Life's Best Medicine Podcast

Episode 265: Jason Fung, MD and The Hunger Code


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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

• • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com

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