#1196 Never Eat These 7 “Healthy” Foods Again: The Hidden Kidney Killers Raising Blood Pressure, Inflammation, and Stone Risk With Ben Azadi
In this episode of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast, Ben Azadi reveals the 7 everyday foods and drinks that silently damage your kidneys, even when they are marketed as “healthy.” Ben shares his personal story of feeling bloated, inflamed, and exhausted while unknowingly harming his kidneys, and explains why kidney damage often goes undetected until it becomes permanent. You’ll learn: Why green smoothies, almonds, and juice cleanses can increase kidney stone risk How diet sodas and sugar-free drinks accelerate kidney decline The hidden danger of phosphate additives in processed “health” foods Why dirty protein powders harm kidneys more than protein itself How excess sodium from packaged foods and restaurants damages kidney filters Safer food and drink swaps to protect kidney health The role oxalates, artificial sweeteners, and poor-quality salt play in kidney stress Practical steps to start protecting your kidneys today Ben also shares free and low-cost metabolic reset resources designed to reduce inflammation, burn fat, and support long-term kidney and metabolic health. This episode is a must-listen if you’ve had kidney stones, struggle with inflammation, or feel “off” despite eating clean. FREE GUIDE: Lose 10 Pounds in 7 Days - https://bit.ly/3MQkr3B 🔥CLICK For Your Complete 14 Day Fat Loss Plan (Reignite Your Body & Life) HERE - https://bit.ly/4pL2MJ5 Upgraded Formulas Potassium: https://upgradedformulas.com/BENAZADI Redmond’s Re-Lyte Electrolytes: https://ketokampsalt.com use code AZADI📚 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today: http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) 🔎 Find All Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship Deals https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals
25 Dec 202519min
#1195 7 “Healthy” Foods That Are Secretly Destroying Your Liver, Blocking Fat Loss, and Keeping Belly Fat Stuck With Ben Azadi
In this episode of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast, Ben Azadi exposes the 7 “healthy” foods and ingredients silently destroying your liver and blocking fat loss. Ben explains why the liver is the control center of metabolism and how common foods like oat milk, plant-based protein bars, whole wheat bread, seed oils, fructose, and alcohol inflame the liver, stall fat burning, and drive stubborn belly fat. You’ll learn: Why liver inflammation shuts down fat loss even with clean eating How fructose and seed oils overload liver detox pathways The gut–liver connection and how leaky gut worsens fatty liver Simple food swaps that immediately support liver healing Ben also shares a 7-step liver reset protocol, including fasting, walking after meals, protein intake, ditching seed oils, and prioritizing sleep, plus answers common questions about oat milk, fruit, cheat days, and fatty liver testing. The episode wraps with practical liver-healing foods, real success stories, and access to free and low-cost resources designed to jumpstart fat loss and restore metabolic health. FREE GUIDE: 5 Vegetables You Must Avoid To Lose Weight & Belly Fat - https://bit.ly/4qosAe1 Events: https://benazadi.com/events Olive Oil: https://Benazadi.com/oliveoil 🔥CLICK For Your Complete 14 Day Fat Loss Plan (Reignite Your Body & Life) HERE - https://bit.ly/4pL2MJ5 📚 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today: http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) 🔎 Find All Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship Deals https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals
24 Dec 202520min
#1194 Why Fasting Keeps Failing You and the Hidden Metabolic Mistakes Sabotaging Fat Loss, Energy, and Healing With Ben Azadi
Fasting is one of the most powerful tools for fat loss, healing, and longevity, but it fails for many people because their metabolism is not prepared. In this episode, Ben Azadi explains why fasting feels miserable or unsustainable for most people and reveals the hidden metabolic mistakes that sabotage results before a fast even begins. You’ll learn why being a sugar burner instead of a fat burner makes fasting feel like torture, how stress and poor sleep block fat burning, and why nighttime eating can completely ruin your fast the next day. Ben also breaks down how inflammation, toxins stored in fat cells, low protein intake, and an all-or-nothing approach to fasting lead to crashes, cravings, and failure. This episode covers: Why fasting fails when metabolic flexibility is low The role of insulin, cortisol, and inflammation in fasting success How stress, sleep, and nighttime eating impact fat burning Why toxins can make fasting feel worse instead of better How to properly prepare your body before fasting The 7 foundational steps to make fasting easier and effective How to know when your body is truly ready to fast If fasting has ever felt like failure or suffering, this episode explains why it was not your fault and how fixing the foundation can completely change your results. FREE GUIDE: Better Than Ozempic - https://bit.ly/3Y6YZtv 🔥CLICK For Your Complete 14 Day Fat Loss Plan (Reignite Your Body & Life) HERE - https://bit.ly/4pL2MJ5 📚 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) 🔎 Find All Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship Deals https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals
23 Dec 202520min
#1193 Everything You Know About Weightlifting Is Wrong – The Shocking Science of Faster Muscle & Fat Loss with Dr. John Jaquish
What if everything you thought about muscle building, fat loss, and strength training was backwards? In this episode of the Metabolic Freedom Podcast, host Ben Azadi sits down with Dr. John Jaquish, biomedical engineer, inventor, and author of Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time, for a deep-dive conversation that challenges traditional fitness dogma. Dr. Jaquish explains why conventional weightlifting, bulking, and endless cardio are inefficient, unnecessary, and often counter-productive for real body recomposition. He shares the science behind variable resistance training, how high protein intake drives metabolism, why low carbohydrate thresholds matter, and how your body can build muscle and burn fat simultaneously without joint destruction or outdated exercise myths. Whether you lift weights regularly or you’ve ever felt stuck in your progress, this episode will flip your assumptions about muscle, fat loss, and strength gains — and give you a new framework to achieve both lean muscle and metabolic freedom. Key Topics Covered • Why body recomposition is possible at all fitness levels • How variable resistance training (like X3) outperforms traditional lifting • Why high protein consumption accelerates fat loss • The science behind low carbohydrate thresholds for muscle glycogen • Myths about how much protein the body can absorb • Why calories are a flawed measure for muscle growth • Essential amino acids, creatine, peptides — what works and when • How short, high-intensity training minimizes joint wear • Why traditional cardio rarely drives body recomposition Books Mentioned 📘 Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Timeby Dr. John Jaquishhttps://www.amazon.com/Weight-Lifting-Waste-Time-Cardio/dp/154450893X Products and Programs Mentioned 👉 X3 BarVariable resistance training system designed for big muscle gains and fat loss:https://benazadi.com/x3 💸 Coupon code: SAVE50 — $50 off the X3 Bar system Watch the Full Interview on YouTube 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BenAzadi Follow Ben Azadi 🌐 Website: https://www.benazadi.com📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebenazadi📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benazadi.coach💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benazadi🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benazadi 🔎 Find All Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship Deals https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals
22 Dec 20251h
#1192 Here’s EXACTLY How I’d Reverse Insulin Resistance in 2026, Restore Fat Burning, and Heal Your Metabolism for Good With Ben Azadi
In this episode, Ben Azadi shares the exact protocol he would follow to reverse insulin resistance, based on his own transformation and work with thousands of clients. This is a no-fluff, science-backed blueprint focused on lowering insulin, reducing inflammation, restoring fat burning, and removing the real blocks preventing weight loss and metabolic healing. What You’ll Learn Why insulin resistance is a hormonal and cellular communication problem, not a calorie issue How eating too close to bedtime disrupts fat burning, sleep, and insulin sensitivity The inflammatory fats and seed oils silently driving insulin resistance and belly fat Why toxins and obesogens create weight loss resistance and stall progress How to detox safely without sabotaging fat loss The keto + KetoFlex strategy to restore metabolic flexibility The weekly 5-1-1 fasting framework that prevents plateaus Why protein and muscle are critical for blood sugar control The simplest habit that lowers glucose after meals How identity and mindset directly influence metabolic healing FREE GUIDE: How To Lose 1 Pound Of Fat Per Day - https://bit.ly/4s3Trh2 YOUR COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP FAT-BURNING PLAN: https://bit.ly/3N4ioZE 📚 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom todayhttp://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) Air Purifier: https://Benazadi.com/jaspr Essential Oils: https://Ketokampoils.com Seed Oil Card: https://Seedoilcard.com Trulyfree home detergent: https://click.trulyfreehome.com/aff_c?offer_id=250&aff_id=2489 🔎 Find All Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship Deals https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals
21 Dec 202527min
#1191 If You Knew What Food Whistleblowers Exposed, You’d Never Shop the Same Way Again: The Hidden Truth Behind Big Food, Inflammation, and Metabolic Disease With Ben Azadi
In this powerful episode, Ben Azadi exposes what whistleblowers, federal inspectors, and factory workers have revealed about the modern food system and why it is directly contributing to inflammation, insulin resistance, and metabolic disease. Drawing from firsthand reports, Ben explains how speed, profit, and scale inside Big Food allow contamination, unsafe practices, and deceptive labeling to reach grocery store shelves. From high-speed meat inspection failures to baby formula plant sanitation scandals, this episode reveals why blindly trusting the system puts your health at risk. More importantly, Ben shares a simple, actionable grocery store framework to help you protect your metabolism, reduce inflammation, and make smarter food choices starting today. You will learn how to identify clean proteins, avoid ultra-processed foods, decode ingredient labels, and prioritize what matters most if you are on a budget. This episode is both a wake-up call and a roadmap to reclaim control of your health, your food, and your metabolic future. FREE GUIDE: The World’s Easiest Breakfast Diet - https://bit.ly/4s6RAYN YOUR COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP FAT-BURNING PLAN - https://bit.ly/4qjQ2ZZ 📚 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) 👉Meat: https://benazadi.com/meat 👉https://eatwild.com 👉https://localharvest.org 👉https://farmmatch.com 🔎 Find All Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship Deals https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals
20 Dec 202518min
#1190 This Is Your Wake-Up Call: The Identity Shift You Must Make to Fix Your Metabolism, Reclaim Your Health, and Stop Aging Into Disease With Ben Azadi
This episode is a powerful wake-up call about health, metabolism, and personal responsibility. Ben Azadi explains that true transformation does not start with diet plans or workout routines, but with identity and decision. Most people are stuck not because they lack information, but because their self-image is broken. Symptoms like belly fat, fatigue, brain fog, cravings, inflammation, and poor sleep are not signs of aging. They are metabolic warning signals asking for change. Ben shares his personal story of pain, depression, and healing, reminding listeners that motivation does not create change. A committed decision does. The episode walks through five life-changing questions that help reprogram identity, followed by a simple wake-up protocol focused on daily non-negotiables, future visualization, and upgrading your environment. This message challenges listeners to stop “trying,” take responsibility, and make today Day One, not someday. FREE GUIDE: How To Lose Fat 1 Pound Of Fat Per Day - https://bit.ly/4j45Yxa 🔥YOUR COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP FAT-BURNING PLAN : https://bit.ly/3MAYF3H 📚 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) 🔎 Find All Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship Deals https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals
19 Dec 202519min
#1189 1 Tablespoon of This Overlooked Sugar May Lower Insulin Resistance, Calm Blood Sugar Spikes, and Help Melt Stubborn Belly Fat Naturally With Ben Azadi
What if a specific type of sugar could actually help your metabolism instead of harming it? In this episode, Ben Azadi breaks down surprising human research showing how organic blackstrap molasses, when used strategically, may lower post-meal blood sugar and insulin spikes, support insulin sensitivity, and help with stubborn belly fat. This is not about eating more sugar, but about using the right kind, in the right way. What You’ll Learn Why insulin resistance is the real driver of belly fat and cravings How most people can be insulin resistant long before labs show it What makes blackstrap molasses different from regular sugar Human studies showing reduced glucose and insulin spikes with molasses How molasses polyphenols slow carb digestion and reduce glycemic impact Why context, timing, and pairing matter more than calories The exact way to use molasses without sabotaging fat loss FREE GUIDE: Lose 10 Pounds in 7 Days - https://bit.ly/3MDMh2T 📚 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today. CLICK HERE: http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) 👉Olive Oil: https://benazadi.com/oliveoil 👉Molasses: https://amzn.to/4o8p0n6 🔎 Find All Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship Deals https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals
18 Dec 202520min
