{"podcast":{"title":"Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health","slug":"dr-joseph-mercola-take-control-of-your-health-402388","podcast_index_feed_id":402388,"rss_url":"https://mercola.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.mercola.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/e/1/d/be1d56ace1a70186d959afa2a1bf1c87/Square_-_Dr._M_Podcast_Thumbnail2.0.jpg","author":"Briana Mercola","episode_count":995,"summary":"Listen to Dr. Mercola's Weekly Podcast, as the legendary natural health pioneer continues to lead you on your journey towards optimal health.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T12:20:28.573200+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-joseph-mercola-take-control-of-your-health-402388"},"episode":{"title":"Why Weight Loss Stalls When Your Cells Are Starving for the Wrong Fuel","slug":"why-weight-loss-stalls-when-your-cells-are-starving-for-the-wrong-fuel","published_at":"2026-03-03T01:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-joseph-mercola-take-control-of-your-health-402388/why-weight-loss-stalls-when-your-cells-are-starving-for-the-wrong-fuel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-joseph-mercola-take-control-of-your-health-402388","url":"https://mercola.libsyn.com/why-weight-loss-stalls-when-your-cells-are-starving-for-the-wrong-fuel","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/mercola/3.2_Lead_Why_Weight_Loss_Stalls_When_Your_Cells_Are_Starving_for_the_Wrong_Fuel.mp3?dest-id=574508","summary":"My new book, \"The Weight Loss Cure,\" offers a step-by-step guide to rebuilding your gut ecosystem so you can restore your body's natural weight-control system — no injections required Your gut produces the same GLP-1 hormone that weight-loss drugs like Ozempic mimic, meaning your body already has the natural machinery for appetite control and fat burning Damage from seed oils and low-fiber diets weakens your gut barrier, disrupts GLP-1 signaling, and causes inflammation that blocks weight loss A key gut bacterium called Akkermansia muciniphila helps repair your gut lining, balance blood sugar, and promote natural fat loss — even in its pasteurized, non-living form Restoring gut health begins with repairing the barrier, reducing linoleic acid intake, and gradually reintroducing diverse fibers to produce \"Gut Gems\" like butyrate that calm inflammation and stabilize metabolism","meta_description":"My new book, \"The Weight Loss Cure,\" offers a step-by-step guide to rebuilding your gut ecosystem so you can restore your body's natural weight-control sy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":987,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-joseph-mercola-take-control-of-your-health-402388/episodes/why-weight-loss-stalls-when-your-cells-are-starving-for-the-wrong-fuel/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-joseph-mercola-take-control-of-your-health-402388/why-weight-loss-stalls-when-your-cells-are-starving-for-the-wrong-fuel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}