Insulin — Episodes

6 curated episodes

73 min · Jun 2026 · #300

Who Should Take GLP-1s? Weight Loss Explained | Dr. Robert Kushner & Mike Haney

Dr. Robert Kushner, MD — Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; lead investigator on the STEP trials

How GLP-1s change your biology—and why, despite the hype, they are not a one-size-fits-all solution for any extra pounds.

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92 min · May 2026 · #299

Do Athletes Really Need More Carbs? | Dr. Andrew Koutnik & Mike Haney

Dr. Andrew Koutnik, PhD — Visiting Research Scientist, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition; studies nutrition, metabolism, Type 1 diabetes, and performance

Why muscle glycogen—your store of carbs—may not explain “the wall”—and how blood glucose, insulin, and metabolic flexibility can reshape how you fuel training.

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94 min · Jan 2026 · #289

Why nutrition science got it wrong

Gary Taubes — Investigative science journalist; author of Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat

Nutrition science built its guidelines on epidemiology, not trials. The case for the carbohydrate–insulin model, why low-fat dogma persisted, and what RCTs actually show.

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105 min · Oct 2025 · #284

Glucose metabolism: HbA1c, insulin resistance, and better energy

Dr. Benjamin Bikman — Brigham Young University; Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology; author of Why We Get Sick

HbA1c tells you averages — insulin tells you direction. How glucose metabolism works, why insulin resistance precedes blood sugar abnormalities, and what to track instead.

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64 min · Jul 2025 · #277

Key blood test results that tell you about your pancreas health

Dr. Robert Lustig, MD — UCSF; Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics & endocrinologist; author of Metabolical

Proinsulin and C-peptide reveal pancreatic stress that fasting glucose misses. The link between mitochondrial dysfunction, type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer's — and how to reverse it.

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80 min · Apr 2023 · #209

Understanding blood sugar levels, insulin resistance, and impact on chronic diseases

Dr. Robert Lustig, MD; Dr. Dominic D'Agostino, PhD — UCSF (Lustig); University of South Florida (D'Agostino)

Insulin is the energy-storage hormone — when cells stop responding, everything breaks. How to test for resistance early, why rising insulin precedes rising glucose by years.

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