"One of the problems with weight loss goals is saying you need to cut calories in order to get there. Now, I'm not saying calories don't matter. They are relevant, but not the most relevant. And I'm go..."

">> Dr. Benjamin Bickman, at this time of year, the audience that are listening right now are thinking a lot about health and dietary changes that they can make to make 2026 the best year of their life..."

"bit. >> Metabolic rate meaning >> meaning the total amount of energy the body is is expending. In fact metabolism to I'll come back to this thought in just a second. As a metabolic scientist people do..."

">> My brother called you, didn't he? >> He did. >> My older brother. >> Yeah. What did he say? >> Yeah, he's darling. Well, we we had some wonderful conversations. Um, he was interested as a dad, a mi..."

"their body. >> So let's start then with ketones because on the list of things that my audience said they planned to change for the new year keto >> Mhm. >> and ketones was top of that list for someone..."

"the liver has some options. The liver is the I say that the liver is the soccer mom of nutrient metabolism. It knows what to do with everything. Whether it's lactate or glucose or fats or ketones, the..."

"People have heard of the keto diet. Um, when you talk about the keto diet, there's lots of rebuttals. >> Some people say it's not sustainable. You can't do it for a long period of time. >> How do you ..."

">> This sounds almost counterintuitive because when people hear that you're not going to have sugar, they assume that you're therefore going to have loads of cravings for it. Mhm. >> But the remarkabl..."

">> What about the heart? >> Oh my gosh, that's a brilliant question. So, I would say the brain is number one tissue that thrives on ketones and I'd put actually put the heart as number two. There is a..."

">> If you looked in my kitchen cupboard over there, you'd probably see, frankly, about 100 different ketone products. [laughter] Um, obviously, some of them are the same, but there's like 100 differen..."

"sex differences in the ketogenic diet or a low carb diet generally. >> Some people are concerned that low carb diets or ketogenic diets are especially useful for men but might have a different set of ..."

"want 2026 to be the year where I finally get a grip of my health, where I finally become the person that I know deep down I could be and I desperately do want to be. And I asked you, Dr. Ben, >> to ma..."

">> Okay, I'm just doing my ketone test to see where it is. We're probably about 30 minutes off me taking that ketone shot. We'll continue with your day in just two sec. And I'm now at 0.9. >> It'll ke..."

"something I've noticed? Most commercial teams aren't tested by their targets. They're tested by the weight of the admin that comes with every client. All the follow-ups, all the meetings, all the note..."

">> So let's go back to the perfect day, the perfect, the perfect lifestyle for 2026. So then do my resistance training at some point after I've had my breakfasts. >> Well, yes. So whatever for me, I I..."

"positive. But I got this one from on LinkedIn from a lady called I'll keep her anonymous. Let's just call her Mrs. L. >> Okay. >> And Mrs. L said, "Hi, Stephen. Thank you for the great work you do and..."

"can What's cool about cancer is that cancer is such a sugar eater. It eats so much glucose that you can inject glucose into someone that has a little bit of radiation to it, not harmful, but then you ..."

">> But getting back to it, um, so 2026, you've given me the sort of daily protocol to follow. Is there anything else that we've missed cuz I really want to make sure that people listening achieve thei..."

">> I've got this uh pen in front of me. Do you know what this is? >> That's a GLP-1 medication. >> A Zmpeek. >> Ompic. Yeah. >> I've got an Ampec pen right here. Now, you've told me lots of different ..."

">> All I had to do was brain dump. Imagine if you had someone with you at all times that could take the ideas you have in your head, synthesize them with AI to make them sound better and more grammati..."

"I have a bunch of other things here on the table that my team have got me and they didn't tell me why they've got me these which I think is useful because this means that I can ask questions that the ..."

">> Okay. This other chemical that my team have got here, which is again, it's a a white powder. >> I'm not going to try it this time just in case it's something awful. >> Um says has a label on it tha..."

">> What about creatine? >> Oh, yes. Yes. I I'm I I can't believe I didn't mention that. I'm very much an advocate of creatine. In fact, we have a study going on right now on it, which I'll come back t..."

">> Ben, I'm going to ask you to close your eyes. >> I'm ready. >> Okay. And I'm going to ask you to embody what I'm about to say. Okay. >> So, suddenly now you are a let's say 35year-old man and your ..."

">> What about stress? That's a protagonist in the story that we haven't talked about, but I know it dovetales into ketones and >> Oh, it sure is. Weight loss. >> So, in fact, it's a perfect segue beca..."

"didn't talk about that we should have talked about, Ben? Um, >> as it relates to that person who's looking to make a change once and for all, >> one thing I would add, if if we go back to the middle-a..."

">> So, there are a couple of tests that we've mentioned today. So, I just want to summarize some of those tests. Can people check their insulin levels at home? >> No. >> No. >> Not not really. There a..."

">> Ben, we have a closing tradition on this podcast that the last guest leaves a question for the next guest, not knowing who they're leaving it for. The question left for you is, if you could have an..."