry Influence and Historical Mishaps from 2020-07-06T10:31:51
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- Why conventional medicine is effective for treating acute illness and injury but not chronic health conditions or illness preven... Listen
Ep. 14: Listening To Our Bodies&Taking Our Health Into Our Own Hands (Q&A) from 2020-06-29T08:45:49
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- Why listening to our bodies and experimenting is key if we want to improve our health
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Ep 13: Lowering Cholesterol and The Role of Carbs in Ancestral Diets (Q&A) from 2020-06-22T09:34:25
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- How you can lower blood cholesterol levels without medication (and why you may not want to)
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Ep. 12: Weight Loss Part 3: Exercise, Nutrition, and More from 2020-06-15T09:08:50
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- Why exercising to “burn calories” isn’t ideal for fat loss (and what kind of exercise is)
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Ep. 11: Weight Loss Part 2: The True Cause of Weight Gain from 2020-06-08T08:11:48
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- Why we don’t want to cut carbs, fat, or calories to lose weight
- Why fat gain and low ene... Listen
Ep. 10: Weight Loss Part 1: Why We Don’t Want to “Eat Less and Exercise More” from 2020-06-01T08:38:36
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- Why it makes more sense to focus on health than weight loss
- Why body fat is a sym... Listen
Ep. 9: Polyunsaturated Fats (PUFA) and Energy Balance from 2020-05-25T08:18:05
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- The differences between saturated and unsaturated fats
- Which fats encourage hibe... Listen
Ep. 8: Q&A: Fixing Leaky Gut, The Best Types of Milk, and Picking the “Right Diet” from 2020-05-18T08:41:33
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- The harm caused by leaky gut and how to fix it
- Which foods contribute to intestin... Listen
Ep. 7: Carbs vs. Fats and General Macronutrient Guidelines from 2020-05-11T08:42:20
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- Carbs vs. fats in terms of energy and hormones
- Why we don’t want to be only “fat-... Listen
Ep. 6: Blood Sugar Part 3: The Best Sugar Sources from 2020-05-04T08:56:01
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- The best fruits and why quality is so important
- Why fruit juices are great sugar s... Listen
Ep. 5: Blood Sugar Part 2: Cravings, Anti-Fructose Misconceptions, and the Best Starch Sources from 2020-04-27T08:48:16
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- How different types of carbohydrates affect our blood sugar
- The benefits of fructos... Listen
Ep 4: Blood Sugar Part 1: Blood Sugar Regulation and Energy Balance from 2020-04-20T07:02:08
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- The relationship between our blood sugar and energy balance
- Why sugar and other ca... Listen
Ep. 3: Gut and Digestion Part 2: Ideal Foods For Our Gut from 2020-04-14T07:43:19
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Ep 2: Gut and Digestion Part 1: Our Gut and Energy Balance from 2020-04-06T17:37:44
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- What ideal gut function looks like for humans
- What the differences between our ... Listen
Ep. 1: Energy is Everything from 2020-04-06T17:37:06
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- Why energy is at the center of our health and virtually all symptoms and conditions
- The various factors that affect our body’s ability to produ... Listen
Ep. 0: Protecting Yourself From COVID-19 and How to Support Your Immune System from 2020-04-06T17:34:27
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- The direct physiological effects of COVID-19 and what they mean for our health
- H... Listen