How a Vegan Diet Helps Type 1 Diabetes As Told By a Surgeon with Diabetes | Dr. Brian Carlsen
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 19 July 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
A doctor who has lived with type 1 diabetes for years explains the benefits of a vegan diet for the disease.
Dr. Brian Carlsen shares his journey of adopting a plant-based diet in order to improve his health. It was a decision that would ultimately help him thrive as a father and as a reconstructive hand and microsurgeon.
He joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.
Dr. Carlsen will be speaking at the 2022 International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine in Washington, D.C. The event will be held Aug. 18-20.
Chuck also reports on a study showing a link between carotenoids in colorful foods and reduced risk of autoimmune diseases for women later in life.
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| 0:00.0 | I was told that I shouldn't be a surgeon and that was my dream at the time. |
| 0:05.9 | Fortunately, with a medical school, I had a general survey resident who was type 1 diabetic |
| 0:11.8 | and that was extremely helpful. |
| 0:14.1 | It gave me a lot of hope and inspiration that I can do what I want to do still. |
| 0:19.1 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:26.2 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:29.2 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in |
| 0:33.6 | more than 150 countries. |
| 0:36.0 | Hi to everyone listening in Rock Chester, Minnesota. |
| 0:39.2 | Athens, Georgia and Nagoya, Japan. |
| 0:42.4 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:46.2 | This is Episode 55 of Season 5, number 354 overall. |
| 0:52.9 | I want for you to stop for just a second and think about this. |
| 0:59.9 | Imagine having a career, one that you've trained years for threatened suddenly by something |
| 1:06.0 | that is completely out of your control. |
| 1:09.2 | You're chugging along, you're right there about to live that dream and then comes the |
| 1:15.2 | coldest bucket of water ever. |
| 1:19.4 | Now people close to you, they start saying, you can't do this now, you have to find another |
| 1:25.0 | career, you have to find another dream and I'm sorry but that is just the way that it |
| 1:32.5 | is. |
| 1:35.8 | What would you do? |
| 1:38.6 | It's easy to sit here and say, heck no, I won't go out like that but if you sit and you |
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