How to Naturally Reverse Insulin Resistance & Type 2 Diabetes | Dr. Jason Fung
Episode 567
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/HeX--GOnqRk
Dr. Jason Fung (IG: @drjasonfung) is a physician, researcher, New York Times bestselling author and currently practices as a nephrologist (kidney specialist).
He is the co-founder of The Fasting Method, which provides the education, tools and community needed to successfully implement intermittent fasting.
Jason recently released The Diabetes Code Journal: The Official Workbook for Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Through Healthy Eating and Fasting.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What causes type 2 diabetes?
- The insulin resistance - diabetes continuum
- What is hyperinsulinemia?
- The underlying problem with type 2 diabetes
- The 5 markers of metabolic syndrome
- Does prescribing insulin fix type 2 diabetes?
- Insulin resistance takes 10-15 years to turn into type 2 diabetes
- Early signs of diabetic kidney disease
- Cholesterol is not the main cause of heart disease
- Type 2 diabetes is reversible
- Body mass index (BMI) is deceiving
- The process called de novo lipogenesis (DNL)
- Type 1 diabetes needs insulin treatment
- 3 ways to lower insulin naturally
- Ketosis is an ultra-low-carbohydrate diet
- Reducing calories doesn't address the root cause of the problem
- Intermittent fasting is a powerful tool to control type 2 diabetes
- Does fasting impact the basal metabolic rate (BMR)?
- Fasting doesn't cause muscle loss
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Related links:
Dr. Jason Fung - The Diabetes Code Journal (book)
Dr. Jason Fung's website
Follow Dr. Jason Fung on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
Listen or watch Dr. Jason Fung previously on TUHP (episodes #369, #380, #467, #496, #510, and #523)
Dr. Jason Fung - The Diabetes Code (book)
Dr. Jason Fung (books)
David Unwin, MD
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