Wellness + Wisdom | Episode 656
How is slow metabolism related to a lack of purpose and not genetics?
Ben Azadi, Metabolic Health Expert and Founder of Keto Kamp, joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 656, to talk about the key factors that helped him lose weight, how you create a prison inside your head, why the environment you're in has the power to change your life, and what most people get wrong about slow metabolism.
“93% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy because they're not living a life on purpose with their purpose. When you're clear on that and you start to change your thoughts and become aware of what's going on in your environment, everything else clicks.” – Ben Azadi
In This Episode, Ben Azadi Uncovers:
[01:30] Addiction Can Be a Gift
- Ben Azadi
- Keto Flex by Ben Azadi
- Why his parents left Iran.
- How getting clear on his purpose helped Ben lose weight.
- Why he shifted from video addiction to alcohol, drugs, and food.
- How he fought suicidal thoughts after breaking up with his girlfriend.
- Responsibility is the ability to respond to life.
[08:50] You Create Your Own Mental Prison
- Why abundance is a birthright.
- How Ben liberated himself from a mental prison through God.
- What God means to him.
- We are here to find our purpose.
- The people who live the longest have a connection to a higher power.
[12:20] The True Cause of Obesity
- Why it's important to focus on our mental health in order to achieve optimal health.
- Recovering the Soul: A Scientific and Spiritual Approach by Larry Dossey
- Why most heart attacks happen on a Monday morning.
- Obesity is not a genetic issue.
[14:40] How to Find Your Passion
- What we can learn from children.
- Why most people are lost in their 20s.
- The reason why people struggle to find their passion.
- How Ben faced his fear of public speaking and it's now what he does for a living.
- Fear provides us with information.
[21:00] Face Your Fears + You Will Grow
- Personal growth is a choice.
- The mind is not just the brain.
- Why most people live life on an autopilot.
- We have 60,000 thoughts every day.
- How traumatic events and repetition change how we think.
[26:00] Your Environment Can Change Your Life
- How thoughts become things.
- 293 Dr. Jade Teta: How To Be A Next Level Human
- Our environment determines the thoughts we think.
- Why Ben didn't want to watch the series Euphoria.
- How the Big Pharma and fast foods brainwash people through the TV.
[32:50] Why You Should Eat Animal Protein
- The body holds our memories.
- Why Ben recommends eating animal-based protein.
- How a high amount of stress doesn't allow us to have space for flexibility.
[37:20] The Misconceptions About Metabolism
- Improving your metabolism is not complicated.
- What it means to be metabolically free.
- Symptoms are not the problem, they're a gift from God.
- Why doctors should ask their patients about what they eat.
[43:10] Diabetes Diagnosis
- How Ben's father struggled with diabetes.
- Why it was devastating to see his father in the hospital slowly dying.
- How Ben felt like he needed to give his dad permission to leave.
- Why the information he has now would have saved his dad's life.
[50:20] Achieve Wellness Through Your Environment
- The sooner you can change, the sooner you can get different results.
- How we learn from our struggles.
- Why understanding we are children of God is a part of wellness.
- When we control our environment, we can achieve better wellness.
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Power Quotes From The Show
Weight Problem? No! Weight Symptom
“Nobody has a weight problem. They have a weight symptom. The body gets healthy to lose weight. It doesn't lose weight to get healthy. So once you understand that and identify the interference, then work on removing the interference and then your inner physician will go to work for you.” – Ben Azadi
The Ability to Respond to Life
“Responsibility is your ability to respond to life. When your ability to respond to life is poor, you get poor results. When your ability to respond to life is taking an ownership over your circumstances and doing whatever it takes to figure it out, then you become the victor of your destiny and you stop being the victim of your history.” – Ben Azadi
How to Become a Master
“When you do something you fear, it sucks at first. And it continues to suck in the beginning. But my formula is suck, suck, success. You embrace the suck. You become a master. You were once a disaster. You eventually become a master along the way.” – Ben Azadi
Links From Today's Show
- Ben Azadi
- Keto Flex by Ben Azadi
- Recovering the Soul: A Scientific and Spiritual Approach by Larry Dossey
- 293 Dr. Jade Teta: How To Be A Next Level Human
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About Ben Azadi
In 2008, Ben Azadi was an obese man who went through a personal health transformation of releasing 80 pounds of extra weight and getting metabolically healthy.
Ever since, Ben Azadi, FDN-P, has been on a mission to help 1 billion people live a healthier lifestyle.
Ben has over 15 years of experience in the health industry, and he’s the author of four best-selling books, including his latest Keto Flex. Ben has been the go-to source for intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet since 2013.
He is known as ‘The Health Detective’ because he investigates dysfunction, and he educates, not medicates, to bring the body back to normal function.
Ben is also the founder of Keto Kamp; a global brand bringing awareness to ancient healing strategies such as the keto diet and fasting.
Ben is the host of a top 15 podcast, The Metabolic Freedom Podcast which won Keto Podcast of The Year (2022) by The Metabolic Health Summit.
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