Degrees of Health

What if your muscles could talk to your organs and maybe even prevent cancer? Here, Ben sits down with world-renowned exercise scientist Professor Mark Febbraio to dismantle the science behind myokines - molecules released by muscle that signal throughout the body. Insights covered in this episode: 🧪 Myokines and inter-organ communication 🦠 Exercise’s role in cancer prevention 🧬 Inflammation, cytokines & what IL-6 does 🧠 The cognitive power of exercise & BDNF 🏋️‍♂️ What type of training protects best and how much is too much 💉 Why we don’t understand GLP-1 side effects yet 🧫 The future of exercise mimetics & blood-based therapies 🧠 Why “we don’t know” might be science’s most honest answer From interleukin-6’s double life to how exercise blood can fight tumours, this one’s a digestible dive into how movement truly is medicine. Find Mark and papers reference in this episode: Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lnLGvFMAAAAJ&hl=en] ResearchGate [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark-Febbraio] Exploring the benefits of red and infra light therapy? Our community receive 10% off via this link [https://rechargehealthas.sjv.io/DyJ3mn] Want to watch this on video? Subscribe on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpVgBgbtgoNBz3sRQauH5w] Instagram  @degreesofhealth [https://www.instagram.com/degrees_of_health/] Disclaimer [https://www.canva.com/design/DAF6uea0cwE/S6IFQR7g0IoRiQiRkAIDyA/view?utm_content=DAF6uea0cwE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Keto doesn’t have to be complicated. Yep, you heard that right. Nutritionist and author Amy Berger joins us to unpack the chaos of keto culture and how a once-simple metabolic switch has turned into a jungle of macros, misinformation and food fear. Amy cuts through the noise and brings keto back to what it was always meant to be: a simple, flexible, effective way of eating. Together with Ben, she covers the realities of weight loss stalls, hormonal shifts, fasting fads, the rise of ultra-processed keto products and what the science says about vegetables, carnivore diets, GLP-1s and calories. We cover: 🥩 Carnivore vs Keto - what’s happening metabolically 💊 GLP-1s, weight loss drugs & long-term risk 📉 Why weight loss might stall (and what to do about it) 🧃 Keto vs processed “keto” - marketing vs metabolism 🥬 In defense of vegetables (yes, really) 📊 Fasting: myth, magic, or just misunderstood? Whether you're new to low-carb or neck-deep in macros and metabolic rabbit holes - this one’s for you. Find Amy: YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@amyberger-ketowithoutthecrazy] Website [https://stallslayer.com] Courses [https://adaptyourlifeacademy.com] Substack [Keto Without the Crazy] Mentioned in this episode: The Alzheimer’s Antidote [https://amzn.eu/d/1CWYaIY] by Amy Berger The Stall Slayer [https://amzn.eu/d/351Wj61] by Amy Berger End Your Carb Confusion [https://amzn.eu/d/51zSvTu] by Amy Berger & Dr. Eric Westman Dr. Eric Westman - Keto researcher & collaborator The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living - Dr. Jeff Volek & Dr. Stephen Phinney Eat Like a Human - Dr. Bill Schindler Exploring the benefits of red and infra light therapy? Our community receive 10% off via this link [https://rechargehealthas.sjv.io/DyJ3mn] Want to watch this on video? Subscribe on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpVgBgbtgoNBz3sRQauH5w] Instagram  @degreesofhealth [https://www.instagram.com/degrees_of_health/] Disclaimer [https://www.canva.com/design/DAF6uea0cwE/S6IFQR7g0IoRiQiRkAIDyA/view?utm_content=DAF6uea0cwE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

What if we’ve been treating eating disorders the wrong way? In this deeply personal and provocative episode, registered dietitian Michelle Hurn shares her journey from severe anorexia and psychiatric medication to ultra-running and mental clarity through a radical change in nutrition. Ben and Michelle unpack the broken foundations of dietetics, why metabolic health is inseparable from mental health and how the standard of care may be making things worse. We cover: 🥩 Why animal-based diets are helping eating disorder recovery 🧠 The link between stable blood sugar and psychiatric health 📉 The connection between calories, insulin and metabolic disorders 🏃‍♀️ Running long distances with zero carb loading 🧪 Exogenous ketones vs. yerba mate for ketone production 🔥 GLP-1 drugs, health at every size and what we’re getting wrong From hospital feeding tubes to ketones and carnivore protocols, this is a raw, real and - we hope - hopeful conversation about what happens when you stop following the food pyramid and start listening to your body. Find Michelle: Website [thedietitiansdilemma.net] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/runeatmeatrepeat/?hl=en] X / Twitter [https://x.com/michellehurnrd?lang=en] Mentioned in this episode: Book - The Dietitian’s Dilemma [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dietitians-Dilemma-restored-opposite-everything/dp/B08TYVDGS4] by Michelle Ann Hurn The Fox Family Food Fight [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fox-Family-Food-Fight/dp/B0CNKKJGWV] Case Study: Ketogenic Diets in Anorexia [https://journalofmetabolichealth.org/index.php/jmh/article/view/84/254] Paper - Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899900714003323] Exploring the benefits of red and infra light therapy? Our community receive 10% off via this link [https://rechargehealthas.sjv.io/DyJ3mn] Want to watch this on video? Subscribe on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpVgBgbtgoNBz3sRQauH5w] Instagram  @degreesofhealth [https://www.instagram.com/degrees_of_health/] Disclaimer [https://www.canva.com/design/DAF6uea0cwE/S6IFQR7g0IoRiQiRkAIDyA/view?utm_content=DAF6uea0cwE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Dr Adrian Soto-Mota, MD, PhD is one of the clearest and most curious voices in metabolic research and he’s not afraid to say what doesn’t make sense anymore. Dr Adrian is an internal medicine physician and metabolic researcher based in Mexico City. In this conversation, we go deep on the limitations of RCTs, why calorie logic keeps breaking down, what lean mass hyper-responders teach us about lipids, and why sometimes the data works before we understand the mechanism. We also talk about the surprising impact of meat-heavy diets on IBD, why exogenous ketones matter more than people think and how metabolic dysfunction might be sitting at the core of psychiatric illness. This one is full of nuance and yet grounded in clinical reality. We cover: 🧠 The metabolic demands of the human brain 💊 Why calories don’t predict fat gain the way we think 🧬 Lean mass hyper-responders and cholesterol interpretation 📉 Why nutritional RCTs can’t answer what we want them to 🧪 Hormones, definitions and broken language in medicine 🧘‍♂️ Metabolic psychiatry & the case for new mental health models Find Adrian: X profile [https://x.com/adriansotomota?lang=en] Google scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u8InIkAAAAAJ&hl=en] Mentioned in this episode: Modeling Life by Alan Garfinkel Bernoulli’s Fallacy by Aubrey Clayton Rethinking Statistics by Richard McElreath Human Metabolism by Keith Frayn & Rhys Evans JAMA Psychiatry paper on metabolic dysfunction & mental illness [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2816888] Exploring the benefits of red and infra light therapy? Our community receive 10% off via this link [https://rechargehealthas.sjv.io/DyJ3mn] Want to watch this on video? Subscribe on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpVgBgbtgoNBz3sRQauH5w] Instagram  @degreesofhealth [https://www.instagram.com/degrees_of_health/] Disclaimer [https://www.canva.com/design/DAF6uea0cwE/S6IFQR7g0IoRiQiRkAIDyA/view?utm_content=DAF6uea0cwE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

📲 Why do we keep chasing things that never quite satisfy? We’re joined by The Molecule of More co-author Michael E. Long to unpack dopamine and why our brains are wired to want more, not to enjoy what we already have. From doomscrolling to dating apps, productivity obsessions to endless self-improvement, we explore how dopamine fuels craving and not contentment, and what we can do to stop living in the next and start living in the now. Michael shares insights from his new book, Taming the Molecule of More, and explains how understanding this one molecule could help us reclaim joy, focus, relationships, and maybe even our sanity. We cover: ❤️ Dopamine in dating, sex and long-term love 📉 Why chasing ‘more’ always gives you less 🛍️ Behavioral addiction and craving cycles 📚 The difference between thinking about your life vs being in your life 📈 Practical tools to tame the dopamine system This episode is for anyone interested in behavioural science, addiction, relationships or anyone who just wants to feel a little less hijacked by their phone. Find Michael: themoleculeofmore.com [themoleculeofmore.com] Website [https://mikelongonline.com] Books: The Molecule of More [https://amzn.eu/d/0OmxqeB] Taming the Molecule of More [https://amzn.eu/d/6Z1qImd] Mentioned in this episode: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell The World According to Garp by John Irving The Braverman Test Exploring the benefits of red and infra light therapy? Our community receive 10% off via this link [https://rechargehealthas.sjv.io/DyJ3mn] Want to watch this on video? Subscribe on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpVgBgbtgoNBz3sRQauH5w] Instagram  @degreesofhealth [https://www.instagram.com/degrees_of_health/] Disclaimer [https://www.canva.com/design/DAF6uea0cwE/S6IFQR7g0IoRiQiRkAIDyA/view?utm_content=DAF6uea0cwE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.