Insulin Alters Metabolic Rate
While a calorie is certainly a calorie, overlooking the effect of those calories on insulin means we miss a piece of the metabolic puzzle. We’ll explore some studies that reveal what insulin does to m...
16 Apr 202130min
Is Your Thyroid Lost on a Low-Carb Diet?
A low-carb diet can do a lot of good things, but does it come at the expense of the thyroid? We’ll review the evidence and explore the relationship between thyroid and carbs.Here are the resources tha...
13 Apr 202131min
Are Your Fat Cells Too Fat?
When fat cells get too big rather than too many, they start to suffer. This week Dr. Ben Bikman and the Insulin IQ Team review the evidence for why this happens and what you can do about it.Here are t...
9 Apr 202136min
Fructose and Fatty Liver Disease
Are you worried about your fatty liver. This week Dr. Ben Bikman and the Insulin IQ Team explore what the sweet carbohydrate, fructose, does to liver fat.Here are the three studies that Ben references...
6 Apr 202124min
Are You Eating Enough Salt to Stay Insulin Sensitive?
Are you eating enough salt to stay insulin sensitive? Dietary salt is too often viewed as something to avoid, but could eating too little salt actually make your metabolic problems worse? Dr. Ben Bikm...
2 Apr 202117min
Are You Making Your Fat Cells Hungry?
Long term restriction of calories seems like the simplest answer to losing weight; eat less weigh less, right? However, this approach the serious consequences that chronic calorie restriction has on y...
30 Mar 202121min
Control Fat By Burning Fat
What's the best way to lose body fat? That's the question at the center of a multi-billion dollar tug of war. But when we focus on the fundamentals of metabolism, the answer becomes clear. Dr. Ben Bik...
26 Mar 202117min
Does Too Much Fat in Your Diet Cause Hypertension?
We hear it all the time from the media, medical figures, and even well-intentioned friends and family. "Fatty foods will clog your arteries". But are fats themselves really to blame? Dr. Ben Bikman an...
23 Mar 202126min
