Optimal Metabolism Episode 77- Casey Ruff Explains How to Know if you are Burning Fat or Carbs and How to Get Out of the Hunger Cycle
Casey Ruff has 15 years of experience as a personal trainer and has extensive knowledge in the area of metabolic teasting. In addition to personal training, he is also a lifestyle coach and performance enhancement specialist.
With his nutrition coaching certifications, he specializes in low-carb lifestyles, including ketogenic and carnivore diets.
In this episode we discuss finding peace around food, as well as:
- (12:00) Using metabolic carts and metabolic testing to decipher glucose burning versus fat burning
- (19:18) How different types of exercise affect our attempts at weight loss and adding stress to our bodies
- (26:00) How to know you are burning fat versus burning glucose
- (28:00) Why more high intensity exercise can actually make it harder to lose weight
- (31:45) Changing up our exercise for different life stages
- (33:25) Casey's own approach to nutrition and how he coaches clients
- (38:00) How a low-carb diet has changed Casey's life and energy levels
- (41:54) Typical meat-based food intake for Casey and how he coaches his clients nutritionally
- (54:39) Getting people out of the sugar craving cycle
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