The ROOT CAUSE Of Weight Gain & Fatigue NOBODY TALKS ABOUT | Dr. Ben Bikman & Dr. Gundry

In this episode learn how to lose excess body fat, optimize brain function, and support your heart health.
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In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Ben Bikman - a renowned metabolic research scientist, co-founder of HLTH Code, Professor at Brigham Young University, and author of the book, Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease - and How to Fight It. Buy it here - amzn.to/3X8yVfk
Dr. Bikman and I unpack insulin resistance and how it affects virtually every system in the body. Whether you’re interested in losing excess body fat, optimizing brain function, supporting your heart health, or simply feeling your best - this is an episode anyone can benefit from.
On this episode you’ll learn:
- The problem affecting up to 88% of American adults that you may be dealing with (and why its the #1 cause for low energy, stubborn weight gain and more!”)
- What the government has gotten all wrong about dietary guidelines (and why fat is NOT the enemy)
- Why the calories on your food do NOT matter (but THIS does!)
- How to make exercise EASY and FUN (seriously!)
- The secret to increasing ketone production (and the easiest way to switch your body into a fat-burning machine)
- My 3 rules for supporting metabolic flexibility (and why ending a fast correctly is more important than the duration of the fast)

[@gpwede9855]

I read the plant paradox 5 years ago now and have kept 50 lbs off since. This stuff is REAL and part of my daily life. I tell people replace the No foods with the Yes foods and a miracle will happen fast Sad that most the people I know still make fun of me on how I eat even though I take no medicine, blood work is perfect and am physically fit at age 60 while they still all struggle with heart disease, diabetes, cholesterol, mental, inflammation....issues and always complain about fatigue and being tired and don't give a s*** I can do 50 push-ups, 100s of ab workout, 50 knee bends, ride bike 25 miles, hike in Colorado mountain trails 10 hours to top, play golf, play tennis, basketball... And less than 1% of the people hangout with can do little of these. Scares me i may be a loner as i enjoy my extended youth Only 2 or 3 people have even asked me how i am able to do it even 5 years later

[@mayam6678]

I hear you. Ive just turned 70, 2 month ago and I look about 55 and feel great. No meds of anykind eighter and my bloodwork ist more than perfect! As a single person I find it sad, as its almost impossible to find a men that is fit and healthy around my age. I am not willing to give up my lifestyle for someone to become their nurse and cleaning lady.

[@stargazer5073]

Look at what kids are fed by the schools! It is terrible!

[@TheJ000ker]

They’re not eating any better at home. Strudels, pop tarts, French toast strips, pre made PB&J. Cereals,etc

[@sherriandara2699]

Parents should make their kids lunches.

[@essie-mac]

When I was a kids growing up in the 80s as a family I don’t remember anyone ever being seriously sick, we barely got a cold! I didn’t hear of allergies and half the sickness we see today! At the end of the day healthy people don’t make folks money so it’s almost in their best interest from medicine to food to ensure we’re not healthy!!😮

[@Debbie3360]

My daughter is petite (a short 5 ft) & a little soft. When she was pregnant this past year she developed gestational diabetes. I immediately told her I can fix that, more fat, less carbs, no processed foods, so keto. She told me not interested & was working w a dietician through her ob. It was essentially the standard American diet but with strict portion control & measuring her sugar. A few weeks after the baby born told she was ‘cured’ & could go back to eating what she wanted. Now she’s clueless abt why she lost the initial 10 lbs but no more pregnancy weight. And she has no interest in forget fasting, or an eating window. Because the dietician knows more than mom

[@DustyFC]

You should tell your daughter that her dietician ain't going to make money if she doesn't keep coming back! 😉

[@DustyFC]

I'm all for respecting professions and masters of their craft, but most 'dieticians' these days are absolutely awful.

[@calista1280]

Try bringing or having her over for GOOD HEALTHY MEALS 3X a week, at least! See if a couple of weeks or 90 days of eating right won't change her mind... Gift her the book or send her the links to the videos that helped you most! 🎁

[@Debbie3360]

@@calista1280 that would be wonderful but she lives 1200 miles away.

[@trixieknits]

Dr Jason Fung answers this exercise issue!! Wait til they lose enough weight to feel like moving! It happened to me that way. Once I lost 30# I actually felt like exercising.

[@ZenPepperClub]

Dr Jason Fung has been talking about this for years !

[@jodyjackson5475]

Yes He’s brilliant

[@marisademore468]

If you're overweight and do keto to lose weight, should you stay off fat from food until you've lost weight? If you consume fat with meals, won't your body use that for energy instead of burning your stored body fat? Hence you'd never lose weight would you 🤔? I don't know how it works.

[@charly71]

I've read both your books (keto code and what makes us sick) so I was extremely pleased to see you have this conversation : I only wish Dr Bikman had a chance to give his perspective on the now famous mithocondrial uncoupling effect and how that fits in the energy gap when brain cells consume ketones. Hopefully in the next interview :)

[@WeddingDJBusiness]

Great interview very interesting and informative - mainly focused on insulin as the hormone problem. I do think that testosterone with limited levels in modern society/fertility problems are also playing a part with increased estrogen type hormones helping to store fat. Main takeaways - Lowering insulin - 1. Control Carbs ( stop the spikes in glucose levels) 2. Prioritise protein ( makes you full /satisfied) - 3. Don't be afraid of fat - proteins come with fat which is okay. Good for muscle growth etc. ( Exercise allows insulin to store glucose into muscles - Exercise (10-15min) after the meal to have the best result rather than before - Fasting - allows fat to be burnt - Ketones are good for the brain - brain needs constant supply of energy.

[@calista1280]

Yes Estrogenic plastics and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in our food supply are a major issue. It's also why so many young people are gender confused!!! WHY aren't parents asking this question and going after the very reason their kids are being mutilated or put on devastating hormone blocking drugs... Start here if you want to clean up our environment and save our Earth. 🌎 ✨️

[@vicecolder]

you know what really sucks? it is my bullshit amateur opinion that Gundry is pretty much correct on all this......and from talking to friends.....not many people have even heard of lectins etc.....I try to tell my friends "check out Gundry" and i feel awful that most people don't seem very interested in doing so. oh well.....guess I am one of the lucky ones for finding Gundry and Berg and Thomas D. etc who are desperately trying to make people feel better

[@sallymaekwon8244]

My favorite doctors. I’ve been watching their KZbin videos and they really help me a lot to lose weight and stay healthy. Truly informative. 🙏❤

[@DrGundry]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@4himsanctified]

Try to do 30-60 (or variation of intensity with less time), minutes post meal and its a game changer.

[@jessgalloway5192]

Dr. Gundry has made a big difference in my life. I feel informed more about good health. America is grateful.

[@marshareed1438]

I’ve been exercising my whole life. I get so excited at the thought of working out. Thank you for all of your videos!

[@jovoorheescollinsmphbsnbch6245]

This is a brilliant discussion!!!! Thank you gentlemen!!! I will be sharing this with my type 2 diabetes support group 💯👌🙏

[@StephonEasyWeightLoss]

Great video. I had lost 66 lbs (30 kg) within 8 months with a high fat - low carb diet. It was tough and it wasn’t easy being strict with the diet, but I’m happy I did it. It also requires a lot of mental strength. Losing fat and keeping it of is incredibly easy if you know what you’re doing 🙂

[@psdeas7530]

It’s been closer to 40 years. My doctor and I talked about insulin resistance (and he called it Metabolic Syndrome,) before I was married, and that’s been 37 years. It was considered out of the mainstream back then, though. Type 1 and type 2 “diabetes” shouldn’t have the same name. 100+ years ago, when artificial insulin first kept type 1 patients alive, the symptoms they were observed to develop were the same as metabolic syndrome-because artificial insulin is difficult to balance, so they have free insulin in their bloodstream. Metabolic Syndrome patients have free insulin because their receptors become resistant and the insulin can’t be utilized. Totally different disease mechanisms, and it’s very confusing to the general public. Oops. I wrote this before I listened to the whole thing. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️😂

[@ranjanty]

I'm skinny as pole and I'm tired all the time. I want to gain weight but everytime I eat in the morning I feel sick. I also don't feel hungry till 4 or 5 in the day. Do you have a video to gain weight?

[@lmwlmw4468]

Great video.

[@pgoodman7662]

Amazing podcast. I’ve shared this everywhere today. Now I just 🙏🏻 people WATCH and Listen to it.

[@DrGundry]

Thank you Pamela!

[@LibertyDIY]

Awesome discussion thank you

[@mjudithcassidy2977]

WOW - these 2 connected a lot of dots for me tonight. Great presentation!

[@bwbounds]

amazing!!!! you guys will save a lot of lives.

[@penguinninja1324]

Wow just great information. Im so happy i got to see this video. Thanks a bunch. And its short too or else I wouldn’t have listened 😊

[@brendadudderar8230]

Great information by two individuals who care about your health!❤

[@craigosterberg5045]

Thanks

[@matthewblackman5888]

Such a great podcast, many thanks and much appreciation. Very grateful 🙏

[@DrGundry]

Thanks Matthew!

[@richardbray8004]

Awesome!

[@rolandovelasquez135]

Began intermittent fasting September 2018. First day my jogging time went from 25 minutes to 23. Then went all the way down to 21 at the end of 10 months.

[@r.davidyoung7242]

Great conversation 🏋️

[@innesfrey9602]

Love it absolutely right my dog is my healer 👍🙏❤

[@vas4739]

What happens when one has a CPIR where there’s no glucose ingested- rather the perception of “sweet” was from a sweetener like stevia therefore no sugar or glucose to metabolize? Red blood cells don’t use ketones because they don’t have mitochondria.

[@multiplierfx6429]

As your taste receptors in your tongue pick up something sweet from that stevia, your body thinks that it will get glucose and prepares all the standard digestive pathways for it (insulin spike etc). But when it turns out there is no glucose entering your body, it realizes it has been cheated and instead goes on a rampage to hunt down for that immediate glucose that it was promised. Sugar binge of course follows etc etc you know the rest.

[@vas4739]

@@multiplierfx6429 doesn’t answer my question. I well know the process - my question hinges on the secretion of insulin from the pancreas anticipating to metabolize a sugar molecule but finds none. “Rampage”? Really? How or when EVER is that used in explaining a metabolic process? Can you elucidate?

[@towpottsfam7631]

Thanks so much for this...another piece to the puzzle! I have a vicious circle I that i get migraines ( and have pot belly and various other issues) duevto insulin resistance ...and I guess i have that from relying too heavily on carbs from being vegetarian for 35 years. I can't do fasting or cut carbs or I get migraines 😫. So I really want to boost other foods but what about the lectins! Please please can you give some ideas for filling vegetarian proteins and fats...that are affordable! I did have a chuckle at one video in which wonderful Dr G suggested swapping beans for pine nuts!! Bless there's not many people in the UK right now that can afford to do that! So please high protein vegetarian meal ideas for a budget please

[@DrGundry]

Hey there! Check out my article on high protein vegetables: gundrymd.com/best-high-protein-vegetables/ these are easy to incorporate into many meals. I've got tons of delicious recipe ideas on my blog as well! Hope this helps.

[@calista1280]

@towpottsfam7631, Dearest, my heart hurts for you as I had migraines starting at age 12... The jorrible medicines only knocked me out and did little for the nausea 😵 On my own, reading Prevention mags, I tried B vitamins and eating proteins with every meal. Haven't had a migraine since!!! My Mom would carry String Cheese in her purse and I would bring protein bars... 😊 Nuts are a good protein source and are easy to carry. 😉

[@davidwayne9982]

NOW THAT first statement I agree wtih-- IN MY case anyway-- we're eating all the WRONG food and FAR TOO MUCH of it. The last checkup I had- the lady asked how much I weigh-and I said 3 spins... and when she questioned it- I said Herman Munster stepped on the scales and Lily said it spun around 3 times... well- I get 3 spins.. :)

[@TheJuliangrant]

Love it

[@davidturner6647]

Hello, how low should I keep my carbohydrate intake per day, in grams? You sent Should I monitor net, or total carbohydrates per day?

[@gurbydhar]

Insulin is great if u eat only protein and minimal carbs(healthy carbs only) along with workout.

[@horse__power7891]

What about Dercum's disease and lipomas ?????

[@ronnyatlarge]

Great to learn about Dr. Bikman... he needs to have a KZbin Channel... I would listen. More proof in your pudding Dr. Gundry!

[@albertfarias9120]

SOM6 OF THE BEST 411 I EVER HEARD AWSOME CONTENT AWSOME 👌THANKS DR G 👍ALOHA

[@albertfarias9120]

Plse KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK 💪 DR G 👏👍💪👌🙌😀

[@ronin3635]

What about if you're underweight?

[@louisewilken6883]

I love the comment about the dog...lets empty the shelters...

[@Lurksin1]

What about people who don’t have a gall bladder?

[@chrisconklin2981]

OK, insulin knocks on the door and the cell says the home is full. Dr. Bikman say that the problem is long-term high levels of insulin that causes insulin insensitivity. My perspective is that the "house is full". It is the high levels of intramyolipid toxicity within the cell.

[@alexpukay]

So if the brain cells can't use glucose and starve to death in the presence of abundant glucose then insulin resistance can't be due to the cell being full of glucose and therefore resisting insulins insistence on more glucose. The other idea that abundance of fat in the body causes insulin resistance is much more plausible.

[@mkswagner]

A recent public charter school tour: snacks and “lunch” funded by tax payer dollars: cheese nips, potato chips, grandmas cookies, pop tarts, Oreos, juice, fat free milk, fruit gummies, peanut m&m mix, some rock hard unripe pears. We are creating a tragic future for millions.

[@timplace2513]

Resistant starches have a role in maintaining weight for intermittent fasters.

[@ryanzammit1]

Hey guys , what's good to get rid of fat gut lol we walk, run ect eat ok ??

[@mtnbiker4480]

Stop consuming table sugar (1/2 fructose), excessive fruits and alcohol. Both fructose and alcohol are processed only through the liver. Too much and you have a fatty liver spilling over into visceral fat with a high level of inflammation. Not healthy at all.

[@williamthompson4290]

Should I limit fats and protiens if my gallbladder was removed? Do pills that have plant extracts like berberine, bittermelon, cinnamon, licorice root, cayenne pepper help with sugar level spikes or controlling diabeties?

[@kimcochran5262]

No...my wife has had here gallbladder out for 32 year's...she is doing Keto with me and doing great. Your liver continues to produce bile....just don't have that storage tank. I'm type 2 diabetic and more strick than her...she can tolerate a few more good carbs than me. I am now below my high school weight and she has lost approximately 18 lbs. She has now curbed her carb addiction! All our blood marker's are hugely improved !

[@martarico186]

Dr. Bikman has always emphasized in all his podcasts that heavily dense foods come from protein and their fats. He should have emphasized that in this interview. Maybe it is contradictory to dr. Gundry' opinion. That seemed unusual to me and not very informative as to what protein dr. Bikman truly believes as effective.

[@marcosvidal2797]

The answer to the title: Insulin resistance

[@trevormahoney9839]

strange that this video is sponsored by up and go Australia 😮

[@Dr.M.VincentCurley]

I'm surprised with the number of alarms that went off on the starches, sugars and grains that Fiber wasn't touched on more. However, I know that you both have to leave *SOME information out because that's your business, getting a patient to come in so you can give them information that you didn't give in the online lecture. So instead of going into the benefits of fiber before and during a meal, I'll assume that you'll cover it at your appointments or addendums forthcoming.

[@margaretcordova3268]

Ben talks too fast and the listening mode on this podcast is horrible. I cannot understand too well what he’s saying! I think it’s on his end. I can understand Gundry clear. Ben is real muffled!

[@obaidullahakhtar1709]

gunday is opportunist......

[@plantbasedanalyst6263]

Grundy has got a gut and a double chin, so either you're not taking your own advice or your advice doesn't work.

[@cyndimanka]

Gundry is a quack.

[@mayam6678]

Sorry, wrong info! The only reason insulin is produced is to convert the converted suger, derived from starch, into the cell. Fruit sugar from fruit foes NOT need insulin to get into cells, unless you have still lots of fat from previous meals in your system. Also its the liver that stores the fresh sugar snd all the dugar thats to much, gets converted to fat.

[@mrmac3971]

i too think that fruit sugar is not harmful especially when eaten as whole fruits.

[@mayam6678]

@Rick Vis your body knows, one needs converting and one dosent!

[@kimcochran5262]

Fructose (fruit sugar) is only utilized in the liver. To much causes fatty liver. "Bad" Table sugar is glucose plus fructose. The average American eats like 150 lbs per year. Since they have demonized fat the food companies have added sugar like crazy...causes addiction.

[@chrisconklin2981]

Unlike Dr. Bikman, I believe in fiber and the digestive process. It seems that there is a lack of the many functions preformed by the intestines. Dr. Bikman is wrong about insulin resistance. Blood glucose cannot get into the house because Intramyocellular lipid toxicity.

[@mtnbiker4480]

Fructose is only processed through the liver. Fructose cannot be processed by other cells in the body. Too much fructose and you get a fatty liver and excess visceral fat (pot belly) just like you would when consuming too much alcohol. Leads to lots of inflammation...not healthy at all unless you are saving up visceral fat to hibernate in the winter.

[@bigjohnnytoppdoggcg9783]

Please call black people as Africans or African Americans NOT BLACKS ..

[@jodyjackson5475]

Please call white people Caucasian. NOT WHITES

[@leftoverciccia]

I still hear so much nonsense in this video! Explain to me how somebody like Tim Noakes, a marathon runner!!!! could developp diabetes 2 in the first place? Wasn't he activating his muscle enough? Well now tell me, how a common mortal could do sports 12 hours a day? I happen to know many sportives (not week ends sportives) who became diabetics (2) even though they were thin and very active... I know diabetes2 is not an insuline issue, its the sugar we consume. As soon as one stops consuming sugars (carbs also) the body heals. High activity is not even needed to lose body mass!

[@margaretcordova3268]

Tom probably eats a bad diet. People like Tom think they can eat whatever they want just because they exercise. Look at the runner who dropped dead back years ago. There is nothing wrong with Gundry having a stomach. There are skinny people who are sick because they think they can eat whatever they want because they are slim. I have a friend like that. Her teeth are falling out, she’s skinny and has vericose veins, and mental problems,etc.

[@obaidullahakhtar1709]

gundary you aer false doc.....bickmen promote animal diet but gunday dislike ....that iswhy i dont like gunday.....