Episode Highlights With Dr. Courtney Hunt
- Her own story of recovery from Hashimoto's
- She was trained as an OB/GYN and her path to what she does now
- You are not your diagnosis
- The importance of seeing yourself well
- What autophagy is and how it can be such a valuable tool
- How to encourage autophagy and self-cleaning in the body
- When you enter ketosis as a metabolic state you make acetoacetic acid which breaks down into beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetone and why this is beneficial
- How to flip the metabolic switch to burn fat as fuel
- When you burn fat as fuel you are either burning someone else’s fat or your own fat
- What leptin is and what it can tell us about health
- How to avoid starvation cues with fasting and ketosis and make sure you nourish your body enough
- The myth that women shouldn’t fast or that women shouldn’t fast around their periods
- We make ¼ of the ATP when we eat a lot of carbs
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