Cure Midlife Belly Fat | Dr. Jason Fung with Jorge Cruise
Dr. Jason Fung joins Jorge Cruise to break down why midlife belly fat isn’t a “calories problem.” It’s a hunger + hormones problem. You’ll learn how insulin drives weight gain, how time-restricted eating can work (especially for midlife women), the biggest fasting mistakes, and how to think about GLP-1 meds as a tool (with pros/cons). We also dig into conditioned hunger, social eating, thyroid concerns, and why protein + healthy fats matter when you’re trying to control hunger for the long term.
Chapters
00:00 Welcome Back and New Beginnings
04:42 Understanding Midlife Changes
10:14 The Journey to Time-Restricted Eating
24:44 Hormones and Weight Management
38:32 Navigating Midlife for Women
49:01 Understanding Diet: The Role of Protein and Healthy Fats
52:15 The Impact of Processed Foods and Insulin on Weight Gain
55:36 Midlife Women and Intermittent Fasting: Common Mistakes
01:00:58 The Psychology of Eating: Conditioned Hunger and Social Influences
01:03:23 Addressing Thyroid Issues and Pre-Diabetes in Weight Management
01:06:24 Navigating GLP-1 Injections: A Tool for Weight Loss
01:20:45 The Importance of Managing Hunger Over Calories
01:29:03 The Hunger Code: Insights from the New Book
Links + Resources
Jorge Cruise
https://www.jorgecruise.com/ (https://www.jorgecruise.com/)
https://www.youtube.com/@jorgecruise (https://www.youtube.com/@jorgecruise)
Dr. Jason Fung
https://www.thefastingmethod.com/ (https://www.thefastingmethod.com/)
https://www.youtube.com/@DrJasonFung (https://www.youtube.com/@DrJasonFung)
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7 Dec 2025
Rebuild Your Body in 8 Minutes
If you’ve noticed your body getting softer, weaker, or less defined, this episode is for you. Today Jorge breaks down how to restore lean muscle mass, reverse sarcopenia, and rebuild your metabolism — no gym required. Age-related muscle loss is not caused by age… it’s caused by inactivity, and it can begin as early as your 20s or 30s. The good news: you can reverse it quickly with the right plan.
In this episode, Jorge explains:
• Why muscle loss accelerates in midlife
• The two essentials for restoring lean muscle
• How much protein you really need
• Why strength training is the “organ of longevity”
• The 8-minute method that helped millions
• How muscle boosts metabolism, posture, and waistline
He also shares the iconic 8 Minutes in the Morning workout first featured by Oprah — including the same exercises published in O, The Oprah Magazine. You can access both the book and Oprah’s workout pages below.
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RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE
Oprah’s 8-Minute Workouts (Oprah.com):
https://www.oprah.com/health/jorge-cruises-8-minute-get-trim-workout/all
8 Minutes in the Morning (Book by Jorge Cruise on Amazon):
https://a.co/d/1C8tt4I
Part 1 – Turn Off Physical Hunger:
https://www.jorgecruise.com/p/turn-off-hunger
Part 2 – End Emotional Eating:
https://www.jorgecruise.com/p/end-emotional-eating
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Monday, December 8 — 5:00 PM Pacific
Learn the complete system:
• Turn off physical hunger
• End emotional eating
• Restore lean muscle
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7 Dec 2025
Why You Eat When You’re Not Hungry
f you’ve ever reached for food even when your stomach isn’t hungry, this episode is for you. Physical hunger can be solved with tools like intermittent fasting, GLP-1 medications, or Zero Hunger Water—but emotional hunger is a different beast. It’s the stress, pain, trauma, and unresolved story that drives cravings long after your body is full.
In this episode, Jorge reveals how emotional hunger forms, why it’s stronger than physical hunger, and how dopamine plays a powerful role in cravings. He shares his own journey through loss, estrangement, midlife collapse, alcohol coping, recovery, and learning to rewrite the story—moving from victimhood to empowerment.
You’ll discover:
• Why emotional hunger makes you eat even when you’re not physically hungry
• How childhood and midlife trauma silently fuel cravings
• Why sugar, carbs, and alcohol feel like “relief” but backfire
• The clean dopamine-boosting habits that actually work
• How to replace emotional eating with “dopamine wins” that lift you up
• A mindset shift inspired by Tony Robbins that changes everything
The episode ends with the original AI-created song “Needed This” by Victor Sol, a metaphorical reminder that the hardest moments can become our biggest gifts.
Listen to “Needed This” by Victor Sol:
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/needed-this/1857899581?i=1857899582
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7K5kxVNkD2y6Y1hpnzGnji?si=aac8dc2580e04a77
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamvictorsol
Try the AI song-writing tool Jorge used:
https://www.jorgecruise.com/p/suno
Join the FREE Live Zoom Event on December 8 at 5:30pm PT:
Turn Off Hunger: https://www.jorgecruise.com/p/turn-off-hunger
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83964851796?pwd=h6aVopb3X3cdy3b0j60nmwbADGarC7.1 (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83964851796?pwd=h6aVopb3X3cdy3b0j60nmwbADGarC7.1)
Share this episode with anyone who struggles with emotional eating. This one may help them finally understand what’s really going on beneath the cravings.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.5 / 5
99 ratings
Spotify
3.4 / 5
5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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YouTube
92
Engagement
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