Diabetology (BLOOD SUGAR) Part 1 Encore with Mike Natter

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Mike Natter hosts this encore episode of Ologies (hosted by Alie Ward), it's a classic 2 parter: Diabetology about the happy, moody-, sweaty-, unconscious-, and possibly even homicidal-making sugar in our blood. In this episode, Dr. Mike Natter dishes about how blood sugar works, what insulin does, and how prevalent diabetes is in all of its various forms. Also: keto vs. vegan, hypoglycemia, cyborg organs, owl hoots, gestational diabetes, type 1 vs. type 2 and ... does Gwyneth drink her own pee? Also: the emotional side of the disease and how to help those in your life who are diabetic. Next week, the doc addresses your questions, from diets to diagnoses to infuriating insulin prices.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's me, your broken pancreas.
0:04.2	Not Ali Ward, unfortunately, but it's me, Dr. Mike Natter here.
0:09.0	So why is Ali not here today?
0:10.9	Well unfortunately, Ali's feeling under the weather.
0:13.6	We think she may have had a relapse of her pneumonia and under doctor's orders, including
0:18.6	mine, she needs to rest.
0:21.0	And we really want her to feel better soon and we want her to take some time away from
0:24.9	work.
0:25.9	Ali, we hope you feel better.
0:28.1	So instead, we're going to be kicking off a series of encore episodes starting with
0:32.0	mine, Diapetology.
0:34.5	Ali and I cut this up in 2019.
0:37.3	We had a ball.
0:39.4	And since that time, a lot has changed to my life.
0:42.5	I finished my medical residency.
0:44.7	I went on and finished my endocrine fellowship.
0:47.7	And now I am a fully fledged endocrinologist in New York City, where I get to treat all
0:52.9	the things like adrenal problems and pituitary problems and thyroid problems.
0:57.2	But primarily, I'm doing a lot of diabetes, all different flavors.
1:01.8	I still have dreams of making my graphic novel, but time's been tight.
1:06.8	And I will have it happen, but just not right now.
1:09.5	Oh, I also started on a new insulin pump called the beta-bionic eyelid pump.
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