Fighting for Type 1 Diabetics' Insulin Choice | Alison Smart - E395

Low Carb MD Podcast

Drs. Brian Lenzkes & Tro Kalayjian

Diet, Mental Health, Lowcarb, Nutrition, Keto, Brianlenzkes, Health & Fitness, Jasonfung, Doctortro, Intermittentfasting, Trokalayjian, Medicine, Meganramos

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Alison Smart is the Founder and Director of the Alliance to Protect Insulin Choice, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to continuing access to Levemir (detemir) insulin or a biosimilar.

She is actively involved in raising public awareness, engaging in media outreach, and communicating with insulin manufacturers and lawmakers to highlight the critical need for this unique insulin.

In this episode, Dr. Tro and Alison talk about…

(00:00) Intro
(02:44) The multitude of difficulties faced by Type 1 diabetics every day
(10:53) Treatment protocols for Type 1 patients—pumps and lifestyle changes—and why the low carb/keto diet is such an important therapy
(20:44) The Alliance to Protect Insulin Choice and why Levemir is so important
(27:50) Why pharmaceutical companies are not interested in producing and providing Levemir in the United States
(37:00) How YOU can help support Alison and the mission of The Alliance to Protect Insulin Choice
(40:48) Outro

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Dr. Ian Lake on the LCMD Podcast: https://lowcarbmd.com/podcast/episode-368-dr-ian-lake/
Beth McNally on the LCMD Podcast: https://lowcarbmd.com/podcast/episode-370-beth-mcnally/
Dr. Andrew Koutnik on the LCMD Podcast: https://lowcarbmd.com/podcast/episode-371-dr-andrew-koutnik/
TYPEONEGRIT (FB Group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/typeonegrit
Dr. Bernstein’s Resources: https://www.diabetes-book.com
SMHP Guidlines: https://thesmhp.org/clinical-guidelines/

Alison Smart:

Alliance to Protect Insulin Choice: https://alliancetoprotectinsulinchoice.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alliancetoprotectinsulinchoice/
X: https://x.com/InsulinChoice
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alliancetoprotectinsulinchoice
Petition: https://alliancetoprotectinsulinchoice.org/sign-our-petition

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

Website: https://www.doctortro.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Low Carb MD podcast. No one is beyond help. No one is beyond hope.
0:07.2	Nothing said on the Low Carb MD podcast is medical advice. Please consult your own doctor before making any
0:13.7	lifestyle changes. Welcome to the Low Carb MD-mdmd-podcast.
0:23.6	We're talking about something very important.
0:25.6	We've talked about type 1 diabetes for several episodes now, and we'll link all the prior
0:32.9	episodes we've talked about.
0:34.9	We are fierce advocates here on the low-carb MD podcast of people with
0:40.0	type 1 diabetes. Well, all spectrums of diabetes, type 1, type 2, and type 1 and type 1.
0:47.7	But one of the things I've learned throughout my career about type 1 is how disenfranchised
0:53.5	this community is.
0:54.9	They are forced to accept 20 years less life expectancy than the average population.
1:01.5	Imagine you, your daughter, your son, your loved one was told that they're going to live 20 years
1:07.9	less than the average, than they're sort of the average person.
1:12.2	And not only that, they're going to, they may face amputation, they may face hospitalizations.
1:17.4	They're going to have to spend much of their time making minute-to-minute decisions of their
1:22.5	blood sugar levels with potentially lethal outcomes.
1:26.1	The stress, the anxiety, the fatigue that faces this group,
1:30.1	I think is often really under-recognized.
1:33.0	And we've had Dr. Ian Lake, Dr. Andrew Kutnik, you know, Beth McNally, and so many others,
1:38.7	please go back and listen to all those podcasts because it'll round out your education in Type 1.
1:45.2	And today, you know, we have the opportunity to sort of give back and raise awareness
1:49.5	with somebody I met several years ago at our Type 1 conference through the SMHP.
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