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Weight and Metabolism

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by Dr Deepti Sharma, MD

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Dr. Deepti Sharma is a triple board-certified physician in Family Medicine, Obesity, and Lifestyle Medicine. She is also a certified menopause practitioner by The Menopause Society (previously NAMS) and a certified life coach. For over a decade, her clinical practice has focused on guiding individuals towards optimal health through evidence-based strategies. She recognizes the unique challenges many individuals face in understanding their metabolism and managing their weight. This podcast is dedicated to addressing those specific nuances and providing clarity amidst widespread misinformation. Each episode will delve into the science behind effective weight management and metabolic health exploring the critical roles of nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and mental well-being. Please remember that while she is a doctor, she is not your doctor. This podcast is meant for educational and informational purposes only, not medical advice. Please consult your physician for your specific questions and needs. Presented by Dr Deepti Sharma, MD Learn more at www.weightandmetabolism.com

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June 22, 2026

The Neuroscience of Habit — How Patterns Form, Why They Stick, and What It Actually Takes to Change Them

You didn't decide to reach for your phone the moment you woke up. You didn't choose to pour that second cup of coffee on autopilot, take the same route to work, or find yourself halfway through a bag of chips before you even registered what you were eating. Your brain decided. And it did so in milliseconds, without consulting you at all. That's not a failure of awareness. That's a habit — and in Part 6 of this series, Dr. Deepti Sharma is going to show you exactly how it got there.Building on the hedonic pleasure framework from Part 5, Dr. Sharma now turns to the neuroscience of habit — one of the most practically important topics in all of behavioral medicine, and one of the most misrepresented. She walks through how the brain's basal ganglia quietly absorbs repeated behaviors and converts them into automatic routines, how the habit loop of cue, craving, response, and reward becomes so deeply encoded it can outlast years of conscious effort to change it, and why willpower alone was never going to be enough.Because here is what the science actually shows: breaking a habit is not about discipline. It is about understanding the architecture of the loop and knowing precisely where and how to intervene. Dr. Sharma unpacks why bad habits are so resistant to change — not because the person is weak, but because the brain has done its job almost too well — and what the research reveals about building new patterns that actually last. Timing, context, repetition, reward, identity — all of it matters, and all of it is covered here.

June 15, 2026

Hedonic Pleasure — Why More Never Feels Like Enough

You finally get the thing you wanted. The meal, the moment, the reward you've been looking forward to all week. And for a brief, beautiful window — it's everything. And then it isn't. And then you want more.If that cycle feels familiar, this episode is going to explain exactly why.In Part 5 of this series, Dr. Deepti Sharma unpacks hedonic pleasure — one of the most powerful and least understood forces shaping human behavior, health, and wellbeing. Building directly on last week's pleasure triad framework, she goes deeper into the neuroscience of wanting versus liking, the phenomenon of hedonic adaptation that keeps the pleasure ceiling perpetually just out of reach, and the way our modern environment has learned to exploit these ancient circuits with breathtaking precision. Hedonic pleasure is not a moral failing. It is a neurobiological reality. Dopamine doesn't reward satisfaction — it rewards anticipation. Which means the brain is quite literally designed to keep reaching, keep seeking, keep consuming in pursuit of a feeling that the reward itself can never fully deliver. Dr. Sharma traces this from the dinner table to the dopamine loop, from the food environment engineered to override fullness signals to the hedonic treadmill that keeps us cycling through comfort without ever arriving at rest. But she also draws one of the most important distinctions in this entire series — the difference between hedonic pleasure and eudaimonic fulfillment. Between the pleasure that spikes and fades, and the deeper, quieter satisfaction that actually nourishes the nervous system. Between chasing relief and building a life that genuinely feels good to live. For patients, this episode is the moment the pattern finally has a name. For clinicians, it is the neuroscience behind behaviors that no amount of counseling about "better choices" has ever been able to touch.Understanding hedonic pleasure isn't about eliminating joy. It's about finally seeing the system clearly enough to stop being run by it. Next episodes are coming — and that's where Dr. Sharma begins to map what it looks like to build a life oriented around meaning, not just momentary relief.

June 8, 2026

The Pleasure Triad — How You Were Wired to Seek Comfort, Conserve Energy, and Avoid Pain

You are not broken. You are not lazy. You are not lacking discipline. You are, in fact, doing exactly what a hundred thousand years of human evolution designed you to do. In Part 4 of this series, Dr. Deepti Sharma introduces one of the most clarifying frameworks she brings into her clinical practice: the pleasure triad. The deeply biological drive to seek comfort, conserve energy, and avoid pain isn't a character flaw — it's a survival blueprint. And in the modern world, surrounded by hyper-palatable food, sedentary convenience, and an endless menu of ways to escape discomfort, that blueprint is working against us in ways our ancestors never could have anticipated.This is where the series shifts. Because once you understand that the coping patterns from Part 3 aren't random — that they are in fact the pleasure triad in action, doing its ancient job in a modern environment — something important happens. The shame starts to loosen. The self-blame begins to soften. And a more useful question emerges: not why can't I stop? but what is my nervous system actually looking for? Dr. Sharma walks through the neuroscience of reward, the role of dopamine in driving behavior, and how the triad hijacks everything from eating and movement to rest and risk-taking. She connects the biology to the lived experience with the directness and warmth that have become her clinical hallmark — making complex neuroscience feel not just accessible, but deeply personal. For patients, this episode is a long-overdue permission slip to stop fighting themselves and start understanding themselves. For clinicians, it is a framework that recontextualizes patient behavior in a way that makes compassionate, effective care not just possible — but inevitable. This is the foundation beneath the foundation. And in the next few episodes Dr. Sharma begins to show us what it looks like to work with our wiring instead of against it

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What is Weight and Metabolism?: Dr. Deepti Sharma is a triple board-certified physician in Family Medicine, Obesity, and Lifestyle Medicine. She is also a certified menopause practitioner by The Menopause Society (previously NAMS) and a certified life coach. For over a decade, her clinical practice has focused on guiding individuals towards optimal health through evidence-based strategies. She recognizes the unique challenges many individuals face in understanding their metabolism and managing their weight. This podcast is dedicated to addressing those specific nuances and providing clarity amidst widespread misinformation. Each episode will delve into the science behind effective weight management and metabolic health exploring the critical roles of nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and mental well-being.

Please remember that while she is a doctor, she is not your doctor. This podcast is meant for educational and informational purposes only, not medical advice. Please consult your physician for your specific questions and needs.

Presented by Dr Deepti Sharma, MD Learn more at www.weightandmetabolism.com
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Information about guest appearances is not available.

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