Is Your Diet Killing You? | Dr. Benjamin Bikman

Jordan chats with Dr. Benjamin Bikman, a bestselling author and bioenergetics Ph.D.. Review Below ... We’ve heard quite a bit about metabolic health over the past few years, but to hear Dr. Bikman combine “cardio” and metabolic into a single word and then squarely focus on insulin as a driving cause of positive or negative cardio-metabolic health, the fuzzy worlds of “diet” and “health” sure cleared up quickly for this reviewer. In summary, this is a rather dense conversation about the negative affects of too much insulin relative to the 10 most common diseases. While dense, it is a conversation chock full of knowledge, some which you have heard perhaps, but none-the-less presented articulately and believably from Dr. Bikman. The ten most common death causing diseases in the world can be attributed to poor cardio-metabolic health. Think heart disease, diabetes, alzheimer’s, obesity and various points of connectivity to cancer and more. Dr. Bikman makes the point that carbohydrates drive these increased insulin levels. And while people know that an over-indulgence on carbohydrates is bad, our medical / testing systems are not properly conveying the right information to us early enough to prevent us from getting sick…before we get sick. Bikman advocates for thinking about measuring insulin early and often. Looking at high Glucose, for example, and while good to identify, its already a negative process that should have been examined earlier. Additionally, in some cases there are problems that are not glucose problems like fatty liver disease. High insulin causes fatty liver disease independent and earlier than any rise in glucose. So, why don’t we look at insulin more as a healthcare practice? Well, Bikman wonders if its because there are no drugs to prescribe to fight high insulin…there are for glucose. “We Are Eating For Winter All The Time” - Dr Benjamin Bikman Dietary change is the best way to fight all of this. Remember, carbohydrates of all types convert into glucose and glucose, of course, increases insulin levels. An overabundance of insulin can result in insulin resistance which can result in the plethora of diseases discussed. So, yes, cutting carbs is important. It’s always the same advice in the end..fewer carbs and more meats, fats, greens, etc. Bikman makes the point that we should throw the food pyramid away and challenge our doctors to look beyond glucose. Its seems, even in health, that truth is always a few layers under the surface. THE PODSCORE: 4 (of 5) Mics. @jordanbpeterson @JBPpod @BenBikmanPhD #insulin #glucose #keto #carnivorediet

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@ScottAdamsSays @OwenGregorian You need to watch that!!! 🤠🌷

Great talk

Kid lunch box foods are mostly fruit and carbs. We’ll see if my son eats the eggs, meat, and butter he’s getting tomorrow 😁

I will miss seeing you in Kelowna and will eat a steak in your honor - please try to visit us soon