Benjamin Bikman earned his PhD in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore studying metabolic disorders. Currently, his professional focus as a scientist and professor (Brigham Young University) is to better understand the origins and consequences of metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes, with a particular emphasis on the role of insulin. He frequently publishes his research in peer-reviewed journals and presents at international science and public meetings.


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0:11:14 Podcast Begins
0:11:54 Ben's Background
0:17:53 The root of chronic disease
0:25:38 All about insulin
0:31:14 Regulation of free fatty acid metabolism by insulin in humans: role of lipolysis and reesterification https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper...
0:31:51 Insulin stops lipolisis
0:34:35 Insulin's affect on the liver
0:40:10 Insulin and muscle cells
0:43:20 Why you want to increase protein as you age
0:48:47 Low Protein Intake is Associated with a Major Reduction in IGF-1, Cancer, and Overall Mortality in the 65 and Younger but Not Older Population https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti....
0:51:00 Animal-based diets optimize muscle protein sythesis
0:55:12 Industrial Seed oils have a fantastic publicist
0:58:05 Do carbs drive metabolic dysfunction?
1:07:07 Effect of sustained physiologic hyperinsulinaemia and hyperglycaemia on insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in man https://link.springer.com/article/10....
1:07:42 How linoleic acid drives metabolic dysfunction
1:09:32 How linoleic acid drives metabolic dysfunction.
1:11:47 Low serum insulin in traditional Pacific Islanders--the Kitava Study https://www.metabolismjournal.com/art...
1:14:29 Carbs are not to blame
1:19:05 Thriving is dependent on micronutrients
1:22:19 The secret to overcoming plateaus on low carb diets
1:25:28 Epidemiological studies in a total highland population, Tukisenta, New Guinea: Cardiovascular disease and relevant clinical, electrocardiographic, radiological and biochemical findings https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
1:25:58 Classification of Obesity with Respect to Morbidity https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/...
1:27:46 Does fructose make us fat?
1:28:32 What makes honey different?
1:30:45 Effect of honey in preventing gingivitis and dental caries in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti....