The Energy Balance Podcast EB. 86: Robb Wolf on Ray Peat and the Bioenergetic View: Stress & Blood Sugar
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Whether it’s stressful to be in a fat-burning, keto-adapted state
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How blood sugar is regulated when we’re not eating carbohydrates, and how this impacts stress hormones and thyroid hormones
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Whether having stable blood sugar levels on a low-carb diet is a good thing
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The problems with elevated levels of glucagon, which occurs when someone is on a low-carb diet
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Why glucagon is a stress hormone and its impact on thyroid hormones
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Timestamps:
4:30 – why we wanted to discuss Robb Wolf’s perspective of the bioenergetic view
8:25 – Robb’s main points against the bioenergetic view
9:52 – whether fat-burning and being keto-adapted is stressful and how blood sugar is regulated in these states
31:29 – the problems with elevated levels of glucagon, which occurs when someone is on a low-carb diet