Episode Details

For decades, counting calories has been revered as the number one way to control your weight. But what’s missing from this conversation is all of the other important factors that can influence the way your metabolism assimilates nutrients and calories. On today’s show, you’re going to learn about some of these powerful epicaloric controllers and how they impact your health, metabolism, and weight.  

This episode of The Model Health Show is my interview with friend of the show, Dr. Michael Beckwith, on his new podcast, Take Back Your Mind. You’re going to learn the truth about calories, what’s going on with the widespread epidemics of neuroinflammation and diabetes, and how your brain and your gut can directly impact the way your body processes calories.  

This conversation also covers important topics like the top inputs for better brain health, the critical role your psychology and your perception play when it comes to diet, and the truth about saturated fat. So just click play to learn all of this, and more!  

In this episode you’ll discover: 

• The truth about calories.  

• How metabolism can vary person to person 

• What epicaloric controllers are. 

• How the human body processes whole food vs. processed food. 

• Why the invention of calorie counting is tied to food morality.  

• The fascinating science behind the epidemic of neuroinflammation.  

• How insulin resistance is connected to inflammation in the brain.  

• The relationship between your microbiome and your metabolism. 

• How our psychology impacts our food choices. 

• What the fields of psychiatry and psychology are overlooking.  

• How your perception can affect your hormones and metabolism.  

• Why insulin resistance is tied to Alzheimer’s disease.  

• How your hydration levels impact your brain.