The Role of Carbs in Sugar Addiction

There was a day devoted to sugar and processed food addiction at the latest metabolic health summit, symposium for metabolic health in Boca Raton. The dopamine receptors and the reward center of the brain gets lit up when the animals have sugar. Therapeutically, if you use the same ideas and concepts of addiction medicine, now don't use tobacco or cocaine or heroin. When you put in sugar processed food, you can develop treatments that will help a lot of people.

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Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/531drericwestman

Dr. Eric Westman (IG: @ecwestman) is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University. He is Board Certified in Obesity Medicine and Internal Medicine, and founded the Duke Keto Medicine Clinic in 2006 after conducting clinical research regarding low carbohydrate ketogenic diets.

Eric is an editor of the textbook: Obesity: Evaluation & Treatment Essentials. He’s a New York Times Bestselling author and his books are: The New Atkins for a New You, Cholesterol Clarity, Keto Clarity, and End Your Carb Confusion.

Eric is co-founder of Adapt Your Life, an education company based on low carbohydrate concepts.

If you’re looking to lose weight, this conversation will be priceless for you!

In this episode, we discuss:

Cut out the carbs
A strict low-carb keto diet approach
Type 2 diabetes is reversible
Insulin resistance leads to prediabetes
Learn how to fix your metabolism
Internet-based keto vs. evidence-based keto
Follow the 20 grams of carbs rule
Insulin spikes block fat-burning mode
What is your personal fat threshold?
Signs/symptoms of metabolic health problems
Everyone is in ketosis at 20 grams of carbs or less per day
Does Dr. Westman eat carbs?
His thoughts on the carnivore diet
The benefits of a low-carb microbiome
A flexible approach to intermittent fasting
Why calories don’t matter
The downside of blood sugar hacks on a low-carb diet
Lose 1-2lbs a week with this diet
How long does it take for insulin resistance to start to fix itself?
The potential issues with carb cycling
How to battle a carb addiction
Carbs = sugar
What is carb backloading?
The #1 diet to lose weight

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