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The Mike Fave Podcast

The Mike Fave Podcast

By: Mike Fave
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On this podcast we help you to make sense of the online health chaos, while answering your individual health questions along the way.

Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living
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  • What Dr. Ben Bikman, Judy Cho, Dr. Ken Berry & Dr. Cywes Keep Getting Wrong About Blood Sugar
    Jan 16 2026

    Pro-metabolic Food Guide: https://mikefave.com/011526/FREE-CALCULATOR-GUIDE

    Coaching: https://mikefave.com/011526/COACHING

    0:00 Rising fasting glucose & A1C on low-carb/carnivore diets

    3:30 Dr. Ben Bickman's theory on hemoglobin A1C and red blood cell lifespan

    14:30 Bickman & Judy Cho discuss fasting glucose on carnivore diet

    17:40 Ideal fasting blood glucose ranges (research data)

    26:00 Bickman's protein sensitivity theory vs. gluconeogenesis explanation

    35:30 The red blood cell lifespan theory examined

    44:00 Research findings: RBC lifespan impact on A1C

    49:00 Dr. Shawn Baker's lab results after 15 months carnivore (case study)

    57:00 Judy Cho on A1C, red blood cells, and plant-based dieters

    1:09:00 Blood glucose numbers on carnivore - what's problematic?

    1:14:08 Judy Cho asks, "Why eat sugar to lower blood sugar?"

    1:28:00 Dr. Cywes says "Excessive healing causes harm"

    1:41:00 Insulin suppression and gluconeogenesis discussion

    1:47:00 Clinical signs: Rising A1C, BUN, declining T3, testosterone issues

    1:51:00 Closing thoughts - Understanding downsides of dietary approaches

    Sources:

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-008-1246-y

    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60484-9

    https://doi.org/10.2337/dc12-1577

    https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17122093

    https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00093.2009

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-015-1108-6

    https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00428

    https://doi.org/10.1139/o76-082

    https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2009.160

    https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem.85.5.6573

    https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2009.27834

    https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12101738

    https://doi.org/10.1159/000342232

    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0008-6363(96)00245-3

    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41374-018-0038-3

    https://doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.10.04

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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • 4 Key Reasons Dr. Ray Peat Recommends Sugar
    Dec 26 2025

    Pro-Metabolic Food Guide & Calculator: https://mikefave.com/122625/FREE-CALCULATOR-GUIDE

    Work With Me: https://mikefave.com/122625/COACHING

    01:14 - “Energy and structure are interdependent at every level” - Ray Peat, PhD

    03:22 - Why glucose is the optimal fuel

    05:51 - Ray Peat’s logical framework vs low-carb assumptions

    08:21 - Why bioenergetics explains dietary paradoxes

    10:27 - Ray Peat Quote on Sugar & Oxidative metabolism

    14:42 - Benefits of CO₂ 22:15 - Sugar’s support for oxidative metabolism

    26:34: Ray Peat Clip on: Sugar and the thyroid: T4 → T3 conversion

    42:15 - Dr. Ray Peat Clips on Sugar Lowering Stress

    45:30 - What happens when your blood sugar drops

    50:18 - What are the roles of the stress hormones?

    53:57 - Transient rise in cortisol on low-carb?

    59:17 - High protein and cortisol

    1:01:32 - Is glucagon a stress hormone?

    1:06:19 - Dr. Ray Peat on anti-inflammatory effects on insulin & sugar

    01:19:02 - Why high insulin isn’t the goal

    01:22:13 - Hypoglycemia is directly inflammatory

    01:23:05 - Hypoglycemia increases clotting and vascular inflammation

    01:28:14 - Dr. Ray Peat on the ideal sources of sugar

    01:31:30 - Potassium depletion reduces insulin action

    01:34:45 - Diuretics, ARBs, potassium retention, and insulin sensitivity

    01:36:58 - Calcium’s anti-obesity and metabolic effects

    01:39:08 - Why Dr Ray Peat paired dairy + fruit

    01:42:00 - Ideal potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium targets

    01:43:23 - Why Ray Peat’s work gets misrepresented & honoring Ray Peat’s legacy

    Ray Peat Sources

    1. Ray Peat – Glycemia, starch, and sugar in context https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/glycemia.shtml

    2. Ray Peat YouTube clips cited throughout:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQw1SJ3UFww

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buJpzZJoGsg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxnO0PzBdtQ

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWEwav6x8Bg

    Ray Peat Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RayPeatClips

    Sources: In YouTube Description- https://youtu.be/1Cap9NmjLpM

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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • What Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, & Dr. Ben Bikman Continue to Get Wrong About Carbs
    Dec 5 2025

    Pro-Metabolic Food Guide & Calculator: https://mikefave.com/51225/FREE-CALCULATOR-GUIDE

    Work With Me: https://mikefave.com/51225/COACHING

    01:21 – Why low-carb and pro-metabolic camps disagree, and where they actually overlap

    07:01 – The “sugar diet” trend and influencers adding carbs back in

    08:53 – Reacting to Ben Bikman’s “fat burner vs sugar burner” claims

    16:55 – How low-carb improves glucose markers without fixing the root metabolic problem

    21:03 – Client case study: moderate-carb macros, DEXA results, and 5-month transformation

    28:16 – Reacting to Ben Bickman & thyroid on keto

    35:50 – How low-carb mimics starvation and alters hormones

    43:05 – Reacting to Nick Norwitz & Dr. Ken Berry on the “Keto flu”

    58:40 – Dr. Chaffee Straw mans Bioenergetic Approach with SAD

    01:04:10 - Dr. Chaffee on Low thyroid & High Cortisol on Low- Carb Diets

    01:13:58 – “Humans are lions”: critiquing the carnivore paradigm and its troubleshooting limits

    01:25:49 – Dr. Ken Berry & Dr. Chaffee on Paul Saladino & fructose glycation

    01:38:43 – Why low-carb “works” short term

    01:41:18 – Dr. Ray Peat on carbs producing more CO₂ than fats

    Sources:

    Linked in YouTube Description ->

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    1 hr and 53 mins
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