All of rob’s patients are experts at failing at diet programs
Rob believes that carbohydrates, especially the food is processed today is very addictive
if we think of the approach as a “diet” that means that we’re depriving ourselves of something we love to eat
that means it’s just a matter of time before that deprivation becomes so tempting and we go back to eating carbs
when you talk to a vegetarian
they don’t say that they’re on a vegetarian diet
they define themselves as vegetarians
being a vegetarian is who they are
it is their way of life
it resonates
we need to do the same thing carbohydrates
if eating carbs is disgusting
because we know that carbs make us sick
now we don’t feel deprived eating carbohydrates

like an ex-smoker who is arrogant about the fact that they don’t smoke
you’re less likely to stumble and fall if you are arrogant
it has to be comprehensive
it has to be pervasive
it has to be your way of life all the time
“I’m not doing keto, I am KETO”
it’s the difference between someone who says they’re not drinking vs. someone who says they’re an alcoholi

now that’s just the first 4 minutes.

This podcast is fantastic, I will cover his other podcast next month

Dr. Rob also talks about:

our ancestors who were hunter gatherers
for those people, glucagon is the key hormone, not insulin, it keeps our blood sugar at about 70
insulin was there to turn off glucagon
and now, we have chronic sugar and carb consumption
we’re using insulin for something it wasn’t designed to do
and it creates obesogenic patterns in some of us who can handle all that blood glucose
and some people who can’t handle that blood glucose become diabesogenic patterns

Let’s figure it out! The Fasting Motivation podcast is not medical advice.

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Repeat after me:

I am keto

I AM keto

I am KETO

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