#310 Q&A Berberine for Fat Loss, Cake Before or After Workout and More

Siim Land (0:00)

Hey, welcome back to the channel, my name is Siim Land, and today we have another Q&A. So actually, I'm going to combine two Q&As that I had on Instagram. So it's kind of going to involve different kinds of questions that you asked about health, performance, nutrition, and all kinds of things. This episode is sponsored by Magic Spoon. Magic Spoon is a healthy version of all the unhealthy cereal you loved as a child. It's very high in protein, low carbs, zero grams of sugar, gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free, and with only natural flavors. The main ingredient is actually whey protein. There are many different versions of the nostalgic flavor, such as frosted, fruity, cocoa, and peanut butter. My favorite one is the cocoa. They actually taste better than the original formulations with more crunchiness. Magic Spoon cereal gives you zero grams of sugar, 13 to 14 grams of protein, and only four net grams of carbs in each serving. If you want to try out Magic Spoon, then head over to magicspoon.com forward slash seam and use the code SIIM to get $5 off any order. Magic Spoon is so confident in their product that it's backed with a 100% happiness guarantee. So if you don't like it for any reason, they're going to refund your money, no questions asked. So click the link below and use the code seam for $5 off, or go to magicspoon.com forward slash seam to save $5 off your order today and be sure to add the new honey nut flavor to your custom box. Magic Spoon is now shipping to Canada and the UK. All right, first question. Is it better to take magnesium supplement with or without food? So generally depends on what kind of food it is. Things that reduce magnesium absorption are caffeine, then there's different kinds of grains, phytates. Those can reduce some of the absorption of magnesium and fat generally also reduces magnesium absorption. So if you're taking a magnesium supplement, then you can take it on like an empty stomach, but it's not a good idea to take it with coffee or like a fatty meal, things like that. So I prefer to take magnesium without food, like on an empty stomach, then it will still be absorbed. How to reverse insulin resistance and fat reduction at abdominal and upper body?

So obviously, the main most important rule is just to be in a calorie deficit and that will eventually lead to the reduction in your adipose tissue fat mass. You can't like spot reduce the fat specifically around the stomach or the upper body.

But generally, like if you fix things like insulin resistance, then you're going to see a reduction in the pot belly, as it's called as well, because the insulin resistance and the metabolic, let's say this metabolic syndrome that can promote the accumulation of adipose tissue specifically around the meat section. And it's going to specifically promote the creation of this visceral fat around the organs. And yeah, there are ways to target that specifically as well by becoming more insulin sensitive. But the most important thing is to be in a calorie deficit, lose weight, exercise. There are like some supplements or foods that can also help with that, like berberine is a good way to help with insulin resistance and insulin sensitivity. Chromium, just different kinds of polyphenols and spices, those can make you actually burn more calories, not directly, but they can increase your metabolic rate and help you to reverse some visceral fat. Is semen retention good for testosterone? That's a common question I get asked. Generally, there is at least one study that I found, or the only study that I found, was that it showed there was an increase in testosterone that peaked after day seven of semen retention over not ejaculating. And after that, they didn't see any increase. So, if best, then the most optimal time to not ejaculate for men would be seven days.

But is it good to do it for testosterone? Yeah, I mean, there is a slight increase in testosterone.

Yeah, and I would say ejaculating every day is probably not a good idea either. Every other day, maybe not the best, but it's not going to kill you or harm you. It's not going to kill your testosterone. But optimal, for men, maybe ejaculating once or twice a week is the kind of optimal amount.

What is the quickest way to lose body fat and best supplement to help? So it kind of goes together with the previous question. Generally, the quickest way may not be the best way because you can regain the weight. So yeah, much rather, it depends on your goal. If you need only to lose weight for a short period of time, then yeah, just crash diet and not eat anything for a few days while exercising a lot. Obviously, you're gonna lose a lot of muscle as well in doing, but it does make you lose a lot of weight really fast. From a sustainable side, then just find a diet that keeps you satiated and that you enjoy while still creating a small energy deficit. And I mean, there's no, yeah, you can lose weight on any diet. You can lose weight eating bread, vegetables, meat, whatever beans, those things. Yeah, it doesn't matter. The quickest way to just, you know, yeah, is to exercise a bit more and eat a bit less. That's the kind of quickest way and most sustainable way. In supplements to help that, like a bunch of berberine can do that, chromium and different spices. There may like increase your metabolic rate, although, and increase like specifically fat oxidation. But yeah, I mean, you still need the calorie deficit as the foundation.