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Steve Parker, M.D. is my featured guest for today’s episode of The Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast, the final episode of a special series on diabetes mellitus. Many of us, including myself, have heard about how healthy The Mediterranean Diet is in comparison to other diets. However it is important to look into studies that thoroughly analyzed the diet and rate the diet according to its impacts on our health. Dr. Parker is a board-certified internist who is interested in both the carbohydrate-restricted diet and the Mediterranean diet. He understand how a carbohydrate-restricted diet can help an individual restore his health, including weight loss. In the meantime, he also enjoys the Mediterranean dietary style, which he feels requires carbohydrate restriction. Under that concept, he recently published a book entitled, “Conquer Diabetes and Prediabetes; The Low-carb Mediterranean Diet.”  This is a very timely interview with Dr. Parker, as the final episode of this special series on diabetes mellitus. To find out what he thought about using the Mediterranean diet while restricting carbohydrates to control diabetes mellitus and reverse a  prediabetic condition, let’s start the interview now! Dr. Parker’s  BIO: http://diabeticmediterraneandiet.com/about/about-steve-parker-md/ View on Amazon: Conquer Diabetes and Prediabetes; The Low-carb Mediterranean Diet

file size: 30.4mb For today’s episode of The Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast, the fourth episode of a special series on diabetes mellitus, I am honored to have Mr. Ron Raab as my featured guest. By this time, you have already listened to the interviews with three of my guests on diabetes mellitus. All of them have told you how one can prevent or manage diabetes mellitus. However, some of us may be the victim of type 1 diabetes mellitus and whose pancreas does not produce insulin. Although I have continued to believe dietary management is the best for the diabetic patients, I fully understand the need of insulin in some of these diabetic patients. However, insulin is not an affordable life-saving product to everyone, especially those in the undeveloped countries. Mr. Raab, a type 1 diabetic himself, has long recognized such a serious situation, and actively involved himself in a noble cause for collecting donations of insulin from various sources and providing them to those who need insulin but cannot afford it. In this interview, I am going to ask Mr. Raab about his own experience with diabetes mellitus and his involvement with the charity organization, Insulin For Life. Like myself, I think you want me to start this interesting interview ASAP. Please tune in now! Links Mr. Raab’s BIO Website: www.insulinforlife.org

I am honored to have Dr. Mary Vernon return for today’s episode of The Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast, the third episode of a special series on Diabetes Mellitus. After having listened to the interviews with two of my guests on diabetes mellitus, you should have some idea about how serious this disease is. Most importantly, you would agree with me that all of us have the potential of becoming diabetics if we do not take a special care of ourselves by eating healthy foods, which should sensibly restrict carbohydrates. For that, I am particularly interested in interviewing with Dr. Vernon who is a family physician for general practice including diabetology and bariatric medicine. Dr. Vernon has an enormous experience in treating obesity and diabetes mellitus. I am going to ask her to help us understand diabetes mellitus including its cause(s), prevention, and treatments. I trust you would want to like  Dr. Vernon to share with us her expertise in dealing with diabetes mellitus. Let’s get ready for this informative interview now! Website: http://www.myimsonline.com/  

Today, I am honored to have Richard Bernstein, M.D. come to The Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast as the second of my five featured guests for a special series of five episodes on diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus has been a well-publicized disease. Nevertheless, not many people understand the disease well, unless those of them who have medical knowledge, and, more important, are interested in doing their best for halting the disease progression. We have seen victims of diabetes mellitus, including those who were physicians, lost their lives to the disease after following the conventional medical treatment. However, Dr. Bernstein did not follow the same path and has had his own destiny. He is an industrial-engineer-turned-physician and a type 1 diabetic since his young age, and wrote a bestseller book, “Diabetes Solution.” I am going to ask him to tell us about his life story and what a diabetic should do to reverse the course of diabetes mellitus with diet. It will be an excellent opportunity for you and me to hear from Dr. Bernstein in person. Please tune in and go! Website: http://www.diabetes-book.com

Roxanne Sukol, M.D. returns today to The Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast as the first of my five featured guests for a special series of five episodes on diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is one of a few on the top of a list of diseases, which seriously threaten everyone’s health in the US and the world. Despite its publicity, the incidence of diabetes mellitus continues to rise, because public health agencies, American Diabetes Association and its counterparts of the world and every country have failed to educate individuals about diabetes mellitus with correct information, in particular, of its etiology and its prevention and treatments with diet. Dr. Sukol, a board-certified internist who is specializing in diet for health, in particular, diabetes mellitus. I am going to ask Dr. Sukol to share with us her clinical expertise in helping non-diabetics understand diabetes mellitus and prevent it. More importantly, I am also going to ask her about how diabetic patients can use diet for managing and even reversing the disease. Although I am not a diabetic, I confess that I am anxious and want to learn from Dr. Sukol’s discussion. If you share my anxiousness, let us find out the information that Dr. Sukol will give us in a few seconds! Please tune in. Website: http://www.teachmed.com

In today’s episode of The Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast, I present the fifth edition of the Listeners’ Roundtable Discussion. Mr. Bob Faber of Singapore, from the audience, and Dr. John Briffa, B.Sc. (Hons), M.B. B.S., of London are here as my featured guests to discuss a variety of issues regarding carbohydrate-restricted diet. All of us who switched from carbohydrate-rich, fat-restricted diet to carbohydrate-restricted, fat-rich diet have found ourselves more energetic and healthier. Nevertheless, many of us still want to make sure that we are taking the best care of ourselves by eating the right foods, avoiding the bad foods, and using supplements for enhancing the benefits of our carbohydrate-restricted, fat-rich diet. Therefore it is not surprising that I have continued to receive questions on these issues. Bob, an MBA working for a large corporation, pays special attention to the importance of eating the right foods for good health for his family and himself. Dr. Briffa, a British physician who is well recognized for his research and writings, will definitely help answer Bob’s interesting questions. I expect this interview will be another exciting Listener’s Roundtable Discussion. I can’t wait to know what I am going to hear from both of them. Can you? Let’s tune in now! Links: Dr. John Briffa Waist Disposal by Dr. John Briffa (Amazon.com)

It is my honor to have Dr. Mary Vernon as my featured guest for today’s Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast, the final episode of a special series on gestational nutrition. Childbearing women, like the rest of us, have risks of diabetes mellitus and diseases including gestational diabetes, which are a result of hyperglycemia. In the introduction of this special series on gestational nutrition, I told you the effects of gestational hyperglycemia on the potential of gestational anomalies. Now, I am concluding this special series with an interview with Dr. Vernon who is a family physician specializing in general practice, including prenatal care and obstetrics. Dr. Vernon has enormous experience in treating obesity and diabetes mellitus, including gestational diabetes. I am going to ask her to help us understand more about gestational diabetes including its cause(s), prevention, and treatments. As we have already learned the importance of gestational nutrition from three experts, and the impacts of gestational hyperglycemia on the health of both the expecting Mom and newborn, I trust you want to hear what Dr. Vernon will tell us about gestational diabetes. Let’s get ready for this interesting interview now! Website: https://www.myimsonline.com/ Episode 44 Transcribed by Yael S. Balazs, Ph.D. http://www.carbohydratescankill.com/1835/44-dr-mary-vernon-on-gestational-diabetes-its-causes-prevention-treatments Dr. Mary Vernon on Gestational Diabetes, its Causes, Prevention, and Treatments Dr. Robert K. Su: When we are talking about gestational nutrition we want to make sure that the woman is eating properly the foods which are not only keeping her healthy throughout the pregnancy, but also providing the fetus with the right amount of nutrition for healthy growth. We do not want to have a newborn with congenital anomalies, birth defects, and the potential of becoming a diabetic. On March 16, 2011, I discussed on the show the relationship between maternal hyperglycemia and gestational anomalies. I believe you have already learned about the grave impacts of maternal hyperglycemia. Today I am honored to have Mary Vernon, M.D. as my special guest. . . . Dr. Vernon: This topic of glycemic index and pregnancy or hyperglycemia and pregnancy is finally getting the appropriate attention that it deserves. And this has really been just recently that the medical literature is starting to reflect studies that examine this relationship. Although those of us who treat people with carbohydrate restriction have known for a long time that this was absolutely an important connection, but there are connections beyond this. Which include the connection of the hypertension of pregnancy or preeclampsia, which is often related to this underlying tendency to have impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy. Dr. Su: Very good. But, let’s back up a bit. What is the definition of gestational diabetes? Dr. Vernon: The definition of gestational diabetes, and, let me just say, this has been a moving target during the time that I have been in the practice of medicine, which is more than thirty years, that the definition of gestational diabetes has changed several times. So, what I really want to do is to say to your audience that this is usually determined by screening which happens at the beginning of the third trimester with a glucose load being delivered, the “glucose tolerance test” and you do a fasting [measurement] and a two hour [measurement]. The amount of glucose [ingested] is already decided, “here’s how much you drink,” and if your blood sugar goes up above a certain amount, then you have to have a three-hour glucose tolerance test to actually determine if you have gestational diabetes or not. Now the truth is, like we said before Dr. Su, this is not an on or off kind of thing. Just because your blood sugar numbers are one point below the cutoff for gestational diabetes does not mean that you’re safe and in good shape. You’re not. And so, it’s impo[...]

I am very pleased to have Ms. Pam Schoenfeld stop by here as my featured guest for today’s “Carbohydrates Can Kill” podcast of a special series on gestational nutrition. After having two excellent interviews on this important topic, gestational nutrition, with Ms. Adele Hite and Dr. James Carlson, I am sure that I can help expand your knowledge base by offering additional information on the subject. After listening to the interviews with all of them, you will find out the information that they share and the suggestions that each of them offers. At the end of this special series, you will be able to summarize all the information and have a very good idea about how healthy gestational nutrition works for a healthy pregnancy. Ms. Schoenfeld is a registered nutritionist in private practice. She usually helps her clients improve their nutritional needs with her expertise in general nutrition. However, she is particularly interested in gestational nutrition. I bet her interview with me will give you and me lots of interesting suggestions that both of us need to know. Are you ready for the interview yet? Let’s find out what Pam is going to share with us! Website: http://www.forahealthynation.org

Dr. James Carlson is my featured guest for today’s “Carbohydrates Can Kill” podcast, part of a special series on gestational nutrition. As a retired anesthesiologist who attended deliveries, I recognize the importance of the health of both the newborn and the new mother. Needless to say, their health is a result of gestational care, especially gestational nutrition. As I presented to you in this podcast on March 16, 2011, childbearing women must be mindful of their nutrition, which closely affects the outcomes of their pregnancies. Dr. James Carlson is a unique physician who earned various degrees including B.S., D.O., M.B.A., and J.D., before starting medical practice. With his personal experience and review in biochemistry, he wrote a book, Genocide!, illustrating how we have been following poor dietary advice that has led us to the path of malnutrition and premature death. I greatly appreciate Dr. Carlson’s extensive knowledge in nutritional medicine. Don’t wait! Join me in listening to this interesting episode now. www.drjamescarlson.com Genocide! by Dr. James Carlson (Amazon.com) Episode 42 Transcribed by Yael S. Balazs, Ph.D. http://www.carbohydratescankill.com/1788/gestational-nutrition-james-carlson-do-ep-42   Gestational Nutrition with James E. Carlson, D.O. Dr. Robert K. Su: I have repeatedly stressed the importance of a healthy pregnancy, because whatever happens to the expecting mother will affect both the physical and mental health of the newborn, not only in his childhood, but also in his adulthood. Developing gestational nutrition is one of the key factors of a healthy pregnancy. . .   Dr. Su: Since we are talking about low-carbohydrate diets, so, is eating low-carbs during pregnancy dangerous? Dr. Carlson: You know it’s a common question I get asked from my expecting moms, or even moms who are already pregnant, because most of my patients, of course, know that I focus on low-carbs. The answer is no. Eating low-carbs during pregnancy is NOT dangerous. And, if we have time later, I will talk about special cases where you have to be a little more cautious, generally with your type 1 diabetic moms who become pregnant. But, for a patient who is not a type 1 diabetic, eating low-carbs during pregnancy is not dangerous. And, it’s actually preferred. There are a lot of web sites for the moms. And the pregnant moms tend to want to be as knowledgeable as possible, to provide what they can to encourage the growth and development of a healthy baby. Unfortunately a lot of the web sites they come across, and there’s even a magazine that I get delivered to my office called “Fit Pregnancy” and some of the listeners may be familiar with that, certainly physicians are familiar with that, but unfortunately, a lot of the information, even in “Fit Pregnancy,” is incorrect when it comes to nutritional guidance. I have to say that not only is eating low-carbs during pregnancy not dangerous, eating carbs during pregnancy, or the amount of carbohydrates suggested by these magazines is actually dangerous. So, the converse is true. Eating low-carbs is not dangerous, but eating carbs, in the amounts suggested, is definitely dangerous. And if you look at what we’re made of as human beings, our composition, it’s basically, depending on the literature you read, anywhere from 70-75% water. All right, that’s your main ingredient. Then the next ingredients are fat and cholesterol, which is found in the cells – the cell membrane. And in fact, cholesterol is an important constituent of cell membranes – allows the membranes to function properly. Of course, protein is second to water, and then the fats and cholesterol. But, when you’re eating carbohydrates when you’re pregnant, and when you have a baby that’s developing, you’re not – you’re not, providing what the baby needs to develop normally. You know, basically we need fat, we need the cholesterol, we need the protein and, of course, the water. So, once again, I ha[...]

In today’s special series of the Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast on gestational nutrition, I am honored to once again present Ms. Adele Hite, a PhD candidate in Public Health and Nutrition, as my featured guest. Ms. Hite previously stopped by this show twice to discuss the faulty USDA Dietary Guidelines and pediatric nutrition respectively. Gestational Nutrition is as important as pediatric nutrition, if not more, because it involves proper nutrition not only for keeping mothers healthy throughout their pregnancies, but also for keeping the fetus growing healthily. Short of that, gestational complications arise and injure either the mother or the baby, or both. With her knowledge in both pediatric and gestational nutritional science, I am going to ask Ms. Hite many questions on this very important subject. Get yourself ready and tune in to this very interesting episode now! Link: http://www.forahealthynation.org

In today’s Carbohydrates Can kill podcast show, I am going to present you a discussion on hyperglycemia and gestational anomalies. Hyperglycemia has become a major health problem for the last five decades. It is not only the patent sign of diabetes mellitus, but is also an important causative factor of many diseases, if not all. When we carefully, analyze the course of disease development, we can find the link of hyperglycemia. Carbohydrate foods are the major supplier for blood glucose. Hence, excess carbohydrate consumption is responsible for hyperglycemia, subsequent inflammation, and disease initiation. To no exception, hyperglycemia has ill impacts on the reproductive system of both men and women. In light of an increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus during the recent years, an increase in gestational anomalies will follow unless we educate the public about the terrible consequences of hyperglycemia and with the knowledge of healthy dieting by carefully restricting carbohydrate foods. As that in my continuing efforts of sharing my knowledge with you about diet and health, let’s begin my discussion with you now. Website: www.carbohydratescankill.com Transcript: Hyperglycemia and Gestational Anomalies (1 of 4) Hyperglycemia and Gestational Anomalies (2 of 4) Hyperglycemia and Gestational Anomalies (3 of 4) Hyperglycemia and Gestational Anomalies (4 of 4)

Lu Cai, M.D., Ph.D. is my featured guest for today’s episode of The Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast . Cancer is one of the few critical medical issues that we all are most concerned. We have studies devoted to finding the causes of cancer. With those studies, we blame bacteria, viruses, physical stimulation, radiation, fat, and many other factors for starting cancer. However, we have not found a direct evidence for the claims. Although we have studies that link blood glucose level to the risk of cancer, we have only a few studies that pinpoint the mutagenic effect of hyperglycemia. Dr. Cai and his colleagues successfully showed the direct cause of mutation by hyperglycemia in a short period of time. The mutated cells they have cultured have the potential to become cancer. The work by Dr. Cai and his colleague is very impressive and interesting. I am going to ask Dr. Cai about the study he and his associates have done and the theories that will help us understand why we can possibly prevent cancer by avoiding hyperglycemia with carbohydrate-restricted diet. Let’s listen to Dr. Cai’s informative interview now. Zhang Y et al. “High level glucose increases mutagenesis in human lymphoblastoid cells.” International Journal of Biological Sciences 2007 3(6):375-379

Jeff B. and Grace Jone, Pharm. D. join Dr. Su for a special Listener’s Roundtable discussion episode of the Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast. In today’s Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast, I am going to present you the fourth edition of the Listeners’ Roundtable Discussion. Mr. Jeff B. from the audience, and Grace Jone, Pharm. D. are here as my featured guests to discuss what we should do concerning prescribed medications and food supplements when we restrict carbohydrates. Many more of us become ill and are prescribed with medications after having consumed a carbohydrate-rich, fat-restricted diet for years or decades. Many of us have noticed the prescribed medications are not helpful in restoring our health, and have also found that restricting carbohydrates is the best way to roll back lots or all of our health problems. However, we do not know if and how we can get rid of the prescribed medications especially those involving our cardiovascular system. Jeff has the questions on prescribed medications that many of us want the answers to. Dr. Jone is a young but very knowledgeable pharmacist who is ready to give the answers in our interview today. What are we waiting for? Let’s start the interview now! Dr. Jone’s blog: Animal Pharm

Sally Fallon of the Weston A. Price Foundation helps us complete our series on pediatric nutrition today. Before I conclude this special series on pediatric nutrition, I cannot help but inviting Ms. Sally Fallon to today’s Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast as my featured guest to discuss about the USDA proposed rule, “Nutritional Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.” As you may be aware, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 finally became official on January 14, 2011. The US Department of Agriculture has promised in its proposed rule above that it would update the School lunch and Breakfast Programs as soon as the Dietary Guidelines for American 2010 is released. In the article published on February 21, 2011, I call for creating an alternative set of Dietary Guidelines. I am going to ask Ms. Fallon about her viewpoints on these very important issues concerning our children’s nutrition and health. Ms. Fallon is very knowledgeable in nutrition that she applied to the rearing of her children. With her extensive writings, you and I will be very delighted to learning from her insight in pediatric nutrition. Let’s find out what she is going to share with us. Website: http://www.westonaprice.org Reach Her at safallon@aol.com.

Although this special series of pediatric nutrition is coming to its end next week, I continue to keep up the quality of our discussion. Today’s Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast, I invite Ms. Pam Schoenfeld as my featured guest. During the last six episodes of Pediatric Nutrition, we have learned lots of excellent ideas from eight of my knowledgeable guests on what we should do to raise our children. All of them offered similar advice on many important questions that I asked. However, each of them also gave us their special attention to certain nutrients, which are critical in keeping our children in good health. Ms. Pam Schoenfeld is a registered dietitian who has concentrated herself in pediatric nutrition, in addition to other focal interests. She has also learned pediatric nutrition in her daily practice with her children. I am looking forward to have an excellent discussion with Pam on this important topic about raising our children with healthy nutrition. Let’s tune in to this episode now. Ms. Schoenfeld’s website: www.forahealthynation.org