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TOP Highlights and Takeaways about Leptin, Fructose, Hydration and Mitochondria from Dr. Rick Johnson Interview

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

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The Fat Switch That Is Activated in Nature When We Forage for Energy

The mitochondria can become more and more damaged over time if someone is overweight or obese. The fact of having to store the energy that we're eating instead of directly using it for energy by turning it into ATP is going to damage the mitochondria more than if we just generate ATP. fructose or sugar is really hijacking that innate system for survival, he says. It's making us forage for energy and for food by making us incredibly hungry and you know all of these other things.

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