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Brain Energy: Keto For Metabolic & Mental Health with Dr. Chris Palmer: Part 2

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

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The Effects of the Ketogenic Diet on Leptin

Leptin is supposed to make you feel full. People who are obese have really high levels of leptin. And yet the fat cells that are playing a role in leptin levels are getting this powerful signal: Whoa, we are full. We've got a full house here. Don't eat anymore. Stop eating." But the brain isn't responding and so people's hunger actually starts to go down because they begin to mobilize fat from those fat stores.

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