Weight Loss Resistance / Leptin with Dr. Bindiya Gandhi – The Health Detective Podcast

 “Health is an inside job, a lot of our society and diet culture, focus, fitness culture and has greatly been on fixing the outside.”

Dr. Bindiya Gandhi is double-boarded by the American Board of Family Medicine as well as the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Physicians. Her interests include integrative, holistic, and functional medicine, women’s health, preventative medicine, international medicine, and health care reform. She is also a certified yoga instructor and reiki master. She used to practice emergency medicine as well. Dr. Bindiya is a media expert and contributor to numerous sites including The Daily Mail, MindbodyGreen, PopSugar, Clean Plated, Well + Good, and more! When she is not working or writing you can find her in the kitchen cooking, doing yoga, or enjoying time with her family and pup.

Dr. Lauryn and Dr. Bindiya will introduce you to weight loss resistance and what are lectins. They will also enlighten you about doing diets and what are the harmful effects to you in the long term of doing it. It needs to be done with a practitioner that can help support you in making sure you're doing it appropriately.

Press play to discover:

• Why do some people lose weight effortlessly while others struggle for years?

• Why does weight loss resistance happen?

• How to fix weight loss resistance appropriately?

• Why do some people who don't experience a lot of cravings or hunger still have weight loss resistance?

Episode highlight

[00:04] Introduction to weight loss resistance

[03:33] Introduction to Dr. Bindiya Gandhi

[04.41] Dr. Binduya background

[07:00] Why do a lot of female patients gravitate towards Dr. Bindiya

[08:20] The wrong notion about weight loss

[09:01] What are lectins

[10:34] Basal metabolic rate is the number of calories you need that your body will burn in a day on the couch, not doing any activity

[11:34] What are the truths about calories

[14:40] The problem with the Intermittent diet

[15:50] What can women do in men to reverse leptin resistance and or weight loss resistance

[16:45] What are the most common questions that women ask?

[19:35] What is dysbiosis?

[21:19] A lot of women don't even know they have a thyroid issue

[21:59] You can't fix your lectin unless your thyroid is fixed

[23:00] What is one chronic wellness hack that Dr. Bindiya has been into lately?

[24:45] Final remarks

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