About this episode

This episode features a masterclass on metabolic flexibility and reversing diabetes with expert guests.

Metabolic dysfunction rarely announces itself. We tend to think of metabolic health as a line you cross the day you are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but the decay usually begins years earlier, at the level of the cell. In this masterclass I bring together Dr Iñigo San Millán, Dr Alan Flanagan, Dr Kevin Hall, Dr Robert Eckel, Professor Roy Taylor, and Dr Christos Mantzoros to explain what metabolic flexibility is, why your mitochondria sit at the centre of it, and what you can actually do about it. What We Cover Why lactate is a fuel and a signal, not a waste product, and our best non-invasive window into mitochondrial function Whether a calorie really is a calorie, and what the controlled chamber studies found The twin cycle hypothesis, and why type 2 diabetes is more reversible than we were taught The personal fat threshold, and why a normal BMI can still hide a problem Whether sugar or saturated fat does more to drive fat in the liver Why Zone 2 earns its reputation, and how much of it you actually need Metabolic health is not fixed, and it is rarely too late to move in a better direction. I hope this conversation gives you a clearer picture of what is happening beneath the…

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