#22 The Context of Diet and Your Health Goals

In this episode, Dr. Grady and Dr. Garrett continue their conversation from last episode on the article "Modeling insulin resistance in rodents by alterations in diet: what have high-fat and high-calorie diets revealed?" This time we dive into how diets effect glucose metabolism, but how to also keep in mind your health goals when implementing a dietary lifestyle.

 

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Time Stamps:

0:00 - Appreciating Nutritional Research Critically

4:40 - Range of Fat % in High Fat Diets (HFD) and Keto

11:30 - How Different Fatty Acids Create Different Metabolic Changes

14:50 - HFD + Omega 3 Supps Improve Insulin Sensitivity

19:30 - Saturated Fat Lengths and Fatty Sources

22:35 - Dr. Donohoe's MANY uses for coconut oil

27:35 - High Fat/High Sucrose (HSHS) diets AKA Standard American Diet (SAD)

29:55 - Epigenetics and HFHS

34:33 - Epigenetics and T1D Patterns

37:43 - Expansion on the SAD

43:00 - "Cafeteria" and "Choice" diets

46:48 - High Carb Diets (HCD): Picking a side is better then the combo

55:10 - HCD effect on Insulin Resistance (IR)

56:10 - Fructose's role on Hepatic IR

1:06:49 - Controls in HCD vs HFD

1:10:25 - Playing Devils Advocate Against One's Own Bias

1:14:10 - Altering Protein Content in Diets

1:18:23 - Dr. Panno's attempt at Amino Acid case study

1:20:50 - Protein Powder vs Food Sources

1:23:52 - Diabetic Win: Bone Broth Protein and night time blood sugars

1:27:00 - Diabetic Win: Mr. Incredible at Medtronic

 

Resources/Links Discussed in the episode:

Small, Lewin, et al. “Modeling Insulin Resistance in Rodents by Alterations in Diet: What Have High-Fat and High-Calorie Diets Revealed?” American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol. 314, no. 3, 2018, doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00337.2017.