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Timestamps ⏱

0:00 – Intro
0:42 – Why 16:8 Is NOT Fasting
1:23 – Insulin & Fat Burning
2:47 – The 36-Hour Protocol & Its Results
3:46 – Glucagon vs Insulin
5:05 – Why Retatrutide Beats Semaglutide
5:57 – Stop Chasing Scale Weight
6:28 – Why Visceral Fat Has No Health Benefit
7:18 – The Visceral Fat & Insulin Loop
9:17 – Free Variety Pack of LMNT Electrolytes
10:17 – Proving Insulin Normalizes During a Fast
12:15 – The Tip Off the Cliff Phenomenon
13:53 – Why Fasting Nets Less Deficit Than Daily Dieting
15:56 – How Insulin Locks Fat In the Cell
18:51 – The Muscle Loss Dieting Ignores
20:21 – Train & Move Around Your Fast
21:57 – How Fasting Studies Get Rigged
26:06 – Why You Can’t Out-Eat Weekly Fasting
28:56 – Overeating Is Disordered Eating Too
33:06 – The Million-Dollar Compliance Question
35:46 – Retatrutide & the Future of Metabolic Medicine
36:39 – Does Rapid Weight Loss Cause Weight Rebound?
38:23 – Fasting Maintenance Phase
40:59 – Visceral Fat’s Hidden Hit to Testosterone
42:53 – Saturated Fat vs Sugar
46:30 – The Keto High-Cholesterol Plaque Study
48:48 – Root-Cause Fix for Metabolic Disease
50:29 – Where to Find More of Dr. Schoeff

Insulin Resistance Doctor: Stop 16:8 Fasting Now (Do This Fasting Instead)

July 16, 2026

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