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Discover how you can live without constant hunger and fatigue, brain fog, poor sleep, and other low-energy symptoms. The Energy Balance Podcast will teach you how to maximize your cellular energy so you can take back your health and finally experience clear-headed focus, restful sleep, and all-day energy you didn’t think was possible.
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Monday Jun 28, 2021
Ep. 63: Why Fructose Does NOT Cause Fatty Liver (NAFLD Part 1)
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
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Why fructose does not cause fatty liver
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The 3 major problems with the research suggesting that fructose causes fatty liver
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How fat production in the liver can be protective
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The role of PUFA and endotoxin in de novo lipogenesis and inflammation
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Why overeating is not the cause fatty liver
Sign up for the Free Energy Balance Mini-Course here: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/energy
Click here to check out the show notes: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-63-why-fructose-does-not-cause-fatty-liver-nafld-part-1/
Timestamps:
3:54 – an introduction to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
15:34 – the basics of fat production in the liver
17:24 – what happens to carbohydrates when they reach the liver
20:16 – the basics of why fructose doesn’t cause fatty liver
26:24 – the details of why fructose doesn’t cause fatty liver
47:11 – what actually happens when humans consume fructose, even in large amounts
55:15 – whether low-calorie diets or avoiding fructose and saturated fats are practical dietary strategies
1:09:52 – what actually happens when humans consume fructose, even in large amounts (cont.)
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
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The many mistakes we made after finding Ray Peat and the bioenergetic view
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Our re-feeding periods that involved eating over 5,000 calories and 700g of carbs per day
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Our experimentation with various supplements (thyroid, B vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, pro-metabolic hormones, antibiotics, methylene blue, inosine) and what we learned along the way
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How long it took for us to see major improvements and stability in our health (it’s probably longer than you think)
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Why nutrition alone is not enough for optimal health (and what other factors we should consider)
- Our experiences in authoritarian environments (especially within the education system) and working to shed dogmatism
Sign up for the Free Energy Balance Mini-Course here: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/energy
Click here to check out the show notes: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-62-diving-in-to-the-bioenergetic-view-and-our-mistakes-along-the-way-our-health-journeys-part-2/
Timestamps:
4:11 – going all-in on a bioenergetic, Ray Peat inspired diet and experimenting with milk and low-fat diets
17:28 – Mike’s journey with milk, a carnivore diet, and refining his bioenergetic diet
26:40 – Jay’s lingering issues and experiments that helped resolve them
33:53 – Mike’s continued experimentation and the factors outside of nutrition that had major impacts on his health
46:49 – Jay’s continued experimentation and how stress and a lack of sleep affected his health
53:03 – creating an optimal environment is always a work in progress
59:19 – Mike’s depressive period following college and Jay’s experience with depression
1:06:06 – our experiences in authoritarian environments (especially within the education system) and working to shed dogmatism
1:20:51 – the value of intuition and listening to how you feel as well as working to understand the physiology
Friday Jun 11, 2021
Friday Jun 11, 2021
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Mike’s severe gut issues that led to dangerous weight loss and eventually surgery
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Jay’s experience with undereating/anorexia and how this shaped his health journey
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How doing everything we were “supposed to do” led to us feeling our worst
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Our experiences following various diets (vegetarian, paleo, keto, intermittent fasting, low-fat, bodybuilding) and how we navigated through them
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Our experiences with symptoms like cold hands and feet, insomnia, low energy, low libido, anxiety, depression, hair loss, joint pain, bloating, weight gain, allergies, histamine intolerance, psoriasis, and viral and fungal issues
- What led us to Ray Peat and the bioenergetic view
Sign up for the Free Energy Balance Mini-Course here: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/energy
Click here to check out the show notes: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-61-undereating-fad-diets-and-discovering-the-bioenergetic-view-our-health-journeys-part-1/
Timestamps:
3:40 – why we decided to share our stories
6:54 – the beginning of Mike’s health journey and his experience with severe gut issues, the conventional medical system, and surgery
41:24 – the earlier parts of Jay’s health journey and his experience with severe undereating, binging, and conventional nutrition information
1:06:23 – when we began to question mainstream ideas and low-carb
1:22:05 – our introduction to Ray Peat and the bioenergetic view through Danny Roddy
1:25:26 – our initial pro-metabolic/paleo combo diet