The Hidden Heart Disease Risk Factor Few are Talking About with Joel Kahn – E111
Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience
Mastering Diabetes
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🗓️ 9 March 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We are excited to be joined by Dr. Joel Kahn.
Dr. Kahn is a cardiologist and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine and a Summa Cum Laude graduate from the University of Michigan Medical School.
He’s known as “America’s Holistic Heart Doc,” and has authored many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He writes articles for MindBodyGreen, Thrive Global, and Reader’s Digest and has five books in publication including The Whole Heart Solution, Dead Execs Don’t Get Bonuses as well as The Plant-Based Solution.
He has regular appearances on Dr. Phil, The Doctors, and Fox 2 News. He also recently debated with Chris Kresser about the evidence in support of plant-based diets on the Joe Rogan Experience and has been featured with Larry King Live in a recent special about heart health.
He also owns 2 health restaurants in Detroit and a food truck in Austin, Texas. How he accomplishes all of this is a complete mystery to us, but suffice it to say that Dr. Kahn is a MACHINE, he’s our favorite stand-up comedian, and we’re honored to call him a friend.
In this episode of the Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience, we’ll cover:
- An article he recently wrote in which he referred to low-carbohydrate diets as “high-coffin” diets, because there is ample scientific evidence that low-carbohydrate diets actually increase your risk for premature death.
- Why, despite this, many health professionals teach people to INCREASE their intake of meat, cheese, fish, eggs, and vegetable oil, claiming that it’s the best way to “reverse” type 2 diabetes specifically because they are low in carbohydrate energy.
- What benefits would someone gain from becoming a plant-based low-carbohydrate eater?
- What are the exact benefits of short-term ketosis referenced by Dr. Valter Longo and how do those benefits change over time?
- What happens to blood lipids and specifically LDL cholesterol following a plant-based low-carbohydrate or ketogenic diet?
- What happens to diabetes risk and blood glucose control following a plant-based low-carbohydrate or ketogenic diet?
- If there was ONE THING you could say to teach people the truth about nutrition to clear up the confusion that the Internet promotes, what would it be?
You can find Dr. Joel Khan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjkahn/
And on his website: https://www.drjoelkahn.com/
If you enjoyed this episode please join us and Dr. Joel Khan in spreading the word about the benefits of plant-based nutrition by sharing this episode on social media and tagging us - @masteringdiabetes
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| 0:00.0 | In 2018, Dr. Baxter Montgomery, wonderful, wonderful colleague, cardiologist in Houston, |
| 0:06.3 | did a small whole food plant-based trial and reported about a 15 to 20 percent reduction |
| 0:12.6 | in lipoprotein Middle A. Now, to really move the needle, there is some estimate you've got to drop |
| 0:19.1 | at 50 percent or more. So at least we have in our camp, |
| 0:24.0 | whole food, plant-based eating. And you, of course, know another supplement-based approach |
| 0:30.3 | to lower lipoprotein little A, something that you use a lot in your group, which is I'm one. |
| 0:51.4 | Welcome to the Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience, where we teach you how to sit in the driver's seat of your diabetes health for the rest of your life. |
| 0:55.0 | We'll teach you how to reverse insulin resistance, achieve your ideal body weight, gain energy, |
| 1:00.0 | and get your best A1C following more than 85 years of evidence-based research in the Mastering Diabetes Program. |
| 1:08.0 | Our program teaches you how to reverse pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes and how to simplify |
| 1:15.1 | your life with type 1 diabetes by maximizing your insulin sensitivity using food as medicine. |
| 1:22.0 | We're on a bold mission to reverse insulin resistance in one million people. |
| 1:27.1 | We're glad to have you joining us. |
| 1:32.7 | Today we are going to be talking with the man, the legend himself, Dr. Joel Khan. Now, Dr. |
| 1:38.1 | Joel Khan is a cardiologist. He's based out of Detroit, Michigan. And not only is he one of the smarter cardiologists that we've ever |
| 1:46.6 | spoken with. He's one of our go-to trusted experts when it comes to understanding the nitty-gritty |
| 1:51.7 | details of cardiovascular health. In particular, Dr. Joel Kahn is a expert when it comes to |
| 1:58.5 | the interaction between your cardiovascular health and a whole food |
| 2:02.6 | plant-based diet. And today we're going to be doing a deep dive into a particle, a lipoprotein |
| 2:08.3 | particle known as lipoprotein A. Now, some people refer to this as lipoprotein little A, |
| 2:15.3 | and Dr. Joel Kahn is going to tell us all about lipoprotein A and why it is actually |
| 2:22.8 | a hidden risk factor for heart disease. Now, the reason I say hidden is because it's present in |
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