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Diets are Dead. Long Live Diets. · Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson

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  >> Dr. Terry Simpson: M Today we're talking about a revolution, a medical
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  revolution, a dietary revolution,
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  and maybe even a pan sized revolution.
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  We're diving deep into the world of GLP1
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  medications. Those little wonder drugs like
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  Ozempic and Zepp found that are flipping the
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  script about how Americans think about food
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  diets and most importantly, what
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  it means to be healthy. Spoiler alert,
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  we're finally talking about nutrition
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  instead of weight loss. And, um, honestly, it's about time.
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  So grab a fork, maybe a protein
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  shake, and let's get started.
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  I am your chief medical explanationist. Making sense of the
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  madness, Dr. Terry Simpson. And this
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  is for Q Pork University, where
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  we make sense of the madness, bust a few myths.
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  We dish out food facts, serve up science, and garnish
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  it with just a generous sprinkle of
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  humor.
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  Let's start with the basics. GLP1
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  medications stand for glucagon,
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  like peptide 1. I know
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  it sounds like something out of your high school biology teacher would mumble before
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  handing the pop quiz that you never read before, but here's the
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  fun part. GLP1 is a hormone your body
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  naturally produces, and it plays a big role in
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  regulating blood sugar and appetite.
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  Pharmaceutical companies, being the little clever alchemists
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  they are, figured out how to make synthetic versions
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  of this hormone. In Biola, GLP Mudden
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  medications were born. Originally, these drugs were designed to help
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  people with type 2 diabetes because it helps them
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  manage their blood sugar. But then the research
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  noticed that the people taking GLP1s were
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  losing weight. And not a little weight, but a lot of
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  weight, like I need a new wardrobe kind of
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  weight. That then began
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  the look at these medications just
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  for weight loss without diabetes. Fast
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  forward to today. And GLP1 drugs like
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  Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are being prescribed for weight loss
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  in people with obesity. And let me tell you, these
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  medications are changing the game faster than your grandma
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  can bake cookies. You know the
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  story. For decades,
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  diets in America were all about
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  one thing. The number on the scale.
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  Losing weight. Fit into your old jeans or your old
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  wedding dress. Be bikini ready by June. You
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  know the kind of slogan that make you roll your eyes so hard you can see
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  your brain cells quitting their jobs.
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  But GLP1 medications have sparked a
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  shift, and a big one. Instead of
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  focusing solely on weight loss, people
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  are starting to look at food differently. It's not
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  just about shrinking your waistline anymore.
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  It's about nourishing your body and feeling good. Here's
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  why. First, there's appetite
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  regulations. As you know from previously On the
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  podcast GLP1 meds help control hunger and
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  reduce cravings. Suddenly, that pint
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  of ice cream in your freezer isn't talking to you
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  anymore. They do offer better blood sugar
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  control. And when your blood sugar is steady, you're less likely to have
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  those hangry episodes.
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  And with the GLP1s doing that heavy
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  lifting, getting rid of that food
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  noise and making you feel full quicker and
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  longer, people are starting to focus on what
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  they need to eat, not just how much they need to eat.
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  And nutrition is finally stepping into
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  the spotlight. It's like someone just handed
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  America a pair of glasses and we're finally seeing food for what it
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  should be. Fuel for your body, not just a
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  tool for weight management.
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  Let's talk about the diet industry for a minute. You know the
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  trillion dollar machine that gave us juice cleanses,
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  cabbage soup diets? Enough low carb
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  snack bars to build a very tasteless
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  sawdusty fort? Or the Carnivore diet,
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  its latest iteration of the most extreme
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  and potentially deadly diet out
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  there. For years, the diet industry
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  thrived on quick fixes and unsustainable
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  plans. Lose 10 pounds in 10 days.
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  What they didn't tell you was that you'd gain it all back as soon as
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  you smelled your first bit of homemade,
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  delicious bread. But more importantly,
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  GLP1 medications started to throw a, uh, wrench in
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  that model. Why? Because they work.
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  And not in a gimmicky short term way. You don't have
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  to count points. These drugs are helping people
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  lose weight and keep it off. And that's a nightmare for the
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  diet industry, which relies upon
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  repeat customer. More
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  importantly, GLP1s are
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  forcing people and companies to think beyond
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  weight loss. What if instead of cutting out
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  entire food groups, we focused on eating
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  more nutrient dense food? What if we start asking, is this
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  meal nourishing my body instead of how, um, many calories are
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  this? Or my God, I can't have that Reese's peanut butter
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  cup. It's like we finally realized that food
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  isn't the enemy, it's our ally. Unless we're talking about
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  deep fried butter on a stick, that's just
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  a betrayal. Now here's where it
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  gets really cool. At least for a nerd like
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  me. The shift from weight loss to nutrition
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  isn't just a feel good story. It's
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  backed by science. Nutrient
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  dense foods can boost your energy levels,
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  meaning you're not going to have that 3pm slump. Support
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  long term health. Lowering the risk of heart disease, diabetes,
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  reducing the risk of cancers, and improving mental
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  clarity, because nothing feels foggy like eating crappy
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  food. And here's the kicker. When you eat better, your body naturally
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  finds a, uh, happier weight. Not only your high school
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  weight, not only your Instagram influencer weight,
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  but your real happy weight, where you feel strong and
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  energized and ready to tackle life.
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  GLP1s are making it easier for people to focus on those
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  benefits by curbing overeating
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  cravings and stopping that
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  constant mental battle about food.
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  Suddenly eating a salad isn't a punishment. It isn't, oh, my God,
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  I have to eat kale again. It becomes a delicious
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  option. So what does this hold for the future
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  of diets in America? And are we finally done with fads and
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  gimmicks? Probably not. There's going to be a
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  huckster that's going to be out there selling you some weird
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  version of their diet no matter what.
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  But GLP1s are paving the
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  way for smarter, healthier eating. So here's
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  what I think we're going to see more of. We're going to
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  see more of, uh, Mediterranean diet coming into your life
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  because it's delicious and healthy. We're going to see
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  more of things like the Dash diet coming into your life because it actually
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  promotes reduction of high blood pressure
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  by as much as a single pill. We're going to
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  see less shame and more empowerment because
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  GLP1s are taking the stigma out of weight
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  loss. Now, there's still plenty of fat
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  shaming out there. There are still plenty of people out
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  there who are going to say this is the easy way.
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  But honestly, it's what we've been
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  waiting for.
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  Before we wrap it up, let me tackle a few
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  frequently asked questions about GLP1s. Number one,
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  GLP1s are cheating. Cheating?
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  Please. Using a tool to improve your
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  health isn't cheating. It's smart. If
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  these medications help you live a, uh, healthier, happier
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  life, why would you suffer?
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  It's a win. You
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  don't have to change your diet on GLP1s. Well,
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  technically, you could eat junk food and still lose some weight.
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  But why would you? GLP1s
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  work best in all of the studies when paired with a balanced, nutritious
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  diet like a Mediterranean or dash style diet?
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  Myth 3 GLP1s are for lazy
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  people. Oh, yeah, the old laziness argument. Listen, folks,
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  managing weight and health is hard. If these medications make
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  it a little easier, stop judging and start
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  supporting. And here's the final
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  thing. There's some people who get on the
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  GLP1 medications and many of
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  them don't have a lot of support or health around them
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  and they actually go on GLP1 medications and do a version of low
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  carb or do some other diet or try and
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  count points on Weight Watchers or get the Mayo Clinic
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  Diet. You don't need to do that. What we want
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  you to do is learn about healthy, nutritious
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  food. And as much as there are people out there saying you have to
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  focus on protein because otherwise you'll lose muscle
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  mass, well, you're going to lose some muscle
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  mass because you don't need as much muscle to carry around
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  100 less pounds or 40 less pounds or even 20 less
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  pounds. And number two, you're going to lose muscle mass
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  because some of the glycogen that you've been excess storing in your
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  muscles you're not going to need anymore. You do need
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  to maintain your protein, but you also need to
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  maintain fiber. All the micronutrients,
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  all the vitamins, all the minerals.
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  If you're like me, every day in your email
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  box you will get letters from
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  Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers,
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  Mayo Clinic Diet. And I probably get those because I always want to
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  see what these diets are that my patients have been on. So I'm
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  seeing a lot of them this time of year. What I'm really happy
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  about is that now we have something that can
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  actually work. Something that allows
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  you to get rid of the feeling of
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  constantly needing food and
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  instead begin to
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  enjoy food and learn about
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  food not for dieting, but food for
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  eating and maintaining your nutrition.
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  So the next time someone asks you what diet you're on, tell
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  them I'm on the take care of my body and enjoy
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  life plan. And if they look confused, send
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  them a copy of this podcast.
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  This is Forku with Dr. Terry Simpson. Thanks for listening.
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  Don't forget to subscribe, Leave a review, share the episode with
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  your favorite foodie friends and until next time, eat well. Be
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  well. Remember, the best diet
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  is the one that keeps you happy, healthy
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  and full of flavor. This podcast
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  was researched and written by me, Dr. Terry Simpson, and while
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  I am a physician, I am not your
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  physician. This is for entertainment and educational
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  purposes only. And if you're thinking about changing your
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  diet, please check with your physician and a
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  registered dietitian who know your health the best so
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  that they can help you garner what would be best for
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  you. Mediterranean and Dash are my two
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  favorites. Number two, please see a
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  board certified physician in Western medicine, not one of
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  these crazy chiropractors or health coaches or
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  bro science buddies. They've never helped you to begin
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  with. If you spend five hours a day in the gym looking at your
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  abs. Well, never mind.
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  Thanks to the people of Simpler Media for distributing the
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  podcast and my really good friend, Evo Terra, the
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  pod God. We look forward to seeing you
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  all. Have a good day, everybody. We'll see you
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  next time on, um. Fork you.
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  Hey, Evil, do you ever think the Dash Diet stood
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  for dashing to the bathroom because of all that fiber?
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  Yeah,
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  I guess you can take the boy out of Ketchikan,
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  but.