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autism really functions to bring us our
energy from the food we eat and it also
helps us become resilient to our life
stresses so that we can actually
function our entire lifetime with the
right amount of energy in our body
that's basically how it works all right
so no more speculation you're going to
help us dispel some of those myths and
today the myth number one that we want
to ask you about a genetics are to blame
for our metabolism can you break that
down for us you know how many times have
you heard from somebody that so-and-so
was born with a slow metabolism and I
was born with a fast metabolism and
that's why we have either no problem
with our food or we struggle with our
weight and our food right that's such a
common idea it turns out the latest
research shows that we are all born with
the exact same metabolism
and it's like you know it's like an
operating system that you would get from
a laptop you could bring home from the
computer store you open it up out of the
box you boot it up and it's going to
work exactly the same way now it is true
there are some medical conditions true
medical conditions that can actually
compromise your metabolism but that's
not what we're talking about we're
talking about the assumption that most
of us make as we get older I think we're
talking about blaming your parents
speaking of getting older myth number
two our metabolism slows down as we get
older is there any truth here listen
there's a mic drop uh that has been
discovered in the last couple of years
that shows that human Metabolism from
the age of 20 to 60. is Rock stable
really
in our body 20 30 40 50 pregnancy
menopause uh through the middle age that
are hardwiring is exactly stable so that
means that 60 can be the new 20 if you
follow what your metabolism was intended
to do and it also means that we're not
being honest with ourselves because
we're blaming like it was a lot easier
at 20. right what happens is that during
middle middle age life happens to us uh
and you know when you're the first phase
of metabolism from zero to one your
tablet skyrockets one to twenty your
metabolism actually goes down down down
down through right through radical
lessons kids are eating two dinners
they're jumping off the wall their
metabolism is going going down to adult
level 20 to 60s rock stable but that's
when our life happens work stress
relationship stress Financial stress
um menopause menopause what happens is
that our our brains then start to change
and we can take on behaviors that help
us gain body fat and so it's not that
our slow metabolism would cause us to
gain weight and gain body fat it's the
other way around it's our family
and last myth William people say like
their metabolism if I just work out more
I can impact my metabolism when I was
getting board certified in obesity
medicine I learned not so much it's not
really about exercise right well staying
Physically Active is important for just
General Health including your metabolism
but the real important aspect is that
research is now showing there are foods
that you can eat and this is really the
exciting part that we can actually eat
specific Foods researchers figure out
specific substances natural bioactors
and foods that can activate and fire up
our metabolism so we actually have the
agency to make choices that can make a
difference we got a little time but
speaking of foods your favorite food is
what apples and you said they can help
you know an apple a day is supposed to
keep the doctor away right but actually
there are bioactives and apples like
chlorogenic acid and ursolic acid that
can fire up your metabolism and
what I what I love about dried apples is
it's kind of a snack it's kind of sweet
you get your dietary fiber good for your
gut health there's nothing wrong with
snacking moderately on dried apples one
of my favorites
and we took those apples with us that
ate both bags for two days I'm in one
setting so much for moderation and you
can hear more on Dr Lee's new book just
eat to beat your diet burn fat heal your
metabolism and live longer go out and
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