Rethinking Type 1 Diabetes Management | Dr. Ian Lake - E444
About this episode
Dr. Ian Lake discusses his experience with Type 1 Diabetes and the benefits of a low carb diet.
Dr. Ian Lake has worked as a doctor in the NHS for nearly four decades, most of this time as a general practitioner. After being diagnosed with LADA Type 1 Diabetes at age 36 and managing it conventionally for 20 years, he adopted the low carb diet and has been following it for the past 10 years. He is a founding member of the Public Health Collaboration in the U.K. and has conducted several important research projects investigating the connection between low carb diets and human health. He has also worked with Dr. Tro and others to produce the Type 1 Consensus Statement. In this episode, Drs. Tro and Ian talk about… (00:00) Intro (03:30) The mental and physical health challenges faced by Type 1 Diabetics and how these challenges have traditionally been dealt with (13:44) Ketoacidosis, what insulin does, and modern methods/dietary reccomendations for controlling Type 1 Diabetes (25:45) How Dr. Lake's colleagues have responded to his ideas regarding Type 1 and ketogenic diets (38:00) Dr. Lake's new book, Shifting Gears , on the need to move from a glucose-centric view of Type 1 to a holistic, healthy human being perspective (50:23) Outro For more information, please see the links…
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