In this episode, Ben Azadi breaks down why doing OMAD (One Meal a Day) long-term can slow your metabolism, disrupt hormones, and stall fat loss. He explains how chronic caloric restriction can cause thyroid suppression, muscle loss, and elevated cortisol, leading to fat gain—especially around the belly.
🔑 What You’ll Learn:
<ul>
 <li>
Why OMAD works short-term but fails long-term
</li>
 <li>
Signs of metabolic adaptation and hormonal imbalance
</li>
 <li>
The importance of protein intake and muscle preservation
</li>
 <li>
How to implement Metabolic Switching (16:8, 18:6, OMAD 1x/week, Feast Day)
</li>
 <li>
How to restore leptin sensitivity and avoid weight loss plateaus
</li>
</ul>
📘 Grab Ben’s book + FREE metabolism course:<a href="http://metabolicfreedombook.com/">http://metabolicfreedombook.com</a>
🎤 Upcoming live events:<a href="http://benazadi.com/events">http://benazadi.com/events</a> 
🔎 Find all of the Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship deals and coupon codes here: <a href="https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals">https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals</a>

In this episode, Ben Azadi breaks down why doing OMAD (One Meal a Day) long-term can slow your metabolism, disrupt hormones, and stall fat loss. He explains how chronic caloric restriction can cause thyroid suppression, muscle loss, and elevated cortisol, leading to fat gain—especially around the belly. 🔑 What You’ll Learn: Why OMAD works short-term but fails long-term Signs of metabolic adaptation and hormonal imbalance The importance of protein intake and muscle preservation How to implement Metabolic Switching (16:8, 18:6, OMAD 1x/week, Feast Day) How to restore leptin sensitivity and avoid weight loss plateaus 📘 Grab Ben’s book + FREE metabolism course:http://metabolicfreedombook.com 🎤 Upcoming live events:http://benazadi.com/events 🔎 Find all of the Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship deals and coupon codes here: https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

In this episode, Ben Azadi breaks down why doing OMAD (One Meal a Day) long-term can slow your metabolism, disrupt hormones, and stall fat loss. He explains how chronic caloric restriction can cause thyroid suppression, muscle loss, and elevated cortisol, leading to fat gain—especially around the belly.
🔑 What You’ll Learn:
<ul>
 <li>
Why OMAD works short-term but fails long-term
</li>
 <li>
Signs of metabolic adaptation and hormonal imbalance
</li>
 <li>
The importance of protein intake and muscle preservation
</li>
 <li>
How to implement Metabolic Switching (16:8, 18:6, OMAD 1x/week, Feast Day)
</li>
 <li>
How to restore leptin sensitivity and avoid weight loss plateaus
</li>
</ul>
📘 Grab Ben’s book + FREE metabolism course:<a href="http://metabolicfreedombook.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://metabolicfreedombook.com</a>
🎤 Upcoming live events:<a href="http://benazadi.com/events" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://benazadi.com/events</a>&nbsp;
🔎 Find all of the Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship deals and coupon codes here: <a href="https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals</a>

#1057 The Hidden Dangers of One Meal a Day: How to Burn Fat Without Wrecking Your Hormones With Ben Azadi

Ben Azadi, founder of Keto Kamp and best selling author of Keto Flex, is the host of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast. We bring on the thought leaders in this space in this space to have life-changing conversations so you can apply it and upgrade your metabolism. The topics we cover include bio-hacking, ketosis, carnivore, fasting strategies, mindset and metabolic health. Discover how to cut through all the noise in the health and nutrition space so you can finally get the results you want, and keep them; whether its fat loss, more energy, better sleep, or focusing on general health and longevity. As a former obese man, Ben took his pain of being extremely unhealthy, and turned it into a purpose by transforming his health and now he is on a mission to educate 1 billion people. Ben brings you the thought leaders in the world of health, including Dr. Eric Berg, Ben Greenfield, Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Will Cole, Mark Sisson, Dr. Ken Berry, Dr Mindy Pelz, Cynthia Thurow, Dr. Daniel Pompa, and many others. You'll discover everything you want to know about the keto diet, ketosis, paleo, fasting, intermittent fasting, block fasting, fasting mimicking diet, bulletproof fasting, dry fasting, water fasting, and everything that works (and doesn't work) to help you understand what is best for your unique body.

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Ben Azadi, founder of Keto Kamp and best selling author of Keto Flex, is the host of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast. We bring on the thought leaders in this space in this space to have life-changing conversations so you can apply it and upgrade your metabolism. The topics we cover include bio-hacking, ketosis, carnivore, fasting strategies, mindset and metabolic health. Discover how to cut through all the noise in the health and nutrition space so you can finally get the results you want, and keep them; whether its fat loss, more energy, better sleep, or focusing on general health and longevity. As a former obese man, Ben took his pain of being extremely unhealthy, and turned it into a purpose by transforming his health and now he is on a mission to educate 1 billion people. Ben brings you the thought leaders in the world of health, including Dr. Eric Berg, Ben Greenfield, Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Will Cole, Mark Sisson, Dr. Ken Berry, Dr Mindy Pelz, Cynthia Thurow, Dr. Daniel Pompa, and many others. You'll discover everything you want to know about the keto diet, ketosis, paleo, fasting, intermittent fasting, block fasting, fasting mimicking diet, bulletproof fasting, dry fasting, water fasting, and everything that works (and doesn't work) to help you understand what is best for your unique body.

Ben Azadi, founder of Keto Kamp and best selling author of Keto Flex, is the host of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast. We bring on the thought leaders in this space in this space to have life-changing conversations so you can apply it and upgrade your metabolism.&nbsp;The topics we cover include bio-hacking, ketosis, carnivore, fasting strategies, mindset and metabolic health. Discover how to cut through all the noise in the health and nutrition space so you can finally get the results you want, and keep them; whether its fat loss, more energy, better sleep, or focusing on general health and longevity. As a former obese man, Ben took his pain of being extremely unhealthy, and turned it into a purpose by transforming his health and now he is on a mission to educate 1 billion people. Ben brings you the thought leaders in the world of health, including Dr. Eric Berg, Ben Greenfield, Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Will Cole, Mark Sisson, Dr. Ken Berry, Dr Mindy Pelz, Cynthia Thurow, Dr. Daniel Pompa, and many others. You'll discover everything you want to know about the keto diet, ketosis, paleo, fasting, intermittent fasting, block fasting, fasting mimicking diet, bulletproof fasting, dry fasting, water fasting,&nbsp;and everything that works (and doesn't work) to help you understand what is best for your unique body.

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