Metabolic Freedom With Ben Azadi

Metabolic Freedom With Ben Azadi

Ben Azadi, founder of Keto Kamp and best selling author of Keto Flex, is the host of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast. We bring on the thought leaders in this space in this space to have life-changing conversations so you can apply it and upgrade your metabolism. The topics we cover include bio-hacking, ketosis, carnivore, fasting strategies, mindset and metabolic health. Discover how to cut through all the noise in the health and nutrition space so you can finally get the results you want, and keep them; whether its fat loss, more energy, better sleep, or focusing on general health and longevity. As a former obese man, Ben took his pain of being extremely unhealthy, and turned it into a purpose by transforming his health and now he is on a mission to educate 1 billion people. Ben brings you the thought leaders in the world of health, including Dr. Eric Berg, Ben Greenfield, Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Will Cole, Mark Sisson, Dr. Ken Berry, Dr Mindy Pelz, Cynthia Thurow, Dr. Daniel Pompa, and many others. You'll discover everything you want to know about the keto diet, ketosis, paleo, fasting, intermittent fasting, block fasting, fasting mimicking diet, bulletproof fasting, dry fasting, water fasting, and everything that works (and doesn't work) to help you understand what is best for your unique body.

Episodes

December 26, 2025 19 mins
In this episode, Ben Azadi reveals why cravings are not a willpower issue, but a hormonal and metabolic problem driven by insulin instability. Ben explains how insulin spikes shut off fat burning, trigger hunger hormones, increase stress, and fuel uncontrollable cravings, especially at night. He breaks down the science behind insulin, glucose crashes, ghrelin, cortisol, and dopamine-driven eating behaviors. You’ll learn a simple,...
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In this episode of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast, Ben Azadi reveals the 7 everyday foods and drinks that silently damage your kidneys, even when they are marketed as “healthy.” Ben shares his personal story of feeling bloated, inflamed, and exhausted while unknowingly harming his kidneys, and explains why kidney damage often goes undetected until it becomes permanent. You’ll learn: Why green smoothies, almonds, and juice cle...
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In this episode of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast, Ben Azadi exposes the 7 “healthy” foods and ingredients silently destroying your liver and blocking fat loss. Ben explains why the liver is the control center of metabolism and how common foods like oat milk, plant-based protein bars, whole wheat bread, seed oils, fructose, and alcohol inflame the liver, stall fat burning, and drive stubborn belly fat. You’ll learn: Why liver...
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Fasting is one of the most powerful tools for fat loss, healing, and longevity, but it fails for many people because their metabolism is not prepared. In this episode, Ben Azadi explains why fasting feels miserable or unsustainable for most people and reveals the hidden metabolic mistakes that sabotage results before a fast even begins. You’ll learn why being a sugar burner instead of a fat burner makes fasting feel like torture,...
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What if everything you thought about muscle building, fat loss, and strength training was backwards? In this episode of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast, host Ben Azadi sits down with Dr. John Jaquish, biomedical engineer, inventor, and author of Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time, for a deep-dive conversation that challenges traditional fitness dogma. Dr. Jaquish explains why conventional weightlifting, bulking, and endless cardio a...
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In this episode, Ben Azadi shares the exact protocol he would follow to reverse insulin resistance, based on his own transformation and work with thousands of clients. This is a no-fluff, science-backed blueprint focused on lowering insulin, reducing inflammation, restoring fat burning, and removing the real blocks preventing weight loss and metabolic healing. What You’ll Learn Why insulin resistance is a hormonal and cellula...
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In this powerful episode, Ben Azadi exposes what whistleblowers, federal inspectors, and factory workers have revealed about the modern food system and why it is directly contributing to inflammation, insulin resistance, and metabolic disease. Drawing from firsthand reports, Ben explains how speed, profit, and scale inside Big Food allow contamination, unsafe practices, and deceptive labeling to reach grocery store shelves. From h...
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This episode is a powerful wake-up call about health, metabolism, and personal responsibility. Ben Azadi explains that true transformation does not start with diet plans or workout routines, but with identity and decision. Most people are stuck not because they lack information, but because their self-image is broken. Symptoms like belly fat, fatigue, brain fog, cravings, inflammation, and poor sleep are not signs of aging. They a...
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What if a specific type of sugar could actually help your metabolism instead of harming it? In this episode, Ben Azadi breaks down surprising human research showing how organic blackstrap molasses, when used strategically, may lower post-meal blood sugar and insulin spikes, support insulin sensitivity, and help with stubborn belly fat. This is not about eating more sugar, but about using the right kind, in the right way. What You...
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Heart failure rarely shows up suddenly. In most cases, it develops quietly through subtle symptoms that are easy to ignore. In this episode, Ben Azadi reveals nine silent warning signs of early heart failure, explains why they occur, and shares practical, natural strategies to support heart and metabolic health before serious damage occurs. Heart failure is the leading threat to longevity, and the body often whispers long before i...
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In this episode, Ben Azadi reveals the exact 30-day metabolic reset protocol he used to lose over 80 pounds of real body fat and keep it off long term. This is not about calorie restriction or excessive workouts. It is about removing inflammation and restoring fat-burning at the cellular level so your metabolism can finally work for you. Ben explains why most diets fail, how inflammation blocks fat loss, and walks you step by step...
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What if aging didn’t mean decline, burnout, or stubborn weight gain but a powerful metabolic and neurological upgrade? In this in-studio episode of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast, Ben Azadi sits down with Dr. Mindy Pelz to discuss her brand new book Age Like a Girl and share science backed strategies for women over 40 who want better metabolic health, sustainable fat loss, and hormonal balance. Dr. Mindy reframes aging as a biolog...
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Ben Azadi shares the exact 10-day anti-inflammatory reset that helped him calm cortisol, improve sleep, heal his gut, reduce anxiety, and finally lose stubborn belly fat after years of doing “everything right” and getting worse results. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why late-night eating is one of the fastest ways to increase inflammation How an 18:6 eating schedule lowers cortisol and inflammatory markers Why pr...
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In this episode, Ben exposes a hidden ingredient the FDA quietly approved that’s now damaging your gut, metabolism, hormones, and mitochondria: industrial seed oils. These oils are found in more than 80 percent of the U.S. food supply and create toxic compounds linked to inflammation, insulin resistance, obesity, fatty liver, cravings, and even altered gene expression. Ben breaks down:• The 8 seed oils to avoid and why they’re so ...
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In this episode, Ben Azadi breaks down the 10 critical carnivore mistakes that keep people inflamed, tired, constipated, and stuck. After coaching more than 10,000 people through carnivore resets, Ben reveals why carnivore works beautifully for 30 to 90 days — but backfires when done incorrectly. You’ll learn: • Why long-term carnivore can lower thyroid function, reduce microbial diversity, raise stress hormones, and stall progre...
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In this episode, Ben Azadi reveals the real reason stubborn belly fat won’t budge — and why calories, harder workouts, and longer fasts aren’t solving the problem.The culprit is cortisol, the stress hormone that tells your body to store fat — especially visceral fat around your organs, the most dangerous kind. Ben breaks down the science doctors rarely explain: how cortisol rhythms, circadian biology, and fat tissue hormone recept...
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In this episode, Ben reveals the most researched, safest, and most effective supplement for lowering inflammation, shrinking visceral fat, boosting strength, and upgrading brain energy — and it isn’t a fat burner. It’s creatine monohydrate… but only the right kind. Ben breaks down how creatine protects your mitochondria, reduces inflammatory markers, increases lean muscle at any age, and improves memory, mood, and cognitive perfor...
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Most people blame posture for their neck and shoulder pain, but research shows the real root cause is often hormones, not mechanics. In this episode, Ben explains how cortisol, thyroid hormones, sex hormones, insulin, and even growth hormone can lock your muscles into chronic tension and why most doctors miss these connections. You’ll learn how stress hormones alter pain pathways, increase inflammation, and create tight traps, sti...
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What if the key to better metabolism, faster fat loss, deeper detox, and emotional healing wasn’t a pill or protocol… but light? In this in-depth episode of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast, Ben Azadi sits down with Brian Richards, founder of SaunaSpace, for a powerful exploration of near-infrared light, red light therapy, and heat therapy as metabolic medicine. Brian breaks down the science behind how near-infrared light and sauna ...
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In this episode, Ben breaks down why a simple 24-hour water fast can outperform Ozempic for fat loss, metabolic health, and longevity. While Ozempic forces weight loss through slowed digestion and appetite suppression, it also causes muscle loss, reduced metabolism, and hormonal disruption. Fasting, on the other hand, works with your biology to burn fat and heal your body at the deepest cellular level. Ben walks through the hour-b...
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