Episode 246: Drs. David and Jen Unwin
Low Carb MD Podcast
Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Drs. David and Jen Unwin are a husband and wife team who work to help people recover their metabolic health from a psychological and nutritional standpoint.
Dr. David Unwin is a practicing GP based in Southport in the United Kingdom and is a recognized international expert on the topic of carbohydrates and Type 2 diabetes. He is the RCGP National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes. In 2015 he won the North West NHS 'Innovator of the Year Award' and in 2016 he won the National NHS 'Innovator of the Year Award' for his work in treating diabetes with a low carb.
Dr. Jen is a consultant clinical health psychologist who has worked in the NHS for over 30 years, helping people with chronic illnesses to improve their lives. She is also former chair of the UK Association for Solution Focused Practice.
In their conversation, Brian, Jen, and David talk about the horrible internal and external effects of addiction, Jen and David's journey together as a couple and as partners in teaching people about metabolic health, the mental aspects of metabolic health, the value of hope and giving people hope, listening to patients and helping them define their goals, the importance of maintaining our relationships with loved ones, remote medical monitoring devices, the impacts of stress and how to reduce it, the process of empowering a patient to activate in the achievement of their own health goals, why focusing on patients rather than on money makes you more successful.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Low-Carb MD Podcast. |
| 0:03.8 | No one is beyond help. |
| 0:05.8 | No one is beyond hope. |
| 0:08.5 | As we have always said, we are bringing you medical information and cutting-edge science, |
| 0:12.7 | but none of this is medical advice. |
| 0:15.7 | Please seek out input from your own doctor. |
| 0:24.8 | Hello and welcome back to the Low-Carb MD Podcast. |
| 0:28.0 | This was for all unfortunately couldn't join us today, and the life's best medicine. |
| 0:31.6 | This was actually scheduled for a life's best medicine podcast, but the end wins are so |
| 0:36.0 | special to me that I think everyone needs to hear about them, so we want to get the message |
| 0:39.8 | out on my big brother platform and the little brother platform also. |
| 0:45.0 | So Jen and David, I'm when it's such an honor to have both of you doctors here with me |
| 0:48.4 | to share your story, and I think the viewers would be most happy if I was quiet most of |
| 0:54.2 | the time on this one, so I'll let you to run the show. |
| 0:58.1 | Dr. Unwin, thank you for both Dr. Unwin's, but thank you for all you've done for bringing |
| 1:02.6 | out food addiction and discussing dietary management and really hitting against the status quo |
| 1:08.7 | by life experience and clinical experience, and that's something that's really inspired |
| 1:13.5 | me along the way of keeping an open mind and trying to learn and maybe make the system |
| 1:19.5 | better. |
| 1:20.5 | So Doc, Senior, I'll let you tell the story about how you met because I know it's intriguing |
| 1:26.7 | and most of us don't have this story. |
| 1:30.1 | So most of you won't know, but Jen and I are actually God, brother and sister, and so |
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