210. Is fasting worth it? With Georgi Dinkov

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Paul Saladino, MD

Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

This week, Paul has Georgi Dinkov back on the podcast for the third time to cover a plethora of topics: the benefits versus risks of carbohydrates, polyunsaturated fatty acids in cell membranes, the root causes of diabetes and cancer, and so much more.

00:08:45 Raising children in the modern world

00:10:10 Can we extend our lifespan through fasting and Metformin?

00:18:40 High intensity interval training and other kinds of exercise

00:24:10 Protein, glycine, and preventing sarcopenia

00:30:30 Inflammation and endotoxins

00:39:10 Stop fearing blood glucose levels

00:43:10 Downsides of fasting and how to obtain autophagy

01:01:05 Thoughts on metformin

01:10:03 What causes diabetes?

01:28:50 Polyunsaturated fats behave differently than saturated fats

01:32:54 The Rice Diet

01:40:32 Thoughts on exercise

01:43:20 Ketosis, fructose, and NAFLD

References:

Georgi’s blog: haidut.me

Animal-based vs. Ray Peat diet, a conversation with Georgi Dinkov: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k9dZ2mrLtOA7nIgAOFdck?si=4bR9Rz7BRzK0xteZikBDZg⁠

Is animal-based the optimal human diet? A conversation with Georgi Dinkov: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gJvY3NURMCLjhPW7sQTag?si=wm8g2hcoSi6UJg6iWn8BAQ⁠

Treatment of massive obesity with rice/reduction diet program: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Treatment-of-massive-obesity-with-rice-reduction-An-Kempner-Newborg/af28cea1eb3f913c600264c06e09d39318ed5e75

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I don't know if any study that showed you if you keep the glucose below this level,
0:03.4	all this bonanza of benefits will materialize.
0:07.2	I don't know if a single study that says that.
0:09.2	I am deeply skeptical of quick fixes, but these supplements are the real deal.
0:14.4	Check out this review on mood memory and brain from Hard and Soil Supplements.
0:18.6	I'm deeply skeptical of quick fixes.
0:20.3	My wife bought these supplements before talking to me, or I would have tried to talk her out of it.
0:24.7	But I'm glad she did it without me knowing.
0:27.8	Our son, who was 13, was struggling with mental illness.
0:30.8	Although his childhood was normal, over the last two years things became unbearable.
0:34.8	He was diagnosed by a neuropsychologist with autism, including symptoms like hand flapping,
0:40.0	constant verbal outbursts, difficulty learning.
0:42.5	He was also struggling with severe OCD, long showers, dry and cracked knuckles from handwashing,
0:47.3	screaming and violent fits over things, not being right.
0:50.0	The sickness was wreaking havoc on our entire family.
0:53.5	Within the first few days of taking mood memory and brain from Hard and Soil along with whole
0:58.8	package, he dropped almost all of these symptoms.
1:02.4	My wife and I were in shock.
1:04.7	We were repeatedly broke down and happy tears that day in response to what he was saying to us
1:09.5	and his apparent self-control.
1:11.1	We kept saying we've got him back.
1:12.8	It's now been several weeks and the changes have stuck.
	...

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