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One of the problems with weight loss

goals is saying you need to cut calories

in order to get there. Now, I'm not

saying calories don't matter. They are

relevant, but not the most relevant. And

I'm going to talk about evidence to

support that.

>> If someone is listening at home now and

they have the goal of losing some

weight, they want to be in a better

physique, be more healthy. Is this

conversation going to help them

accomplish those goals?

>> I'll make sure that they get what they

need.

>> Dr. Benjamin Bickman is one of the

world's leading metabolic and fat cell

scientists. And now he's returned to

expose some of the myths surrounding

weight loss

>> and the surprising impact that one

particular hormone has on our weight,

brain, and mental health.

>> As a metabolic scientist, I wouldn't

want someone to think there is only one

way to lose weight. However, I think

this is the most practical and simplest

strategy, a ketogenic diet. A huge

reason is that when you cut carbs,

insulin comes down. And insulin as a

hormone is the one metabolic hormone to

rule them all. Insulin will tell every

single cell of the body what it needs to

do with energy. And insulin is so

determined to store energy that it is

directing calories to be stored in

tissues like fat or in the liver

>> to make you fat.

>> Yeah. But there's more. Ketones are the

brain's preferred fuel. It can control

anxiety, improve depression. It can help

with attention. In fact, the benefits of

ketones are so extensive that companies

are finding ways so you [music] can

drink ketones.

>> And I have a bunch of different

exogenous ketone products here, a

variety of different brands and a bunch

of other things here on the table. So,

what the hell is this?

>> If someone is interested in a good,

smart way of losing weight, try that.

>> This [snorts] is definitely a prop. It

tastes like bleach.

>> I'm so sorry. Oh my god.

>> So, for 2026 to be the year where I

finally get a grip of my health, and I

asked you to [music] make the perfect

plan, what would you prescribe?

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>> [music]

>> Dr. Benjamin Bickman,

at this time of year, the audience that

are listening right now are thinking a

lot about health and dietary changes

that they can make to make 2026 the best

year of their life to finally be able to

kick that habit. And one of the things

that's front of mind, I think, for all

of my listeners is their relationship

with sugar, with carbs,

>> right? And I guess the second order

things that some people might know

something about like insulin resistance

and all these kinds of subjects. At this

particular moment in the year, if you

had the ear of millions of people as

they're coming into 2026, what is the

most important thing that you would say

to them?

>> Yeah, that's a great question. What a

way to um to get things started. In

fact, I appreciate you even framing the

conversation as if I had the ear because

you've given me the ear of millions of

people. So, I'm going to take it

seriously. The way you frame the

question is really relevant because

within North America, you see a a

pattern, a rhythm to both weight gain

and even insulin resistance as it is

quantified throughout the year where in

the winter months people gain more

weight and are more insulin resistant.

Almost like the hibernating bear, which

becomes demonstrably more insulin

resistant as it gets into hibernation.

We non-hibernating mammals actually see

an echo of the same thing, albeit more

subtly. So, it matters now where

physiologically we're more inclined to

suffer from the consequences of bad

dietary decisions.

And of course, with all the holidays,

we're more likely to be making those bad

dietary decisions. So, my advice would

be to structure your indulgences as

smartly as you can. you know that you're

going to be faced with foods that are

delicious and dare I say addictive.

Don't rely on your own intuition uh to

guide you through eating that know that

your temptation to indulge is going to

be in some instances perhaps greater

than you can control. So, structure your

indulgences. Give yourself a distinct

period of time where you know you're

going to embib in these refined starches

and sugars. And then, if necessary,

recruit help. Have a family member, have

a loved one join you in your plan, and

you tell them, "I don't want to gain the

same weight I gained last year. I don't

want to amplify the consequences of

insulin resistance like I did last year.

Can you please be my my watchman and

help me keep track where today is my day

of indulgence or two days and then on

that Monday remind me please be my

helper um to get back on track. Among

the many problems with the modern diet

is the constant carbohydrate

consumption. It is the one macronutrient

that we have the hardest time

controlling and I would say it's the one

macronutrient that has the most

disastrous consequences in the form in

which we consume it. Now, of course,

carbohydrates is a broad class of food.

Some are just fine and some are not. Of

course, we more focus on the ones that

are not fine. So, my advice would be

structure your indulgences, be mindful

of what you're doing in that you are not

doing yourselves any favor. uh and then

recruit outside help because you will

not be able to rely on your own

intuition to pull you out of what might

become the sort of carbind induced coma.

>> Um I did ask thousands of the listeners

what dietary changes they had planned

for 2026 and what they cared about most.

Funnily keto came up number one then

cutting sugar then weight loss then

fasting more protein whole foods low

carb and calorie control. So this is

going to be a bit of a road map for me.

I'm thrilled to hear that order. Like

when you put out the histogram and

you're looking at the most common

responses, the fact that calorie number

was at the bottom actually kind of

thrills me because this reflects that

the tide is turning that over the past

decades, 60 plus years, the singular

piece of advice when it came to weight

loss and metabolic health was eat less,

exercise more, which is a purely

thermodynamic or a a calorie centric

paradigm. just stating nothing else

matters other than the energy you're

putting in and the energy you're putting

out. We can't possibly account for all

of the energy in the complexity of the

human body. You can have humans eat two

meals that are identical in calorie

number. So purely isocaloric

and there is something called the

thermic effect of food. So when we eat

right now you and I haven't eaten, we're

in a fasted state. Our metabolic rate is

say humming along here. If we were to go

get lunch and eat something in the hours