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#104 Dr. Ben Bikman: How To Reverse Insulin Resistance Through Diet, Exercise, & Sleep
July 11, 20253h 1m · 32,495 words
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Get access to 130 episodes of my premium podcast, The Aliquot, as a FoundMyFitness Premium Member Insulin resistance silently shapes the trajectory of nearly every major chronic disease, yet it's often overlooked until blood sugar abnormalities become obvious. In this episode, Dr. Ben Bikman exposes the dietary culprits that drive metabolic dysfunction and highlights actionable, evidence-based tactics for improving metabolic health.
Highlighted moments
The conventional clinician is only measuring glucose every time the patient's coming in for an annual visit, with no regard to the patient's insulin levels.
“the average South Asian man had adipocytes that were about four times larger volumetrically than the fat cells in the Caucasian at the same body size, same body fat percent.”
“if you just do 10 to 15 minutes of physical activity after your biggest glucose spiking meal, you will blunt that glucose excursion by half, if not even better.”
“One dose of insulin can activate mTOR for up to 24 hours. Whereas leucine, the most anabolic of the amino acids will only activate mTOR for about an hour or two.”
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