Metabolic Mindset
Metabolic Mindset is a science-backed podcast that breaks down metabolic physiology into simple, practical strategies you can actually live by. Hosted by dietitian Shara Perry, each episode cuts through nutrition dogma and teaches you how to fuel, train, and live for better energy, hormones, and long-term health.
Metabolic Mindset
The Physiology of Chronic Dieting and Metabolic Adaptation
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In this episode of Metabolic Mindset, we go beyond calories and macros and dive deep into the physiology of chronic dieting and metabolic adaptation. You’ll learn exactly how prolonged calorie restriction alters thyroid function, leptin signaling, cortisol output, mitochondrial efficiency, muscle metabolism, and fat tissue behavior — and why these adaptations make fat loss increasingly difficult over time. This episode explains, at a cellular and hormonal level, why long-term dieting backfires and what your body is actually responding to when fat loss stalls despite “doing everything right.”
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