hi i’m dr josh axe co-founder of ancient<\/p>\n
nutrition founder of draxe.com and<\/p>\n
author of best-selling books like<\/p>\n
ancient remedies and you know one of the<\/p>\n
most important things people can do to<\/p>\n
take to their health the next level in<\/p>\n
many categories is improve their<\/p>\n
metabolic flexibility what that means is<\/p>\n
your body can burn both fat and carbs<\/p>\n
for energy here’s the truth and what i<\/p>\n
learned in the many years that i<\/p>\n
practice as a physician in my functional<\/p>\n
medicine practice is that most people<\/p>\n
are only burning carbs for energy what<\/p>\n
happens then is your body’s not burning<\/p>\n
fat and so you start to store more and<\/p>\n
more body fat around your organs which<\/p>\n
is one of the leading causes of obesity<\/p>\n
diabetes heart disease inflammation and<\/p>\n
numerous other health conditions so<\/p>\n
here’s the key if you can start burning<\/p>\n
fat from energy and become a fat burner<\/p>\n
what you’ll start to do is balance your<\/p>\n
blood sugar improve your mood burn body<\/p>\n
fat lose weight have more energy and<\/p>\n
overall just look and feel better and so<\/p>\n
one of the things that i’ve personally<\/p>\n
been using lately and i’ve been<\/p>\n
recommending to people i’ve cared for<\/p>\n
over the many years even my family’s<\/p>\n
using it is i’ve started using a device<\/p>\n
to actually measure what my<\/p>\n
fat burning versus carb burning ability<\/p>\n
is it actually measures your metabolic<\/p>\n
flexibility it’s actually this really<\/p>\n
incredible device it’s called a lumen<\/a><\/p>\n you can see here i press the button it<\/p>\n lights up here’s all you do you breathe<\/p>\n into it<\/p>\n for seven seconds and then you inhale as<\/p>\n well so you breathe in inhale for seven<\/p>\n seconds like this<\/p>\n you wait 10 seconds and you’ll blow back<\/p>\n in<\/p>\n and what it does it reads your ability<\/p>\n to burn body fat via carbon dioxide so<\/p>\n your carbon dioxide levels will actually<\/p>\n tell you if you’re burning fat or carbs<\/p>\n for energy now this is an incredible<\/p>\n medical advancement and breakthrough and<\/p>\n being able to read this now it used to<\/p>\n be<\/p>\n only high level professional athletes<\/p>\n and people that were very wealthy could<\/p>\n afford and be able to use something like<\/p>\n this today though<\/p>\n it’s available for everyone and so this<\/p>\n company lumen<\/a> you can order one of these<\/p>\n you can breathe in breathe out and it’s<\/p>\n amazing on your phone there’s an app and<\/p>\n it will tell you are you a scale of one<\/p>\n two three four five and and you can<\/p>\n measure this and the other incredible<\/p>\n thing is so for instance i woke up this<\/p>\n morning<\/p>\n and i measured a three a few other<\/p>\n mornings i’ve measured a two and one<\/p>\n means you’re only burning fat five means<\/p>\n you’re only burning carbs for the most<\/p>\n part and then you have areas in between<\/p>\n and what you wanna be doing is you wanna<\/p>\n be burning both carbs and fat for energy<\/p>\n now when you wake up in the morning you<\/p>\n want to have burn mostly fat because<\/p>\n what happened is your body is actually<\/p>\n burning fat while you sleep so you wake<\/p>\n up leaner you have more energy and<\/p>\n overall you’re going to feel better<\/p>\n because again you’re losing body fat<\/p>\n which most people need to do today and<\/p>\n also on the app it’s pretty incredible<\/p>\n when you open this app on lumen<\/a> it will<\/p>\n also give you recommendations on how<\/p>\n many fats carbs and proteins dietary<\/p>\n recommendations so you know what you<\/p>\n should be eating<\/p>\n to get your body into fat burning zone<\/p>\n again this is important burning fat is<\/p>\n not just important for vanity’s sake the<\/p>\n reason why it’s so important is think<\/p>\n about this is that even recent medical<\/p>\n studies are showing the number one cause<\/p>\n of immune issues today is obesity<\/p>\n and things like diabetes actually weaken<\/p>\n your immune system so another thing is<\/p>\n if you want to help strengthen even your<\/p>\n immune system<\/p>\n helping your body burn body fat is one<\/p>\n of the most important things you can do<\/p>\n and so that’s what i love is i love you<\/p>\n know this cutting edge technology<\/p>\n there’s not a lot of things i use<\/p>\n there’s a couple i use i got this aura<\/p>\n ring on i use that i use this lumen<\/a> and<\/p>\n basically aura ring tells me how well i<\/p>\n sleep in some of my activity lumen<\/a> tells<\/p>\n me if i’m burning fat for energy and so<\/p>\n these are great devices in order to be<\/p>\n able to tell<\/p>\n how metabolically flexible you are so<\/p>\n whether you’re an athlete or you’re a<\/p>\n person uh who just is saying hey i want<\/p>\n to burn more fat and again all of us can<\/p>\n do this and my body fat’s pretty low<\/p>\n already and that’s why i kind of try and<\/p>\n stay in the middle where some people<\/p>\n want to get more deeper into fat burning<\/p>\n zone but this app will tell you exactly<\/p>\n how to do it so check it out it’s called<\/p>\n lumen<\/a> l-u-m-e-n<\/p>\n i’ve been using it and i’ve been blown<\/p>\n away<\/p>\n at uh and here’s the other thing that’s<\/p>\n surprising let me mention this<\/p>\n everybody’s different<\/p>\n different foods affect people<\/p>\n differently so you may realize wow when<\/p>\n i eat this certain fruit that’s get this<\/p>\n gets me out of fat burning zone but hey<\/p>\n when i eat this food like dark chocolate<\/p>\n actually my body does pretty well with<\/p>\n it so we’ll also kind of help guide you<\/p>\n in learning which foods your body<\/p>\n tolerates best what time of day your<\/p>\n body does the best with certain types of<\/p>\n food so that’s what’s so incredible<\/p>\n