THE VIDEO SHELF · fasting and insulin resistance
Fasting For Survival Lecture by Dr Pradip Jamnadas
Cardiologist Dr. Pradip Jamnadas lectures on the rationale for dietary restriction and fasting, covering insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and low-carb eating over about 81 minutes.
Why HN readers recommended it
Several HN commenters call it one of the best explanations of fasting and insulin and recommend it in diet and weight loss threads.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- The Galen Foundation
- Topic
- fasting and insulin resistance
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Insulin is the big elephant in the room that's barely talked about. Everybody should watch this lecture [VIDEO]
joseluis on Hacker News · 2021-07
In A Chemical Hunger: MysteriesI strongly believe that fasting is one of the best ways to combat obesity, diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, and more. The scientific literature is certainly accumulating tremendous evidence supporting this hypothesis [1]. Here is one of my favorite videos on the subject [2], a …
criticaltinker on Hacker News · 2021-08
In America’s losing battle against diabetesIntermittent Fasting, specifically OMAD. Cut all sugars and processed foods. If you want to pursue this, highly recommend watching this video: [VIDEO]
rjammala on Hacker News · 2022-03
In Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
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