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-- Hello welcome to -- -- I'm Dr.
Manny.
Low carb low fat gluten free Begin you name it.
There's a diet plan out there for you but if you like many Americans.
Even with total commitment.
You may not have success with the diet my guess that says is not your fault you may have been following the wrong diet for your metabolism.
All third of the -- dirt farmer diet solution.
Doctor -- opponents joins me today thank you Monica being here thank you I gotta go on the record I think that you are -- one of the best.
Persons -- medical doctors.
That really knows a lot about metabolism diets you know and you know we have a relationship for long time your book we just -- just came out of this is agreeable to have you break down.
Folks into two groups I guess.
The hunters.
And the farmers what's the difference.
Yes of these people are really very different kinds of people and they need different eating strategies different -- to lose weight and to get healthy -- and hunter is the one who's putting on -- more around the middle to -- that's more belly fat -- to -- that kind of got -- I'm like all right you maybe hunter.
And then -- the farmer to farmer puts on weight more under the skin and -- the hits the thigh area and those people need different diets to lose weight so.
-- and I tell right off the bat as I'm gaining weight you know as I got older because I I don't know I think I started as a farmer and the and I ended -- -- hundred happened -- happen right so I can like other things that I that I need to know about myself to identify that we'll.
Some -- your blood -- simple blood test can also help for example the blood sugar the triglycerides you've heard -- -- right well the hunters have higher triglyceride levels that's one of the fats in the blood.
Right very helpful very helpful also you may know.
Low HDL is typical but -- -- good cholesterol level is low with the hunters and the opposite.
But I farmers so that so there's a metabolic characteristic of metabolic footprint that's right and you could think of the hunter is the sort of pre diabetic.
Type of person and the farmer doesn't have that tendency right.
The so I guess and -- I know what you -- -- I guess what you say it is.
Before you go on the Internet and then picked the latest of the blogging -- from Hollywood.
Pop up.
Go see somebody.
-- go see your doctor Lucy you know we agreed to a four or read the book and and get that analysis -- No question because you're there lot of ways to lose weight of course is the grapefruit diets all the fad diets -- -- But if you want to do it right and get the right -- first you really need to know which type -- There's always that needed that cliche.
That we say well you know what eat less and exercise more and you gonna lose weight but sometimes that's not the case.
You know it's great to be great if that were true but unfortunately exercises and always make us lose weight you know we go to the gym we burn 300 calories and then you know -- happens you have a sports drink.
-- -- You know granola bar and their brother 300 calories and you know when you exercise of course your little hungrier than it so exciting though it's important and you got to do that to stay healthy.
It doesn't usually produces much weight loss as we'd like not eating less that's true you know for -- way we do have to eat less right question is -- -- less of everything or eat less of something.
Right any answers you need eat less of something and before you know what.
You should eat less of you need to know -- you're right.
One of the things that you we find the -- which I think is very important for people to know that's why this is important for you to buy the book.
Is that you talk about -- the different types of people but if you know whether -- -- -- reformer.
You could also address.
It had preventable diseases that are unique to those individuals -- -- about that.
That's why I like it so much is that and that's because it helps me as a doctor to know what to prevent right.
The hunters are heading for more heart troubles they're -- get high blood pressure.
Heart disease may be stroke later in life so that's what we really need to prevent -- -- hunters -- diabetes.
On the former site actually they live in today's world about five years longer and they don't get as much heart disease.
Of course you gotta get something so they get more cancer right.
Do you want to be.
A hunter or a farmer or do you wanna be neither what what's the goal here yet well if you wanna be hunter you -- eat like a -- If you wanna be a farmer you wanna eat like a farmer it's when the hunt treats like a farmer or vice Versa then we have -- problem oh yes so a hunters no better no worse than a farm as long as you're eating right.
Now hundred years ago believe it or not it was better to be a hunter.
The -- is actually have a little edge on longevity that's -- food was little scarce or background right if true this issue wanna be hunter if through his abundant you'd rather be a farmer okay.
-- people would say and but again.
-- full disclosure I think that this is one of the finest books ever.
Why did you write a -- Being that there's so many diet books out there.
There are so many -- -- and you know the reason I wanted her at the books because this is something that people are overlooking and that is there's two types of people they need to different -- approaches right so you have to know yourself like that that's the bottom line.
If you gonna die and -- and you wanna do -- properly.
You have to learn about your metabolism because -- two.
No no an and that's the cliche you can -- -- -- to time this guy who worked for me.
It didn't -- feel and and that's and that's nice -- out at a time right but -- with the right person right that could work more apparent what can people get more information you can by the book it's on -- -- dot com as well you can visit the website all right thank you for coming -- -- great.
Great and if you have any health topics -- want to talk to me about email Leo at fox.
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