Reversing Diabetes Q&A with Dr. Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
One of the treatments for diabetes is food. It is possible to reverse and eliminate diabetes by changing your diet.
On this episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll is joined by Dr. Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro, authors of the new book, Mastering Diabetes.
The pair answer your questions in a wide-ranging discussion about the disease that affects millions of people. One out of every 10 people in the U.S. have diabetes while a staggering one out of three are prediabetic. The burden this places on the healthcare system is enormous with a whopping $327 billion dollars spent in 2017. And that number is expected to skyrocket to $500 billion over the next decade.
According to Khambatta and Barbaro, many of those cases are completely preventable and reversable by the adoption of a plant-based diet. That is what they're on the show to discuss with Chuck!
Among the questions answered:
- At what point do you start reducing insulin if you are a type 2 diabetic on a whole-food plant-based diet?
- Is it possible to have a normal A1C , but still have diabetes?
- When your culture is all about partying and bad food is everywhere, how can you make good decisions?
- Can steroids such as Prednisone cause diabetes?
- How does diabetes affect Alzheimer's disease?
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Mastering Diabetes Book
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Physicians Committee
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Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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Dr. Cyrus Khambatta
Twitter: @CyrusKPhD
Website: http://bit.ly/masterdib
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Robby Barbaro, MPH
Twitter: @masteringdib
Facebook: http://bit.ly/masterdibFB
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| 0:00.0 | When I was initially diagnosed, if somebody said that you can eat as much as you want, |
| 0:05.9 | of fruits, of starchy vegetables, I would laugh at them. |
| 0:09.1 | Eventually, as I tried different things, I eventually got the information. |
| 0:12.3 | And it was really the information and the examples of other people that got me started |
| 0:16.7 | and really opened up my mind like, hey, wait a minute, there could be something here. |
| 0:19.6 | Well, hello there and welcome to the Exam Room Podcast. |
| 0:31.4 | Brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:33.2 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:36.2 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen this week or a view or a download. |
| 0:41.8 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:49.5 | Today, we are answering your questions on the show and we are going to be doing so as |
| 0:55.6 | we try to master diabetes with Dr. Cyrus Cumbata and Robbie Barbaro. |
| 1:03.1 | Here's the thing about these guys. |
| 1:04.4 | I love these guys. |
| 1:05.8 | They have both lived with Type 1 diabetes for years, but they are also living examples |
| 1:12.8 | that by making good food decisions, you can take back control of your insulin resistance |
| 1:20.5 | and now they are devoting their lives to improving the lives, improving the health of |
| 1:25.0 | others who have diabetes, even Type 2 Diabetics. |
| 1:29.1 | And today, they will be here to field your questions about reversing diabetes with diet. |
| 1:34.8 | They've also got some practical advice about how to keep things healthy when unhealthy |
| 1:39.5 | foods are everywhere around you. |
| 1:42.1 | Sometimes, even in the most difficult places in the world to find healthy food, how can |
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