Insulin Blocks Fat Burning – The Key to Weight Loss | Jason Fung
🎥 Why Hormones Like Insulin Are Key to Weight Loss – Not Just Calories!
In this eye-opening video, we explore the science behind weight loss and explain why insulin is a far more important factor than just counting calories. If you’ve been struggling to lose weight despite reducing your calorie intake, this video will show you why understanding your hormones is the missing piece to achieving your goals.
🔑 Key Takeaways:
🌟 Learn how insulin affects fat storage and how it can prevent weight loss even when you're eating fewer calories.
🌟 Discover why cutting calories alone isn’t enough, and why intermittent fasting and low-carb diets work by lowering insulin levels.
🌟 Understand which foods trigger insulin spikes and how sugar, refined carbs, and processed foods make weight loss harder.
🌟 Find out which low-insulin foods can help you burn fat efficiently without reducing your metabolic rate.
💡 Why This Video Matters: Stop wasting time with ineffective calorie counting! If you’re serious about weight loss, it’s time to focus on hormonal health. Understanding how insulin works can transform your approach to nutrition and help you burn fat more efficiently.
👀 Watch until the end for practical tips from The Obesity Code that you can implement today for better results!
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⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction to the importance of hormones in weight loss
01:15 – The truth behind the calories-in/calories-out equation
02:30 – How insulin acts as a "lock" on fat stores
03:45 – The role of intermittent fasting and low-carb diets in lowering insulin
05:48 – Foods that spike insulin vs. foods that help burn fat
07:04 – How to balance eating and fasting for long-term fat loss
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Glad to know you have finally got the control of your YouTube account after it was hacked. Really happy to see you post again. 😊
I didn’t know he was hacked. I wondered why there wasn’t any videos.
@@47retta Same here. I thought he just wasn’t posting videos.
That’s really obnoxious… it had to be someone associated with big pharma. This is valuable life saving information.
Check out “Changing Fast Carbs to Slow Carbs – https://youtu.be/09ScTa4CTW0
Doc I was diabetic since I was 13 years old .. doctors put me on insulin.. after that I started gaining more weight and I was told I’ll be insulin dependent.. after watching your videos I have my sugars in control and on medication now doctors have stopped insulin.. now I’m 28 years old .. half of my life I was worried about this is insulin injections
@@samruddhikale9916Dr Ben bikman explains in his book , that when sugar is high , insulin production increases to be able to bring down the sugar levels. After a long period like that , the body starts to become insulin resistance which means it won’t allow the insulin to “burn” the sugar, so the insulin production goes even higher and crazier until you become high in glucose (sugar) and high in insulin and that’s when you become diabetic. Now , dr Ben is wondering what’s the reason doctors will give you more insulin if the only thing you actually need to do is bring your glucose levels down and stop insulin resistance and become insulin sensitive again and the diabetes will go bye bye..
Thank you, Dr. Fung. You’ve truly changed my life. While I’ve never had weight issues, I struggled with depression and neglected my eating habits. Over time, I developed joint pain, arthritis, and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia over a year ago. At 44, I considered myself healthy—until I wasn’t. That’s when I discovered water fasting, and I can’t even begin to describe how much it’s helped me. I’ve done 5-day and 10-day fasts, and more regularly, 3- or 4-day fasts. My doctor was amazed by how much I lowered my cholesterol, but he was skeptical when I told him about fasting. Despite his reservations, I refused medication because I feel so much better now.
Thank you for everything!
I’m finally losing and feeling so much better since finding your channel. I understand now about insulin and how my body works. Thank you!!
This is the most concise and best explanation of weight loss I have ever heard. This is the exact reason why 99% percent of people cannot lose weight. I’ve been struggling my whole life with obesity and finally feel like I have a grasp on whats happening!! Thank you
I tried the keto diet and I craved carbs all the time. I couldn’t stay on the keto diet. I found the Mayo Clinic Diet book by Donald Hensrud. This book taught how to measure calories in foods so that you will lose weight. This book also taught to have a serving of fruit (my favorite is a cup of cantaloupe) and a nonstarchy vegetable with every meal. This book also taught to eat unrefined carbs, like steel cut oats instead of instant oats. I lost weight following this diet and have kept most of the weight off since 2021. I weigh myself every day to ensure I am not gaining weight back. I now do intermittent fasting having two meals a day and sometimes one meal a day especially if I am going to a restaurant and eating a lot of calories for one meal. I don’t follow the diet as religiously as I did when I first used it to lose weight and have more fat in the diet and more refined carbs than recommended, but I still measure calories to ensure I am not overeating calories way too much. I also only eat one meal a day sometimes when I have overeaten calories on another day. Weighing myself daily helps ensure I am not gaining too much weight. I also do one meal a day when I want to lose the extra weight I see on the scale.
No. Insulin normalization is much more important to release fat, then counting calories.
@@SimplyHuman186Read Proteinaholic by Garth Davis, a gastric bypass surgeon. All of his patients have tried the keto diet, but none of them were able to stay on the keto diet longterm. Also read Mastering Diabetes book by Cyrus Khambatta, a person with a master’s degree in nutrition sciences and a type 1 diabetic. In this book, Khambatta teaches the dangers of being on a keto diet and teaches how a diet very low in fat causes him to require less insulin per gram of carbohydrate he eats.
Agreed. I think I finally understand the role of insulin in weight loss even after watching so many videos.
You won’t regret it. Becoming fat adapted is crucial.
He has the gift of teaching
When the “body slows its metabolic rate” how does it do this? What metabolic functions does it not do? What specific consequences does this have on the body? For instance does it slow synthesis of new cells? Or does it ‘slow’ the burn of energy? Can you expand more on what I means for the body to “slow its metabolic rate” and what important body functions are not carried out because of this?
Thank you! Love your content!
You will feel cold and have less energy to carry out daily tasks.
@@vaness909so I feel cold if I end up doing a 36-48hr fast…but I hear fasting RAISES metabolism. So serious question, do you feel cold in both scenarios?
The body will do things such as deprioritize non vital functionalities like hair and nail growth or make you sleep/remain still more.
@@philliptamez make sure you eat enough food, especially fatty meats, between your fasts, and you will find you dont get as cold during the fast.
Thank you for the review! I’ve lost over 100 pounds and kept it off for over 5 years now. Your book, your videos, your advice were a huge help.
Thank you!!!
Such an important concept that is misunderstood by so many. Unfortunately this includes some physicians and many dieticians. All I know, is I lost 70 lbs from a high of 228 lbs by following these fairly easy to implement guidelines. One of the PAs was worried about me being too “skinny” even when my weight is smack dab in the middle of the normal BMI bracket. She was very concerned I was skipping meals. The sad thing is when obesity is so normalized that a healthcare provider feels that normal BMI is “too skinny.”
@msromike123 Great work on your weight loss!!! The other part of that is that education is still focused on 3 meals per day PLUS snacks. So, most of the providers and dieticians are still preaching that information they were taught. The education needs to change.
@@ChadSharkeyNursePractitionerI know people who are older that eat several small meals a day and they’re thin and healthy.😮
Thank you for this video! I started my diet 20/10/24. I am following 2MAD (eating twice a day) + also eating as natural as possible, no more processed foods and sugar. I now understand why many people struggle to lose weight. I also find it weird that most doctors/dieticians don’t tell patients this… Losing weight and maintaining the right mindset is also much easier now that I know how my body is working inside while I am fasting. Thanks for enlightening us with the right information Dr. Fung! 😊
Please note that your body does not differentiate between “natural” or processed foods. High carb foods such as potatoes, rice, pasta, oatmeal are “all natural” but will still spike your glucose and therefore insulin. High sugar fruits such as bananas, mango are “all natural” but will also spike your glucose and therefore insulin. Look at all foods equally, whether highly processed or not, through the lens of high carbs/sugar.
Great video! I would also add that these principals work for any age. I’m 61, and lost 160lbs by listening to your videos, lectures and reading your books. It reversed ALL my health issues and changed my life!. Who said post menopausal women can’t lose weight?!. I’m loving my fasting lifestyle 🥰
Please share your regimen 🙏
Please let me know what did you do?? 🙏
I Was referred to this program by my dermatologists as I suffer from Psoriasis. My skin started clearing up quickly, I have so much more energy, I’m never hungry even when fasting & I’m loosing weight. This is a game changer for me & has transformed my skin condition without aggressive treatments. Jason thank you so much for sharing such a different approach that really works.
awesome. I have read that others with skin conditions have also noted marked improvement. Also true for irritable bowel syndrome IBS.
I stop eating 3 hours before bed and just before bed, i drink a tablespoon of good quality EVOO from Costco. When i get up in the morning, my appetite is non-existent and I eat my first meal around 4pm and i feel great.
If I’m very (uncomfortably) hungry between meals I take a Tbs of EVOO with real salt. It shuts off hunger & no glucose response.
@@tracy3812 Wow, thank you for that tip Tracy. I was just wondering what is the best way to ward off that hunger. I will definitely be trying that.
Great content as always! I saw a patient today that was a type 2 diabetic on insulin. He was having frequent low blood sugars so the clinic nurse told him to eat a mid morning snack, mid afternoon snack and bedtime snack. His BMI was 48. What??? What are we doing? What about decreasing his insulin? We need to shift the care model.
We need more people like this telling us truth! Just finished reading The 23 Former Doctor Truths by Lauren Clark. Its fascinating what they hide from society.
I love intermittent fasting, it became a lifestyle for me. Lost 30 lbs and feel great.
I’ve been doing this for 3 months lost 30 pounds like not even trying. This is amazing. I’m NEVER hungry
Please let me know your routine 🙏
@@05088 Read or better yet listen to Jason’s book “the Obesity Code”. it worked for me. Down over 30 pounds.
Great explanation! Not easy to simplify complex topics like he did with great analogies.
Also eating 1 cookie vs eating 3 eggs makes me wanna eat the entire fridge
You really clarified the calorie process/affect on weight gain/loss. Thank you!
Thank you Jason Fung you are the best. I wish more doctors prescribe fasting to their patients it’s working wonders for me.