The Metabolic Link

Metabolic Gynecology: Insulin, Inflammation, and the Uterus as an End Organ | Dr. Andréa Salcedo, DO | The Metabolic Link Ep. 103

Join us for a FREE live Q&A with Dr. Salcedo on September 10 at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET and ask her your questions directly. Register here. What if the uterus is an end

You Asked, Ben Bikman Answered: GLP-1 Muscle Loss, Ketone Targets & Cancer Metabolism | The Metabolic Link Ep. 102

Today we are doing something we have never done before. Once a month, members of The Metabolic Initiative get an hour to put their own questions directly to the scientis

Implementation of Ketogenic and Low Carbohydrate Therapies for Metabolic Disease | Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE | The Metabolic Link Ep. 101

Ketogenic and low-carbohydrate diets often focus on a specific carbohydrate target: keep your net carbs under 30 grams. But as registered dietitian and certified diabetes

Ben Bikman, PhD | Rethinking Metabolic Health: Insulin, Ketones, and What Comes Next | The Metabolic Link Ep. 100

Join us for a live Q&A with Dr. Ben Bikman here. For the 100th episode of The Metabolic Link, Ben Bikman, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology at Brigham Young

Type 1 Diabetes on a Ketogenic Diet: What a 1,000-Mile Bike Ride Revealed | Dr. Ian Lake | The Metabolic Link Ep. 99

What can 21 days of continuous glucose and ketone data, recorded during a 1,000-mile cycling journey, reveal about managing type 1 diabetes on a ketogenic diet? Dr. Ian

Ozempic, Insulin Resistance, and Type 2 Diabetes: What Are We Missing? | Dr. Mariela Glandt | The Metabolic Link Ep. 98

Attend a Live Q&A with Dr. Glandt. Reigster here. What if the way we treat type 2 diabetes is fundamentally backwards? Dr. Mariela Glandt is an endocrinologist and obes

Treating PTSD When Standard Care Falls Short: A Hyperbaric Oxygen Protocol | Dr. Keren Doenyas-Barak, MD | The Metabolic Link Ep. 97

Fewer than 40% of people with PTSD respond to standard care. For the intrusive symptoms at the core of the disorder, response rates may be lower than 15%. So what options

Inflammation and Glycation: The Two Heads of Chronic Disease | Dr. Paul Reynolds, PhD | The Metabolic Link Ep. 96

Dr. Paul Reynolds has spent his career studying what he calls “two heads of the same beast”: inflammation and glycation — two interlocking processes that may help explain

Metabolic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice: Brain Energy, Common Pitfalls, & Precision Nutrition | Dr. Bret Scher, MD | The Metabolic Link Ep. 95

In people with severe depression and cognitive decline, brain glucose metabolism has been shown in some studies to decline measurably. Ketone metabolism, by contrast, app

Inuit Metabolism Revisited: Ketosis, Omega-3s, & the CPT1A Arctic Variant | Dr. Gideon Mailer & Nicola Hale | The Metabolic Link Ep. 94

A gene mutation that reduces ketone production in the fasted state is associated with sudden infant death in modern populations. But in the ancestral context where it evo

Understanding Female Metabolism: PCOS, Postpartum, and Menopause | Madison Kackley, PhD | The Metabolic Link

In a 12-week clinical trial at The Ohio State University, every woman with PCOS who completed the intervention experienced a change in her menstrual status. One participa

Vagal Nerve Stimulation, TBI, and Brain Health: Rethinking Neurological Care | Dr. Michael Hoffman, MD | The Metabolic Link Ep. 92

A veteran walks into the clinic with a persistent migraine. Four minutes of vagal nerve stimulation later, the migraine is gone. This is not a one-off result. It is what

What's in Your Tap Water? Contaminants, Filtration, and How to Test It | Johnny Pujol | The Metabolic Link Ep. 91

You could have elevated levels of contaminants like uranium or arsenic in your drinking water—and not know it. Many of these compounds are colorless, odorless, and undete

Rethinking Cognitive Decline: Stimulus, Exercise, and the Aging Brain | Dr. Tommy Wood, MD, PhD | The Metabolic Link Ep. 90

Register for a live Q&A with Dr. Tommy Wood on Wednesday, March 25th. Decreased glucose uptake in the brain is often considered a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. B

Journal Club: Five Papers Pushing the Boundaries of Metabolic Therapy | The Metabolic Link Ep. 89

Get free access to our new Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy ebook here. Could changing your metabolism reduce alcohol cravings, ease psychiatric symptoms, and even make cance

Mitochondria, Muscle, & Aging: What Longevity Drugs Miss | Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky | The Metabolic Link Ep. 88

Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky's VO2 max was once 87.6 ml/kg/min — an elite-level mark few humans have reached. He's competed at three world championships in three differ

Trauma, Inflammation, and Neurodegeneration: A New Framework for Alzheimer's | Dr. Caesar Hernandez, MS, PhD | The Metabolic Link Ep. 87

Roughly 90% of Alzheimer's patients develop neuropsychiatric symptoms including anxiety, persistent fear, and an inability to recognize safety — but little research

The Metabolic Roots of Cardiovascular Disease: A Vascular Surgeon's Perspective | Dr. Lily Johnston | The Metabolic Link Ep. 86

What if the sequence we've always assumed—plaque causes arterial stiffness—is actually backwards? Dr. Lily Johnston proposes that impaired nitric oxide signaling may

Ultra-Processed Food and Nutrition Policy: What We're Getting Wrong | Dr. David Ludwig | The Metabolic Link Ep. 85

The term “ultra-processed food” appeared nearly 100 times in the White House’s Make America Healthy Again report. But questions remain about whether the concept is precis

Metabolic Oncology: From Theory To Clinical Application | Dr. Tomás Duraj | The Metabolic Link Ep. 84

Glioblastoma has a long-term survival rate under 1% at ten years. After decades of research focusing primarily on mutation-targeted therapies, median survival has improve