Answering Your Questions About Inflammation, Cystic Acne, Diabetes, And More

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Levels, and
Pendulum. Today, as part of my Masterclass series, I’m answering
questions submitted by my community through the video app HiHo. I
am joined by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, to
discuss back inflammation, intermittent fasting, treating type 2
diabetes with diet, and much more. Find a link below to follow me
on HiHo and we may select your question for a future episode! Dhru
Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the
health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit
Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million
unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the
brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness,
medicine, and mindset. This episode is brought to you by Rupa
Health, Levels, and Pendulum.   Rupa Health is a place where
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and use code MARK20. In this episode, we discuss (audio version /
Apple Subscriber version): My recent back injury (4:46 /
1:07)  Back inflammation and nerve impingement (10:58 / 7:37)
Intermittent fasting (12:08 / 8:45)  Treating type 2 diabetes
with diet (26:17 / 21:25)  Healing cystic acne from the inside
out (32:43 / 27:55)  Changing the food paradigm (37:57 /
32:49)  Follow me on HiHo here! Mentioned in this episode:
Calorie Restriction with or without Time-Restricted Eating in
Weight Loss The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity: Beyond
‘Calories In, Calories Out’ The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model: a
Physiological Perspective on the Obesity Pandemic Perspective:
Obesity—an unexplained epidemic Food Fix