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I look at that patient walking into my room and if I see that he's got a belly sticking out, I already know he's
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probably got insulin resistance because all the fat is in here. Because the fat that's in the stomach sideways, he looks
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terrible. From the back, he looks great. His waist is increased. He doesn't have all the fat everywhere
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else in his body. That's the phenotype of somebody who has hyperinsulinemia. That same person goes on a cruise, he'll
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come back 5 to 10 pounds more because he's got so much insulin in his body. Insulin is a storage molecule. Puts
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everything away. And it's very hard for him to lose weight. Why is it harder? The only thing that will make you lose
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that fat very quickly is to change your diet, of course, but you have to do fasting because fasting brings your
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insulin level. See, this is where fasting comes in. So, what does fasting do? Do you mean fasting or a calorie
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deficit? Is it or is it the same thing in your view? No, they're not the same thing. They are not the same thing. You
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see, when you don't eat, your insulin levels come down because you're not stimulating your pancreas anymore. So,
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you want to bring your insulin levels down. The best thing you can do in the world is to do fasting.