Description

Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Jason Fung is a New York Times-bestselling author of many books including The Obesity Code and The Diabetes Code. He completed medical school at the University of Toronto and a fellowship in nephrology at UCLA. He is the co-founder of The Fasting Method, a program to help people lose weight and reverse type 2 diabetes naturally with intermittent fasting. He lives in Toronto.

In this episode, Drs. Brian and Jason talk about…

• (00:00) Intro
• (05:09) Dr. Fung’s new book, The Hunger Code
• (05:46) Why the ‘calories-in, calories-out’ model is not sufficient for addressing or explaining the obesity epidemic
• (21:54) The three types of hunger
• (38:42) Why environmental and societal influence is more important than genetics when it comes to obesity
• (54:48) How the food landscape has changed over the years
• (58:16) How the big pharmaceutical companies’ interests influence accepted medical dogma
• (01:04:02) Outro

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Dr. Jason Fung:

• X: https://x.com/drjasonfung
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/drjasonfung/
• Website: https://www.doctorjasonfung.com
• Books: https://www.doctorjasonfung.com/books

Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 

• Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/
• Brain Bootcamp: https://prescott-now.com/event/brain-bootcamp-resource-event/

HLTH Code:

• HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH

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