203: Turning Off Your Metabolic Fat Switch with Dr Rick Johnson
In his book, Nature Wants Us To Be Fat, Dr. Rick Johnson explains that there are certain biological mechanisms that encourage weight gain in order to support our body’s metabolic needs. The problem is, we switch it on but do things that don’t allow it to be switched off.
In this week’s episode Dr. Johnson, clinician and renowned obesity researcher, explains the roles water, salt, glucose, fructose and uric acid play in our metabolism and how we can turn off our fat switch.
EPISODE 203: Turning Off Your Metabolic Fat Switch with Dr Rick Johnson
SHOW NOTES
(0:00) Intro
(2:56) How Dr. Rick Johnson came to this type of research and work
(8:15) Why nature wants us to be fat and how it relates to survival
(17:10) The properties of fruit that make it a healthful option (countering the affects of fructose) that is not likely to cause weight gain
(20:50) How the body makes fructose from glucose and why the order of eating certain foods is important for absorption.
(28:05) A study involving juice: The difference between drinking juice in a few minutes vs. over the course of an hour.
(31:05) The advantage of the body for glucose turning into fructose
(39:00) Salt, water, dehydration, and how it all relates to fat storage
(45:00) The skinny on electrolytes, low carb diets, and monitoring glucose
(50:05) Story time: (non-alcoholic) fatty liver disease and its relation to fructose
(55:40) The crux of the modern day problem: Why our fat switch is always flipped on with our food options and availability
(59:35) The viscous energy cycle: Fructose signals our hunger AND fructose blocks the production of ATP
(1:04:15) Anchor Questions
(1:06:43) Outro & Disclaimer
Resources:
Nature Wants Us to Be Fat by Richard Johnson, MD
Thanks for listening! Have a healthy and blessed week!