Is a Low Carb Diet the Magic Solution?

The original calorie and calorie calorie counting approach to weight control started around 1920 100 years ago. The low fat diet, based on reducing the most energy dense nutrient, you know that first food guide pyramid. That didn't work. We have new iterations of this energy balance view. It's a model for understanding how all these factors we discussed other aspects of the diet, stress, sleep, physical activity, could lead to gain by actions at the fat cell. And if we don't consider that, if this model is at least part correct, we're going to be struggling like we're looking through the wrong end of the telescope.

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Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/516drdavidludwig

Dr. David Ludwig is an endocrinologist and researcher at Boston Children's Hospital. He's a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health.

For more than 25 years, Dr. Ludwig has studied the effects of dietary composition on metabolism, body weight and risk for chronic disease – with a special focus on low-glycemic index, low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets.

Described as an "obesity warrior" by Time Magazine, Dr. Ludwig has fought for fundamental policy changes to improve the food environment.

He has authored more than 200 scientific articles and presently serves as an editor at The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Dr. Ludwig is author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Always Hungry? Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently.

If you're just about to begin your weight loss journey or you've hit a plateau along the way, this conversation is for you!

In this episode, we discuss:

What is the carbohydrate-insulin model?
Insulin is miracle grow for your fat cells
Naked carbohydrates are a metabolic disaster
The right way to eat carbs
Shift your metabolism one meal at a time
Transitioning from the SAD diet to a keto diet
The first step to weight loss
Are you a high insulin secreter?
Type 1 diabetes and insulin
Carbohydrates raise insulin and suppress glucagon (a bad combo)
The problem with fructose
Dr. Ludwig's approach to time-restricted eating
Coffee stimulates weight loss
Fasted exercise lowers insulin resistance
Start walking after your meals
Why exercise is a poor prescription for weight loss
How your metabolism changes as you age
Sleep and stress alter fat cell behaviour
Being fat is not the problem, it's the ill health of your fat cells
The nibbling vs. gorging study
Figuring out the best time of day to eat for your insulin
There's death in eating... no matter what diet you consume
We need proper investment in our food supply

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