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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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Leptin Is the Brain's Way of Saying Hey, You Might Get Pregnant

Women need more leptin than men do because it's her brain's way of saying Do we have enough fat to even want to even think about getting pregnant? Women bear a remarkable metabolic burden. Men can get to a fantastically low body fat level and still have plenty of leptin for normal You know sperm production and testosterone production But in a woman as she starts to get leaner and leaner Even at a kind of modest body fat for a guy She may start to have too little leptin to turn to have an ovulation going.

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