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Why You Get Hungry, How Gut Bacteria Matters & the Perils of Food Industry Manipulation – Amy Shah, M.D. : 1029

Mar 8, 2023

Dr. Amy Shah, a double board-certified physician and nutrition expert, delves into the science of hunger and cravings. She emphasizes that traditional diets often fail because they ignore our body's signals. The conversation highlights the gut-brain connection and the impact of gut bacteria on our cravings. Shah introduces her 5-step program that combines psychological and dietary strategies to manage hunger effectively. Listeners learn about the food industry's manipulation of cravings and the importance of nourishing foods for overall well-being.

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Diets Don't Work

Diets don't work, they keep you addicted, hungry, and unhappy.
Lean into body signals and understand what's happening.

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Why We Eat

People eat for taste, convenience, comfort, emotional, social, and economic reasons.
Your gut influences how you feel: happy, sad, hungry, full, motivated, or in a funk.

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Gut Bacteria and Motivation

Gut bacteria influence our desires.
Changing diet and exercise for a few days can shift gut bacteria and create new motivations.

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IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™… Amy Shah, M.D., teaches you all you need to know about the second F word: food. That’s right, you are going to learn all about hunger from the author of the book, “I'm So Effing Hungry: Why We Crave What We Crave – and What to Do About It.” You’ll also find out why focusing on your hunger is more important and effective than going on yet another diet.

Dr. Shah is a double board-certified medical doctor and nutrition expert with training from Cornell, Columbia, and Harvard universities. Her background includes internal medicine and allergy/immunology. During this discussion, she shares why she believes that you can diet all you want, but diets don't work—and, worse yet, they keep you addicted. They also keep you hungry and keep you unhappy. She helps you lean into your body signals and really understand what's happening.

She developed a 5-step program for battling excessive hunger and food cravings by harnessing the power of psychobiotics and intermittent fasting. She combined scientific studies with Western and Ayurvedic approaches so you can:

REPLENISH your body by eating more nourishing, mood-balancing foods.
REWIRE your brain to undo the addiction pathways and cravings for processed foods.
RESET your circadian rhythm to activate hunger hormones that reduce your appetite.
REFRESH with a good night’s sleep, using proven good sleep habits used by the U.S. military.
RETRAIN your body with exercise that regulates key neurotransmitters that influence our hunger response.

You’ll want to take notes on this extremely helpful and actionable interview. You also can download the transcript in the episode show notes under "Links & Resources."

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