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I am delighted to have Dr. Benjamin Bikman back on the podcast today! He was with us once before in Episode 114, where he spoke about the role of insulin resistance, metabolic health, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Ben is the author of a book I frequently recommend, called Why We Get Sick.\xa0\nIt can be quite challenging for many women to maintain a healthy weight and good metabolic health after about forty years of age. Just about all of our fat cells are made during childhood and puberty, and when we reach our sixties or seventies, the number of our fat cells starts to decline. Insulin plays a vital role in how fat cells can change and respond to sex hormones. In this episode, Dr. Ben talks about insulin, fat cells, and sex hormones in women. Stay tuned for more!\nBenjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders. Currently, his professional focus as a scientist and associate professor (Brigham Young University) is to better understand the role of elevated insulin in regulating obesity and diabetes, including the relevance of ketones in mitochondrial function.\nIN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:\n\nDr. Ben explains why insulin is such an important topic for women, especially as they get older.\n\nThe role of insulin in terms of how fat cells can change and respond to sex hormones.\n\nHow estrogens protect women against too much fat.\n\nWhy you need to be mindful about certain plant-based foods and the plastics, detergents, and chemicals we use.\n\nWhy animal protein is undeniably superior to plant protein.\n\nWhy your diet does not require carbohydrates even though some cells need glucose.\n\nThe effects of seed oils and carbohydrates on insulin resistance.\n\nHow digestion relates to insulin resistance and insulin instability.\n\nVitamin D deficiency will contribute to insulin resistance.\n\nWhy you need to know what your fasting insulin number is.\n\n\nConnect with Cynthia Thurlow\nFollow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn\nCheck out Cynthia\u2019s website\nConnect with Dr. Benjamin Bikman\nOn his Insulin IQ website\nOn the getHLTH website\nOn Instagram