Diabetes

Q&A with Leyla, Part 1
May 23, 2018
Time-restricted feeding helps with insulin sensitivity and lowers blood pressure. Ever Since I’ve been a teenager, my stomach protrudes. Recently I suffered a stomach virus and the problem went away. What gives? Can you get enough vitamin D if you spend a half hour in the sun in northern California during summer? How beneficial is magnesium malate in chelating heavy metals from the body? Which type of magnesium should I take at night for sleep? Click HERE for part 2.

The Key to Many Diseases as Well as the Aging Process, Part 1
May 17, 2018
Naturopathic physician Dr. Lee Know, author of "Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself," shares extensive research on the centrality of the mitochondria to many diseases as well as to the aging process. The mitochondria are the energy powerhouses of the cell. How does the origin of mitochondria billions of years ago shed light on why antibiotics disrupt our metabolic machinery? Why do we inherit energy metabolism from our mothers? What causes mitochondrial dysfunction? What role for toxins? Diet? Energy-depleting medications? What’s the “Exercise Paradox” and how does it relate to mitochondrial function? What medical conditions are caused by faulty mitochondria? Why is diabetes not just a sugar disorder, but rather an energetic failure? What does mitochondrial insufficiency do to the brain? How are chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia related to mitochondrial function? What’s the optimal diet for mitochondrial support? What supplements have been demonstrated to revive flagging mitochondria? Do cannabinoids show potential in regulating mitochondria? Click HERE for part 2.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 1
May 16, 2018
Low carb diet may be helpful in type 1 diabetes. (Duh!) Is metformin really a wonder drug? Can a gastroenterologist tell if one has leaky gut during a colonoscopy? A listener with severe acne for about a year, what could be causing it? Click HERE for part 2.

Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for May 12, Part 1
May 14, 2018
Low vitamin D associated with lower extremity injuries in NFL athletes; A fulvic acid supplement contains cadmium—is that OK? Causes and treatment of aortic stenosis; Eggs not linked to cardio events in patients with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes; A hangover pill helps drunk mice—but is it ready for prime time? Oily fish and beans delay menopause, rice and pasta hasten it; Weight loss, Omega 3s, exercise relieve osteoarthritis symptoms. Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for May 12, Part 2

New England Journal of Medicine issues plea for more emphasis on preventive medicine; A caller with cholesterol over 300 but with a high HDL is pressured by her doctor to go on statins despite low coronary calcium score; New study highlights unforeseen side effect of acid-blockers—depression; A caller is told by his doctor coronary calcium screening unnecessary, exercise stress tests suffice; Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: when the tests seem OK, but the patient doesn’t feel well; Think that sedentary job is killing you? Surprise study shows that workers with physical jobs die younger. Click HERE for part 1. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

The Epidemic of Diabetes, Part 1
May 3, 2018
Dr. David Perlmutter is America’s foremost Integrative neurologist and pioneering author of "Grain Brain." Five years after its publication, with over a million copies sold worldwide in twenty languages, he reflects on its success and the vindication of its central tenets: That America’s low-fat high/carb mania has promoted an epidemic of diabetes, just when optimal blood sugar is gaining recognition as fundamental to brain health; that gluten is demonstrably harmful via its effects on gut permeability; and that fat and cholesterol phobia has deprived our brains of essential nutrients. He emphasizes the centrality of exercise to prevention and reversal of dementia. The latest research underlies the concept of neuroplasticity—that the adult brain has the capacity to repair and regenerate. What newly-discovered factor helps to literally regrow brain cells? Does genetics dictate our neurological fate? Or can lifestyle overcome our heredity? What roles for sleep? Stress reduction? Coffee? Alcohol? Bio-identical hormone replacement? The microbiome? Cannabinoids? Ketogenic diet? What drugs take a toll on brain function? Dr. Perlmutter will soon be featured nationwide in a PBS Special entitled “Dr. Perlmutter’s Whole Life Plan”. Click HERE for part 2.

The Epidemic of Diabetes, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. David Perlmutter, America’s foremost Integrative neurologist and pioneering author of "Grain Brain." Click HERE for part 1.

The Way Human Beings are Supposed to Eat, Part 1
April 10, 2018
Professor Tim Noakes is a South African medical doctor and a respected exercise physiologist. Decades ago, he wrote the best-selling "The Lore of Running," in which he advocated a low-fat carbo-loading diet for optimal athletic performance. But when he himself developed Type 2 Diabetes, he had second thoughts and began researching the low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) dietary paradigm. The result: He reversed his diabetes, sold 200,000 copies of his new book, "The Real Meal Revolution," but then became the target of an Inquisition-style prosecution for dietary heresy. In what became dubbed “the Nutrition Trial of the Century” Professor Noakes valiantly upheld science in the face of a concerted attack from the medical orthodoxy. We discuss how he finally prevailed. Why has the diet controversy become so politicized? Why does Professor Noakes consider the Agricultural Revolution “one of mankind’s biggest mistakes”? Why is the Banting diet particularly suited to the dietary needs of South Africans? Don’t some people do OK with carbohydrates? What’s the impact of the LCHF on athletic performance? What research is the Noakes Foundation undertaking? How is it trying to democratize low-carb dieting for the masses? Click HERE for part 2.

The Way Human Beings are Supposed to Eat, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Professor Tim Noakes, author of "The Real Meal Revolution." Click HERE for part 1.

ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for March 31, Part 1
April 2, 2018
Flu rages while vaccine fails; Tamiflu side effects lead to Japan ban; Natural therapies for rosacea; Will milk thistle interfere with Lipitor? Should caffeinated coffee be avoided for atrial fibrillation? Alcohol, in moderation, literally washes the brain; In excess, booze blocks brain clean-up; NY Times doubles-down on outmoded recommendations for lowering dietary fat; Study reveals coconut heart paradox; Breast-feeding helps moms avert diabetes risk. Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.