Episode 321: RD Dikeman, PhD
Low Carb MD Podcast
Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. R.D. Dikeman, PhD, is a theoretical physicist and loving husband of Roxanne Dikeman, PhD, a clinical psychologist. Their world was turned upside down when their young son David was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. After following conventional dietary advice for this condition led to uncontrollable blood sugar, dangerous "hypos," and many sleepless nights, R.D. discovered the work of Dr. Richard Bernstein, MD, a medical doctor who has used a low-carbohydrate diet to control his own type 1 diabetes for more than fifty years and pioneered some of the most groundbreaking research on low-carbohydrate diets for diabetes in the modern era. Through working closely with Dr. Bernstein and as a founder of the Type One Grit online community, R.D. has helped provide thousands of other individuals and families living with type 1 diabetes with information to reduce the threat of complications and attain the truly normal blood sugars that all type 1 diabetics deserve.
In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and RD talk about what drew RD into the world of Type 1 Diabetes treatment, RD's son's Type 1 diagnosis, how the Type One Grit group came to be, why low carb is the optimal diet for diabetics, how to still eat what you want on a low-carb diet, big problems with the ADA, why Type One athletes do better on a low carb diet, the upcoming Low Carb Boca conference, and why having courage and integrity is needed in order to bring life saving information to Type One diabetics.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Low-Carb MD podcast. No one is beyond help. No one is beyond hope. |
| 0:07.0 | As we have always said, we are bringing you medical information and cutting-edge science, |
| 0:12.0 | but none of this is medical advice. |
| 0:15.3 | Please seek out input from your own doctor. Hello and welcome back to the low-carb MD podcast. |
| 0:25.0 | Trot, good to see it man. It's been a little while. |
| 0:30.0 | Oh yeah, I'm happy to hear you. |
| 0:31.0 | Staying too busy with everything, you know? |
| 0:33.0 | This is going to be exciting because, you know, |
| 0:35.0 | people don't know the two renegades have been working together for the past like six months. |
| 0:40.0 | I shouldn't say the two renegades, really like the renegade family and this you know social media |
| 0:45.2 | punk so I'm excited for this one. Well welcome doc let's hear it's row you want to do the intro. |
| 0:49.7 | Okay perfect so you have on the info? Yeah, we have today, Ardy Dykeman, |
| 0:54.4 | Dr. Ardy Dykeman. |
| 0:56.8 | And if you've been living under a rock |
| 0:58.9 | and you don't know who he is, |
| 1:00.1 | you should go follow him on social media. |
| 1:06.4 | The best I can explain his contribution to the field of metabolic health is really around the type one space. He's shared the struggles he's had, you know, with his own son who's type one who you may have seen at previous lectures at low-carb USA, |
| 1:23.0 | or maybe you've watched his lectures at low-carb USA. |
| 1:26.9 | But I think most notably, |
| 1:28.9 | you know, RD is known for his contribution |
| 1:32.3 | in the online community type 1 grit, which was, which is a absolute must follow for anybody with type 1 disease. |
| 1:41.0 | If you or a family member has type one you should go to the Facebook group |
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