The Diabetes Doctor: 80% Of Adults Are Heading For Chronic Disease! Keto’s Shocking Effect On Your Brain!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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He led the longest-ever human study on the ketogenic diet and spent 15+ years studying metabolism, now Dr Andrew Koutnik reveals what the science says about fat loss, depression, diabetes, and disease. Dr. Andrew Koutnik is a leading metabolic research scientist specialising in metabolic health, human performance, and Type 1 diabetes management. He has contributed to over 100 scientific publications and, in 2024, co-authored a landmark 10-year case report on the ketogenic diet and diabetes. He explains: ◼️ Why ultra-processed foods are silently destroying your brain and metabolism ◼️ How 70% of grocery store food is designed to keep you sick ◼️ How this one diet could prevent Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and diabetes ◼️ How keto and fasting can reset your body better than any workout ◼️ The hidden reason you can’t burn fat and how to fix it fast 00:00 Intro 02:38 What's Your Mission? 03:32 What Areas of Health Have You Spent the Last 15 Years Researching? 09:37 High Blood Sugar Is the Biggest Cause of Long-Term Health Problems 13:33 The Keto Diet 18:30 Regulating Elevations in Blood Glucose 21:42 Food Patterns Through Evolution 26:09 What Do You Notice When You're in Keto vs. Not in Keto? 33:45 Should We Be Restricting Carbs? 35:32 10-Year Study on the Impact of the Keto Diet 38:52 Your Blood Sugar Levels Have Risen 43:26 Ads 44:34 The Keto Diet and Physical Performance 52:22 Exogenous Ketones 56:40 Exogenous Ketones for Mental Health 58:52 Exogenous Ketones Helping With Cancer Body Weight Increase 01:00:21 Keto Diet and Gaining Muscle 01:03:33 Not Feeling Hungry on the Keto Diet 01:06:35 The Food Industry Engineers Food to Make You More Hungry 01:11:21 Ads 01:13:18 How Can Our Audience Live a Better Life Practically? 01:18:37 What Is Something Surprising About Glucose? 01:23:57 Should Everybody Try the Keto Diet? 01:27:21 What's on the Other Side of the Simulation? Follow Dr Andrew: X - https://bit.ly/3VHSGv3 Instagram - https://bit.ly/3HWF4sT The Diary Of A CEO: ⬛ Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ⬛ Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ⬛ The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ⬛ The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ⬛ Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ⬛ Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Replit - http://replit.com with code STEVEN KetoneIQ - Visit https://ketone.com/STEVEN for 30% off your subscription orderStan Store - https://stevenbartlett.stan.store for your 14-Day free trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All of a sudden, it seems like AI is everywhere. Whether it's recommending your next series to binge
0:04.4	watch or finding fraudulent charges on your credit card, AI is here to stay. But it needs a lot of
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0:47.1	slash Bartlett. What can you tell me about this? Well, if you look at the science, it's enhancing
0:52.8	cognition. We've seen 50% improvement
0:55.3	in how individuals were able to read and absorb information of better decision-making.
1:00.0	And also, we did a study and showed that it delayed the progression of metastatic cancer. And I've
1:05.9	actually taken this a number of times because having been in research for the last 15 years and having lived with multiple chronic diseases, one of which I reversed.
1:14.3	Some of the most powerful strategies like this were not being told to me when I went to the doctor's office.
1:19.1	So let's dig deeper.
1:20.5	Dr. Andrew Kootenik is a research scientist who's worked on over 100 studies on metabolic health, diabetes, and the keto diet.
1:27.8	And through his findings, he's helping people prevent chronic diseases, improve cognition,
1:32.6	and optimize performance.
1:34.5	I went through some pretty dramatic moments in my childhood.
1:37.1	You know, I did everything I was told, right?
1:38.6	I exercised all the time.
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