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All right, well, we are back in the kitchen and here's the thing, everybody. I have been around my fair share of nutrition experts and no one has ever suggested that we have milkshakes and cakes to lose weight until now. Please welcome back celebrity fitness trainer and best-selling author Jorge Cruise, my buddy. What's up, buddy?

Good to see you. How you doing?

Good to see you too. Love this guy. Deb, Ken, and LZ, everybody wants to get healthy and fit. I'm very excited about this. I know, listen, I've had the shakes.

I brought some milkshakes.

You brought some milkshakes. We're gonna be making some mug cakes. I mean, the whole thing is fantastic. We've chatted before. I've even worked out with you before. I love what you're doing. But I'm not the only one. Some of your other big clients, obviously you got Steve Harvey, you got Brooke Burke, they love the Cruise Control Diet book. They love everything you're talking about. Why do you think?

You know, 91% of Americans have belly fat, and it's the number one cause of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, all these issues. And as a trainer, I've told people for years, you can't out-train a poor diet. So diet is key, but the thing we're missing is the issue not just what to eat, but when to eat, and that's what Cruise Control does. It takes advantage of this new concept called intermittent fasting.

Yes.

And we'll break it down, but it's basically not eating for 16 hours, and I'm gonna show you guys how to turn off hunger so you can do the fast, and it's about using healthy fats.

Right.

And you never feel hungry, and then you eat for 8 hours these delicious foods. We brought some of these.

Yes.

They're high fat as well, but they have carbs and proteins.

Oh, good.

You know, Brooke Burke can have pasta, we can have pizza, we're gonna cover it all.

I know, it's amazing, and you're talking to a guy, I do intermittent fasting, and you've helped me work on my hunger during that time. So we break it down into a burn zone, which is the fasting, and then the boost zone, which is during our eating window of this. And we'll get more into the specifics in a second about what fats to have during the intermittent fasting part. But for the boost zone, what we're making today, a little mug cake.

So imagine turning off your hunger, because a lot of people say, Jorge, when I'm eating for my 8-hour window, what do I eat, right? So the goal is about 50% healthy fats, 30% protein, and 20% carbs. We want all that, we want balance. So what I have here, this is my churro mug cake, it's delicious.

You guys are gonna freak out.

No, you're gonna love this.

So we have a whole egg.

Okay.

Now we want the yolk. A lot of people are scared of fat.

Sure.

But fat is our friend. It's what turns off hunger and so you even eat less during your eating window. So since it's our eating window, put the egg in there.

I've said it on the show before, but fat isn't actually what makes you fat. It helps you burn fat as a fuel source.

Oh, 100%.

I'll let you do all the talking.

No, no, you're doing great. And then butter. So we have real butter, guys.

Yeah.

Look at that. I know a lot of people are like, no, margarine or something fat-free. No, you want real butter. It's healthy for you.

Especially grass-fed butter.

We have almond flour, which is a great carbohydrate. Has protein as well. This is a great way to go gluten-free as well, because a lot of people have thyroid issues.

There you go.

So you wanna avoid that.

Love it.

And this, guys, it's delicious. This is a sweetener, it's erythritol. It won't raise blood sugar, so it's super delicious. You can get it anywhere.

Okay, very good.

You could also use stevia. Now we're gonna do some stevia drops, check this out.

And the reason we're doing both is sometimes stevia, which is an all-natural sweetener, which is the one that I use a lot. I don't mind a little bit of a bitter taste it has. Stevia does. Erythritol in the combination with stevia, still low calorie, but it helps with that little bitterness.

Yeah, yeah.

It's actually a more, it's a flavor more similar to sugar.

Absolutely, then we got a little baking powder, so put that in there, because we're gonna put this in the microwave for just a minute. Beautiful. This is cinnamon and nutmeg, put that in there. And then the very last thing is a little vanilla, you know? And then what we do is we stir it up.

How about this, everybody?

Look how simple this is. Imagine doing this during your eating window, but then a lot of my clients feel hungry before going to bed. So if you eat this, it has all the healthy fat you want, and then what it does is it turns off hunger so you don't overeat when you're fasting at night.

Okay, yeah, so explain this to me, so you say, During your fast, we're still allowed to cheat.

Well, okay, so let me tell you the same thing.

No, it is. This is what— this is what—

okay, so I'll break that down. I'll take a minute. We'll put this in the microwave. I'll take care of the magic of television. We have it ready. But during your 16-hour window, what we do is we have to avoid carbs and proteins. That's what raises insulin, and if insulin goes up, you break the fast.

Carbs and protein, but everything else you can eat fat.

Well, that's fat. So, and a lot of people know about keto, and keto can get some dramatic results. But it can be hard on the liver. So this is better than keto in my opinion. You use the healthy fats. We didn't show this, but in coffees in the morning, I have lattes that I do, or chocolate mousses at night that you could have after this. You could have another dessert.

I could be eating chocolate mousse at night?

You can, but it wouldn't have the balance of the macros. This should turn it off. But as a backup, the book has that, ways to do treats that are high fat.

So I'm gonna have a little taste.

You're gonna have a bite?

That's why I put MCT oil in my coffee.

You already have it done. How long in the microwave? About a minute, less than a minute.

A minute in the microwave? You've got your mug cake. Yep. I'm very impressed.

And it's fluffy and it's light, and you can put whipped cream on it, but heavy cream.

Heavy cream. This milkshake, I don't know what this is, but it's the most delicious thing.

You're gonna find out right now. Here we go.

All right, so we have ice, of course. That's just a simple base. We have unsweetened almond milk, right? So we put that in there. And I think all the recipes on the website, of course, you guys can follow along. Cashew butter. Again, healthy fats, guys. Healthy fats. I sometimes put a little more. You know, and you could do this during— you know, you do this for as a meal replacement. This is based off of a million-dollar recipe, literally. That's what they call it in Malibu at a place called SunLife Organic. You've been there, right?

Yes, I have.

They're all over LA. Again, we've got whey powder here for the protein.

Oh, that's protein.

Chia seeds, which expand in your stomach and help you stay fuller longer. High fiber.

Also lots of health benefits too for those.

MCT oil. I'll pause for a minute because you use this. It stands for medium-chain triglycerides. Chain triglyceride. It's made with coconut oil, but it is the premium way to turn off all hunger. Literally think of it as the brakes for hunger.

It actually has a negative net caloric intake. So even though calorie— 'cause it helps you burn fat as a fuel source.

So actually you lose weight by eating it?

Well, I mean— Oh my God.

We won't say that officially, but what it does is you won't eat. You will turn off hunger. And that's what I promote. Here's what I loved.

I loved watching Cameron watch you because it was like you two were singing the same song.

Well, we love fasting, right? I mean, if you Google his abs, you know your abs are closed.

Yes, it's true, it's true. I mean, I'm going to put on the microphone. I can't hear you.

What?

What? I can't hear you.

Oh, look at this. It's so easy, right?

It is.

And then this would be a great meal replacement for lunch. And a lot of my clients like Brooke Brooke will have this. Now in Malibu, the reason they call this a million dollar milkshake, because it's just under $20, but it's about $20. Guess how much this costs to make at home though?

How much?

Less than $2, about a buck 25. And you can make this and you, you can store it and have it for dinner as well.

So you'll have this in the window of your eating time.

Eating during your 8-hour window. But the reason we have all these healthy fats, isn't this delicious?

So good.

It's because it turns off hunger because of the healthy fats. And so again, the whole book is about really understanding that healthy fats are actually our best friends. Now we want to avoid vegetable oils.

No, I'm taking it.

Vegetable oils are inflammatory, but this is anti-inflammatory.

Which is so important. I fully, in my own experience, want you to know that I back up everything you're saying. In my own experience, I've tried it and it worked for me. Hopefully you guys will check it out too.

It's really good.

These taste delicious, by the way.

That was great.

This is so good. It is good, right? I want more.

A lot of things that are good for you don't always taste like they're not good for you. Yeah. And these do, they're really great.

Well, yes, you know, I think Oprah told me this years ago. She said, "Keep it simple, but make it delicious." That's exactly right. And it has to be good. I'm picky and a lot of my clients, you know, whether I've worked with Oprah, I've worked with Khloe Kardashian, people like good food.

Yeah.

So you gotta enjoy the eating window, but you can also turn off hunger easily. And the book is number one in nutrition right now across the country.

Yeah, number one. So I'm super excited.

Cheers, guys.

Yes.

Let's pull them up, please. Thank you so much.

Good.

Thank you so much.

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