EP236: The Benefits of Metabolic Flexibility with Mark Sisson

The human body is genetically designed to eat carbohydrates and other easy to access energy sources. But, it also has the option to run on a multitude of fuel sources and be metabolically flexible when food is not readily available. And in today’s world, access to food created to play on the body’s cravings is plentiful and many of us consistently eat too much. Drew’s guest, Mark Sisson, explains how we can break the carb hungry cycle to become metabolically flexible and feel good. Mark is a 66-year-old endurance athlete dynamo who changed his athletic performance by changing his diet. He is the author of Primal Blueprint and his latest book, Keto for Life which he discusses in this podcast. 

 

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Key Takeaways:

 

[6:39] From scrawny kid to endurance athlete, Mark shares his coming of age story. 

 

[14:40] As a pre-med student Mark realized he needed a bigger platform than ‘local doctor’ to share his love of health and performance.

 

[16:50] What changing his diet taught Mark about the correlation between performance and nutrition. 

 

[28:45] Mark describes metabolic flexibility, the key premise from his book, Keto for Life. 

 

[46:21] How to transition out of a strict ketogenic diet. 

 

[50:59] Only having healthy foods at home made it easy for Mark’s children to make healthy eating decisions. 

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