Ep. 86: Robb Wolf on Ray Peat and the Bioenergetic View: Stress & Blood Sugar

The Energy Balance Podcast

In this episode we discuss:

• Whether it’s stressful to be in a fat-burning, keto-adapted state

• How blood sugar is regulated when we’re not eating carbohydrates, and how this impacts stress hormones and thyroid hormones

• Whether having stable blood sugar levels on a low-carb diet is a good thing

• The problems with elevated levels of glucagon, which occurs when someone is on a low-carb diet

• Why glucagon is a stress hormone and its impact on thyroid hormones

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Timestamps:

4:30 – why we wanted to discuss Robb Wolf’s perspective of the bioenergetic view

8:25 – Robb’s main points against the bioenergetic view

9:52 – whether fat-burning and being keto-adapted is stressful and how blood sugar is regulated in these states

31:29 – the problems with elevated levels of glucagon, which occurs when someone is on a low-carb diet