S1E3: Dr. Benjamin Bikman - How Insulin Resistance Wreaks Havoc on Health & What to Do to Fix This

As a professor of pathophysiology and biomedical scientist at Brigham Young University, Dr. Benjamin Bikman set out to understand chronic diseases better. He specifically wanted to know how they can eventually lead to negative health outcomes like obesity and diabetes. And what he found was a common driver in many of these health issues is insulin resistance. But, as you'll hear in this episode, you can have high insulin levels for decades before you even realize it's happening and your glucose may not spike until it's far too late. To help prevent this from happening, and to help reduce insulin levels in people who are already sick, Dr. Ben Bikman has made it his mission to help educate people on this exact topic. And he comes on the show to share his top tips for doing just that. So you'll discover the problems associated with high insulin levels, what causes this, what you can do to bring down insulin, and how it becomes a problem in the first place. Dr. Bikman also dives into why pumping diabetics with insulin makes things worse, insulin resistance in pregnancy, and how insulin acts in people on keto or low carb diets. He also chats about the biggest mistake people make when fasting, how to avoid this, the role linoleic acid plays in insulin resistance, why calorie counting doesn't work (and what will instead), and his three pillars to lower insulin levels starting today. Dr. Benjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University in Singapore in metabolic disorders. He's also the author of the best-selling book, Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease—and How to Fight It. Tune into the episode now to learn more! P.S. Ben has also been kind enough to give us a discount for his meal replacement shake that we talk about in the episode. Visit getHLTH.com and use the code ANSWERS for 10% off.