Metabolic Health Experimentation with Nick Norwitz
Robert Sikes
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Have you considered eating Oreo cookies to lower your cholesterol numbers? Nick Norwitz did just that, with success, along with many other metabolic experiments. Nick is an academic, a researcher, and a scientist at heart. It was a lot of fun to do a metabolic deep dive with him and I know you'll also enjoy this episode.
What we discussed:
Nick's background and personal journey with illness and nutrition (2:15)
His personal experience with the ketogenic diet and his frustration with the criticism (4:13)
Challenges and misconceptions in nutrition science (7:22)
The powerful role of personal stories in the nutritional space (11:12)
Nick's research on lean mass hyper responders (23;24)
The impact of ketogenic diets on lipid markers (34:08)
The role of functional data in health decisions (45:12)
The satiety per calorie model controversy (55:00)
Nick's egg experiment and social media strategy (1:12:55)
Future experiments and research interests (1:16:41)