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354: How Your Brain Is Making You Fat (And What To Do About It) with Stephan Guyenet
[smart_track_player url="" ]Ever plowed through a pint of ice cream? Gone back for seconds (or thirds) at a buffet? Then you know how difficult it can be to put the skids on eating. You might curse your lack of willpower, but this doesn’t help you stop doing the same next time.
The problem is in the brain and you have to first understand what really happens in these kinds of moments, to be able to change your eating behavior.
In this special episode of the Legendary Life podcast, Ted discusses the brain’s influence on weight loss with neuroscientist Dr. Stephan Guyenet.
He also answers burning questions such as “Does insulin resistance cause weight gain?” or “Why stress can make you overeat?” and much more. Listen to this episode to learn proven ways to regain control of emotional eating, so it doesn’t control your life.
Today’s Guest
Dr Stephan Guyenet
Dr Stephan Guyenet is a researcher, science consultant, and science communicator. He earned a BS in biochemistry at the University of Virginia and a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Washington, where he continued as a postdoctoral fellow studying the brain mechanisms that regulate body fatness and eating behaviour.
His scientific publications have been cited more than 2,000 times by his peers. His book, The Hungry Brain, was named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly and called “essential” by The New York Times Book Review. He is currently a Senior Fellow at GiveWell and scientific reviewer for the Examine.com Research Digest. He grows much of his own food and brews a mean hard cider.
- Stephan Guyenet’s Website
- Follow Stephan Guyenet on Twitter
- Stephan Guyenet’s Book: The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
You’ll Learn
- The Stephan Guyenet vs. Gary Taubes debate [03:42-07:50]
- False things promoted by credible health and nutrition professionals [07:59-21:12]
- Weighing of information and conflict of interest [21:14-26:00]
- Cognitive biases and the human brain [26:02-32:36]
- Does insulin resistance cause weight gain? [32:38-41:05]
- Why stress can make you overeat and how to stop it [41:06-50:20]
- What Stephan is trying to do with going to The Joe Rogan and debate Gary Taubes [53:44-55:55]
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The Legendary Life is a fun and enlightening look at health fitness, nutrition, biohacking, fat loss, anti-aging, and cutting-edge health advice from celebrity fitness trainer Ted Ryce. Ted’s clientele consists of celebrities, including Richard Branson, Ricky Martin, and Robert Downey Jr., CEOs of multimillion-dollar companies, and other high performers.
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