#23 Metabolic Function and the Many Effects - Dr. Stephen Hussey

Dr. Stephen Hussey is a Chiropractor, has a Masters in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, a very strong advocate of a low carb/animal based diet, has two books, 

- The Health Evolution: Why Understanding Evolution is the Key to Vibrant Health and 

- The Heart: Our Most Medically Misunderstood Organ

Dr. Hussey has been on a number of podcasts and sees patients ranging from a variety of chronic different disorders such as heart disease, autonomic imbalances, diabetes and more. 

And the coolest thing about Dr. Hussey, is he too is a type one diabetic!

In this episode, we discuss many health topics ranging from diets, diabetes, insulin resistance/sensitivity, heart disease, immune function, allergies, among other things. It was a pleasure picking Dr. Hussey's brilliant mind.

You can find Dr. Hussey on instagram @DrStephenHussey and on his website https://www.resourceyourhealth.com/

 

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Time Stamps

0:00 - Intro

1:56 - Dr. Hussey's T1D Story

6:33 - Good Pediatric Endocrinologist and Teenage Years

11:51 - 20+ Years of using an insulin pump and switching to MDI

13:20 - Animal/Carnivore based diet with Type 1 Diabetes Management

15:10 - How to "Lick a Cat" using diet to manage inflammatory conditions and pathways

21:29 - Constant Insulin Monitor? Insulin utilization in T1D vs non-Diabetic

29:13 - One Day or Day One - Dr. Hussey's passion for health

35:00 - The Greater impact of diet and health on the world around us

40:45 - Causes of Chronic Disease: More then just poor diet and exercise

42:00 - Toxins, Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Imbalances, EMFs

45:40 - How lifestyle impacts our autonomic balance

53:30 Creating balance in the ANS

1:01:16 - Diabetes and ANS imbalances

1:03:30 - Heart Disease as a Chronic Disease

1:06:41 - What is metabolic flexibility

1:13:20 - Insulin Metabolism and Misconceptions

1:20:29 - Vegetable oils - Insulin Sensitivity in Adipose isn't all its cracked up to be

1:29:47 - The understandable but unnecessary fear of "injecting too much insulin" as a T1D

1:32:40 - Why diabetics should focus more on inflammation

1:38:00 - Burst My Beta Cells

1:48:09 - More info on Dr. Hussey