Dr. Rhonda Patrick

They do, and not just for metabolic health, for a variety, just our overall health, right?

And it's interesting, I have winning smoking or vaping, vaping, right?

Do you think this is...

Coming down to nicotine or other things in the vape?

Yeah, right.

No, you have to let me know.

Before we get into some solutions here, I'd also love to touch on one more thing that you've also looked at with respect to other causes of insulin resistance and metabolic health, and that is commonly prescribed medications.

And this is something that I've witnessed firsthand and friends where...

They're, you know, metabolically healthy, lean, lean and metabolically healthy.

And they get on an antidepressant, for example, and all of a sudden gain a bunch of weight.

I mean, unbelievable amount of weight, you know, 30 to 40 pounds and are no longer metabolically healthy.

So there's a whole host of commonly prescribed medications out there from lipid lowering medications like statins to antidepressants and other neuropsychiatric disorders and medications that help with those disorders.

Is that something to be concerned about?

All right, so let's kind of shift gears and talk about some solutions here, protocols to maybe enhance insulin sensitivity.

We started this conversation talking about people who are a large population of people that are actually pre-pre-diabetic.

They might be on their way to insulin resistance or already insulin resistant and not even really know it.

What are some of the best strategies people can do now to really make a difference

And, you know, dietary strategies, you know, stress reduction, physical activity, but also how soon can they expect to see changes and what should they look at to see and monitor those changes?

Yeah.

I love the exercise snacks.