Episode Details

Episode Highlights With Dr. Sam Shay

• What puffy weight is, and why it's different
• Puffy weight is weight that rapidly comes on and off and isn’t just fat or water weight
• The muffin test to know if this is affecting you
• Have you ever eaten a small amount of something and gained a disproportionate amount of weight… here’s why
• How inflammatory chemicals in foods can lead to drastic weight fluctuations
• Dilution is the solution to the pollution, so rapid puffy weight is a signal of an inflammation response
• The exercise test for exercise-induced obesity 
• Why some people actually gain fat from exercise based on specific genes
• Symptoms and inflammation are both gifts and how to learn from them!
• All inflammation is not bad, but how to keep inflammatory responses in the right range
• How to help your liver detox estrogen more effectively 
• Your body is always trying to help you, and there might just be a mismatch between the environment you are in and the genetics you have
• What genetic salt intolerance is, and how to know if you have it
• Vitamin D may control up to 5% of the human genome and is super important

Resources We Mention

• Dr. Sam Shay - Website
• Dr. Sam Shay - Instagram
• Your Missing Genes