Chris Thompson
8 things in health & fitness Chris uses or recommends, from 1 episode.
Chris's top picks in health & fitness
What Chris uses or recommends most, ranked by how often and how strongly. Paid ads are left out.
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"The benefits of intermittent or time-restricted eating, intermittent fasting probably would outweigh that risk. You need to give your pancreas time to relax. You need to have insulin come down. If you're eating frequently, your insulin levels are always up, and that causes problems. So I do think the benefit of time-restricted eating definitely outweighs that potential risk. I skip breakfast as well."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"You could catch that by doing a CGM, right? So that's one way you could do it — a continuous glucose monitor. You could then see if you have particularly glucose spikes to certain foods. And if your glucose is shooting up to 200 with certain meals, you know you're sensitive to that and maybe you should change how you're eating. I wouldn't say wear it all the time. Get one for a month or two. Learn what spikes your glucose. See if something spikes your glucose and adjust it."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"In people that I'm concerned about that, it's good to get a DEXA scan beforehand, right? Make sure you have adequate muscle mass. And if you don't, you really have to think twice about if you want to do the GLP-1."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"Fasting insulin goes up. So you can get a fasting insulin level. That's the next thing you check, right? It's not a lot to ask for. It's an inexpensive test and you can see if you've evolved into that problem where now you have chronically high insulin levels. The White Hall 2 study found that if someone had high fasting insulin, they're more likely to get diabetes long term — they could detect this thing 15 years earlier."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"HIIT is great. High-intensity interval training is great for mobilizing visceral fat because your visceral fat has beta-adrenergic receptors on it. It's responsive to acute stress, so it will mobilize when you're going through the stress of high-intensity interval training."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"Olive oil is the best, obviously. Then small amounts of butter. Polyunsaturated fats have a lot of proof that they're very safe."
Experts most like Chris Thompson on health & fitness
They use many of the same things Chris does. Pick the ones you trust and see what they all swear by.
All 8 of Chris's health & fitness picks
- Time-restricted eating Uses and recommends it "The benefits of intermittent or time-restricted eating, intermittent fasting probably would outweigh that risk. You need to give your pancreas time to relax. You need to have insulin come down. If you're eating frequently, your insulin levels are always up, and that causes problems. So I do think the benefit of time-restricted eating definitely outweighs that potential risk. I skip breakfast as well." +3 others
- Continuous glucose monitors Recommends it "You could catch that by doing a CGM, right? So that's one way you could do it — a continuous glucose monitor. You could then see if you have particularly glucose spikes to certain foods. And if your glucose is shooting up to 200 with certain meals, you know you're sensitive to that and maybe you should change how you're eating. I wouldn't say wear it all the time. Get one for a month or two. Learn what spikes your glucose. See if something spikes your glucose and adjust it." +10 others
- DEXA scans Recommends it "In people that I'm concerned about that, it's good to get a DEXA scan beforehand, right? Make sure you have adequate muscle mass. And if you don't, you really have to think twice about if you want to do the GLP-1." +9 others
- Fasting insulin test Recommends it "Fasting insulin goes up. So you can get a fasting insulin level. That's the next thing you check, right? It's not a lot to ask for. It's an inexpensive test and you can see if you've evolved into that problem where now you have chronically high insulin levels. The White Hall 2 study found that if someone had high fasting insulin, they're more likely to get diabetes long term — they could detect this thing 15 years earlier." +3 others
- High-intensity interval training Recommends it "HIIT is great. High-intensity interval training is great for mobilizing visceral fat because your visceral fat has beta-adrenergic receptors on it. It's responsive to acute stress, so it will mobilize when you're going through the stress of high-intensity interval training." +3 others
- Olive oil Recommends it "Olive oil is the best, obviously. Then small amounts of butter. Polyunsaturated fats have a lot of proof that they're very safe." +5 others
- Resistance training Recommends it "All my patients I ask them to do resistance training, even before they start losing weight, before they go through a procedure. It's essential." +12 others
- Zone 2 training Recommends it "Hit a little Zone 2 and then resistance training. I think those are the most important things long term." +7 others