Before someone develops type 2 diabetes, they go through a prediabetic stage. But if someone is reversing their diabetes and is trending toward better glucose levels or even optimal levels, they are postdiabetic. Eric Edmeades and Ben Grynol discuss Edmeades’s new book “Postdiabetic,” his company Wildfit, and how the program helps people reverse type 2 diabetes, change their relationship with food, and overhaul their health.
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🎙 What Eric Edmeades & Ben Grynol discuss:
(04:42) — The makings of the obesity epidemic
(13:46) — Switching between fuel sources
(20:09) — The high cost and consequences of type 2 diabetes
(24:19) — Eric Edmeades explains the health experiment that changed his life
(27:29) — Doctors aren’t taught much about nutrition in medical school
(33:35) — Why doctors may be more likely to prescribe medicine than preventions
(34:58) — Wildfit helps people change their relationship with food and reverse type 2 diabetes
(40:49) — Why Edmeades titled his book “Postdiabetic”
(59:44) — The culpability of the food industry and the government
(55:38) — Diets are not the answer
(58:54) — Fat as a nutrient is not the enemy
Transcript & Show notes
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Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/QO4X6ePQZi8?si=LulpiRMkuWVV4dLj
