Ad-free Locals version! Arguing over vaccines at a holiday dinner with your relatives can raise your glucose more than dessert. We talk continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) as a personal window into diet, exercise, sleep, emotional stress, and more.
With Dr. Ronesh Sinha: https://www.culturalhealthsolutions.com/
Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roneshsinhamd/
Check out his Meta Health podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meta-health-podcast/id1581144869
All our prior episodes with Dr. Sinha: https://zdoggmd.com/tag/ronesh-sinha/
Timecodes:
00:00 Intro to lifestyle medicine
02:30 ABIM recertification, left vs. right brain medicine, Attia & Thor on National Geographic
10:03 Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) as a motivator, exploring root causes, the primary care doc crisis
19:25 Insulin resistance, matching carbs to your metabolism, vital role of protein intake & muscle mass, fasting, plant-based diets
31:53 Sleep quality, food choices, glycemic variability, glucose spikes & recovery periods, "worry journaling"
43:47 Public speaking and stress, cortisol release & glucose levels
51:28 Social media & the news, memory recall, creating spaces to give the nervous system a break, biopsychosocial factors, the right brain approach
57:45 CGM data patterns, approaching exercise realistically, walking, “EPIC” workouts, positive vs. negative stress
1:07:54 The pandemic of emotional repression, teen metabolic health in decline
1:18:20 Gender-specific considerations, alcohol
1:23:12 Environmental conditioning, the downside to working from home, the approaching societal tipping point, waking up
1:27:47 Second-selfing, audience capture, internal capitalism, final thoughts
Mrs. DoggMD and I hiked up to the top of a crazy temple and cemetery called Otani Sobyo above Kyoto this morning. Pure madness 🔥 and HELLLA G-HOSTS!
Today's interview with legendary vaccine researcher Paul Offit. Video version coming shortly!
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Another VPZD Show! https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-46/
Topics covered:
Clarifying brain death versus severe brain damage, and why a competent examiner matters
Zubin’s first travel speaking engagement in three years, a pain medicine panel in Dallas, and the Rodeo Goat burger
Vinay’s panel at a biotech conference and the longevity target question
Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, and how John Ioannidis spotted the lack of peer reviewed papers
Why you can’t run 100 tests off a single drop of blood
Zubin’s Theranos lipid panel at TEDMED and whether the numbers were real
Finger sticks versus venipuncture, and why lancets hurt
The Nathan Fielder documentary and the 35 days before federal prison
Holmes’s personality, her belief that the machine works, and “Theranos 2.0”
Puppeteer or puppet: Billy Evans, Sunny Balwani, and the men in her life
Amanda Seyfried’s reenactments and the second half of the film
Did she commit fraud, did it harm patients, and was she scapegoated for flying too high
Why Holmes...
