How To Upgrade Your Metabolism with Dr. William Li

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy Earth, and
InsideTracker. Many people think of metabolism as one specific
system in the body, when in fact it’s the sum of many different
processes that are serving other vital roles for us as well. Our
bodies are not closed systems, so our environment, social networks,
diet, hormones, microbiome, genetics, and more, all influence how
well our metabolism works, or how well we can extract energy from
our food. I’m so happy to sit down with my good friend Dr. William
Li to talk about what metabolism really means, why the old way of
thinking about metabolism hasn’t helped us, and how to make
positive impacts on our metabolism at any age. Dr. William Li is a
world-renowned physician, scientist, speaker, and author of Eat to
Beat Disease - The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. He
is best known for leading the Angiogenesis Foundation. His
groundbreaking work has impacted more than 70 diseases, including
cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. An author
of over 100 scientific publications in leading journals such as
Science, the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, and more,
Dr. Li has served on the faculties of Harvard, Tufts, and Dartmouth
Medical School. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Cozy
Earth, and InsideTracker. You can check out a free, live demo with
a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Right now, get
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MARK40. InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at
insidetracker.com/drhyman. Here are more details from our interview
(audio version / Apple Subscriber version): Shifting away from the
idea that eating less and exercising more is the key to weight loss
(4:51 / 2:12)  How calories affect metabolism (13:14 /
11:25)   Research measuring the four phases of metabolism
as we age (16:07 / 13:36)  What is metabolism? (24:03 /
21:26)  Common myths about metabolism (28:35 / 24:37) 
Supporting the gut microbiome to raise metabolism and promote
health (36:18 / 32:03)  Foods that mimic caloric restriction
(40:27 / 36:10)  Our body’s ability to reverse disease (52:59
/ 46:21)  Reducing stress in a doomscrolling society (54:07 /
49:30)  How to restore health to your metabolism (56:03/
51:56)  Mentioned in this episode Perspective: Obesity—an
unexplained epidemic Competing paradigms of obesity pathogenesis:
energy balance versus carbohydrate-insulin models Daily energy
expenditure through the human life course Get a copy of Dr. Li’s
book, Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can
Heal Itself, here and check out his Masterclass with Dr. William Li
here.