: Episode 805 - Vinnie chats with Physical Therapist Ray Klepper @dewey_klepper about how fat adaptation both prevents sports injuries and reduces recovery time from them. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Green Grocer RAY KLEPPER Ray is a physical therapist from Chico, California Does a good amount of work with chronic pain that hasn't been able to be fixed before Ray believes that sugar and grains which lead to inflammation are a big issue for injuries Ray was big into running and cardio It caused stress and inflammation so he is into lifting at the moment SPORTS INJURIES Not only can you make better sports injuries, but you can prevent them through fat adaptation When Ray fractured his elbow, he had very little pain because of his low carb diet Tissue turnover is much better when you are fat adapted If you are not metabolically flexible, it really hurts inflammation Chronic pain is nearly always made worse by the SAD diet Sugar will kill us unless we do something about it Vinnie doesn't want to sound like an alarmist But if it makes our injuries so much worse, imagine what it is doing to the rest of our bodies Ray tries to educate people on a better diet Most of his patients have insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes