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#162 Low Insulin the Key to Everything | Conversation with Influential Health Leader & Metabolic Researcher Dr. Benjamin Bikman

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Fat Cells - The Problem With Hypertrophy and Insulin Resistance

The fat cell or the unique aspect to the fat cell is How we get fat and you can't just tell this from looking at a person? So let's imagine we had two individuals who have gained both 20 pounds of fat But they've gained it through two totally different processes. One guy was getting fat through a process called adipocyte hypertrophy so hypertrophy versus hyperplasia. The body stops making more fat cells and this is how most people around the world get fat Which is why metabolic problems are so prevalent, but the fat cells stay set in number.

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