#146 - Dr. Rick Johnson: Fructose & Obesity, The Survival Switch, Salt & Weight Gain, Stimulating Fat Production, Uric Acid, The Polyol Pathway, Metabolic Syndrome, And More!

GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/fructose 2:05 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:15 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 10:50 - Beginning Of Fructose Research 14:30 - How Sugar Can Cause Weigh Gain Independently Of Caloric Intake 17:30 - Leptin Resistance 23:10 - Defining Glucose, Sucrose, And Fructose 26:55 - "Tasteless" Mice 28:00 - Craving Sugar 31:20 - 5 Great Tastes 33:00 - Artificial Sweeteners 34:00 - Blocking The Fructokinase In The Liver 36:00 - How Fructose Tricks The Body 42:10 - How Fructose Uses Glucose To Create Fat 50:00 - Polyol Pathway 51:40 - Stress & Dehydration 53:50 - Salt 1:00:30 - How Hibernation Mimics Metabolic Syndrome 1:04:30 - Evolutionarily, Where Did This Start? 1:07:45 - The Natural Fasting Cycle 1:08:30 - The Role Of Fructose In The Cells, AMPK, And AMPD 1:16:00 - What Happens When You Combine Starvation With The AMPK Pathway? 1:21:00 - Starvation Mode 1:24:30 - What About Whole Fruit? The Role Of Vitamin C