What Causes Obesity? with Dr. Richard Johnson

Nature wants you to be fat. That's the surprising truth, and Dr. Richard Johnson joins us today to share the mounting evidence on the biological switch that makes us insulin resistant and prone to weight gain. Dr. Johnson is an internationally acclaimed scientist and physician researching obesity and metabolic health. In this episode, he explains the disastrous effects of excess fructose on the body and how it's the key driver of insulin dysregulation and metabolic disease. But fruit contains fructose! So does that mean you have to avoid it at all costs? Dr. Johnson and JJ discuss how to strategically incorporate fruit into your diet, who can best tolerate this type of sugar, and how much you should eat to avoid going down the wrong path. They also discuss how the faux healthy foods we consume (starting in childhood) can lead to leaky gut syndrome and food allergies, why you won't get fat on a high-fat-low-carb diet, and what you can do to turn off the survival switch that contributes to weight gain, heart disease, high blood pressure, and more.