• Insulin resistance is downstream of mitochondrial dysfunction
• "Insulin does everything it can to increase your fat"
• The primary driver of insulin resistance is liver fat. This is what causes the mitochondria to not work.
• 45% of Americans have fatty liver disease. In 1975 no one had it except alcoholics -> "This is the biggest pandemic of all"
• What caused this? Multiple things, but the main one is dietary sugar.
• Other things that cause mitochondrial dysfunction:
  • Bad diet generally - not eating the right fats. Omega 3s make mitochondria work better.
  • Radiation
  • Toxins in the environment, Air pollution.
• There are 7 classes of fats - some will save your life, some will kill you.

  - Omega 3s - anti inflammatory

• Really great explanation of how muscles use glucose, and how insulin resistance
• If you'd asked me before the video, I'd have said that too much carbs was the major danger, but it's actually elevated saturated fat levels in the blood.

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• Recommended by AJ

• More entertainment than education, but a really enjoyable tale of taking something seemingly simple to extraordinary limits

Randomly clicked on this from the YouTube homepage. loved this guy and his story

• Your dopamine reserves are like a pool with waves. Throw too much in at the same time and it can slosh out.
• Much more difficult to replenish dopamine from zero than from low.
• NSDR has a huge impact on replenishing

• There's a problem with relying on dopamine - it's short lived and we quickly acclimate to it.