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Dhru Purohit

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Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

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Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

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Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

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Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

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Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

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Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

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Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

Let's build on that.

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

You talk about this concept in the book of a fat thermostat.

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

Can you break that down for us?

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

You know, pulling on a few threads that you mentioned and there's a bunch that's there.

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

The first one that I wanted to ask you is that you were talking about how like if you give insulin or prednisone, was it?

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

Prednisone is like cortisol, right?

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

The stress hormone.

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

If you give that to somebody, just to clarify that, were you saying that because you give them insulin, right, hormone, that changes that sort of hormonal milieu and that

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

essentially is the upstream thing that puts them in a place where they start to feel more hungry.

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

But if somebody was forced or in a controlled study to have the set number of calories, then they wouldn't gain weight.

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

But the reality is that in our real world is because so many things are pulling on those strings of those hormones, people do end up eating more when that thermostat is essentially

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

No, they will still gain weight.

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

So even if their calories are completely controlled, they will still gain weight.

Dhru Purohit Show
A Doctor’s Argument For Why Most Diet’s Fail: The Hidden Hormone Problem Driving Weight Gain and What To Do About It with Dr. Jason Fung

You know, most protein snacks sound good in theory, but you often eat them once or try them once and never reach for them again.