#350 Dr. Benjamin Bikman - How To Fix Your Metabolism
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🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Benjamin Bikman is a university professor and author of the book 'How Not To Get Sick'. He has a PhD in Bioenergetics and his research focuses on metabolic disorders, including obesity and type 2 diabetes. In this episode, Zuby and Dr. Bikman discuss metabolic health, insulin resistance, and the drawbacks of calorie counting. Dr. Bikman shares tips on weight training, the role of the glycemic index, and weight loss drugs - including their potential benefits and risks. He also shares his non-negotiable health protocols and how you can apply them to your routine today.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:24) What is metabolic health?
(07:06) Why are countries prone to insulin resistance?
(17:43) Fat cell variations
(20:59) Metabolic syndrome trends & impacts
(38:55) Viewing calories in isolation is bad?
(46:08) Weight training
(52:05) Glycemic index
(54:55) Is Ozempic and Wegovy depleting your muscle mass?
(1:05:38) Do you need Ozempic and Wegovy?
(1:09:32) How can people improve their health?
(1:17:12) Outro
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I would perhaps most succinctly narrow it down to two things. |
| 0:03.4 | Control carbs. |
| 0:04.4 | Now, again, I'm not saying you can't eat any, but the better you're able to control your |
| 0:09.5 | insulin, the more easily it's going to be for your body to lose weight. |
| 0:12.7 | And if you need that even one step simpler, don't get your carbs from bags and boxes with |
| 0:18.4 | barcodes. |
| 0:19.6 | Eat whole fruits and vegetables enjoy them steam them stew |
| 0:22.5 | them whatever eat them don't drink them and then the second one is at least six times a week |
| 0:28.9 | engage in some form of resistance training i am the man sick with the slang, sick and I'm destined for fame. |
| 0:39.5 | Dude for the fan, not for the grand, stunting you're destined for pain. |
| 0:42.9 | I do not front. |
| 0:43.7 | I do not scam. |
| 0:44.5 | Put some respect on my name. |
| 0:46.2 | Sick like a rain, click and I bang. |
| 0:47.9 | Y'all going to remember the name. |
| 0:50.8 | What's up, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls around the world? |
| 0:53.1 | I'd like to welcome you back to |
| 0:54.3 | the Real Talk with Zubi podcast. On today's episode, we have got on another special guest. He is a |
| 1:00.2 | brilliant man. He is a professor of cell biology at BYU, and he's also the author of a couple books, |
| 1:07.9 | including why we get sick and how to not get sick. |
| 1:11.1 | And this is Benjamin Bickman. |
| 1:12.6 | Welcome to the show. |
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