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Robb Wolf - The Paleo Solution Podcast - Paleo diet, nutrition, fitness, and health

The Paleo Solution - Episode 392 - RD Dikeman - Type 1 Diabetes Management

Robb Wolf - The Paleo Solution Podcast - Paleo diet, nutrition, fitness, and health

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Robb, Crossfit, Health, Intermittent, Paleo, Fasting, Wolf, Diet, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Fitness

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast we have guest RD Dikeman. RD is Theoretical Physicist, Research Scientist, and father of a Type 1 Diabetic son.

Show Notes:
00:00 – Pre-Intro/Summary
3:49 – Robb and RD’s experiences with giving T1D information
6:38 – RD’s background and experience with T1D son
10:48 – Using Dr. Bernstein’s book and protocol
17:31 – Double diabetes (type 1 and 2 at the same time)
21:46 – Getting off the standard model of care
22:44 – Diabetes diet for the whole family, parents set the example
25:52 – Physicians and Dietitians telling dangerous myths to T1D parents
29:05 – Managing hypoglycemia
31:17 – How the Bernstein model looks
35:16 – Hypoglycemia and target blood sugar
38:40 – Robb’s blood sugar response and ketone levels
41:20 – High fat meals
43:24 – Chronically high blood sugars and Dr. Bernstein’s history
49:39 – What blood sugars should be in humans
51:31 – Ketogains and Fighting the nonsense in the low carb world
55:02 – Exercise and insulin sensitivity
57:39 – Using solid basics
59:40 – Hyperpalatability and fat bombs
1:00:53 – Reducing weight and fat to improve insulin resistance
1:03:52 – Where to find RD

RD’s video on Diet Doctor: https://www.dietdoctor.com/rd-dikeman-people-type-1-diabetes-avoid-disastrous-high-carb-diet

Diabetes University videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJ11OJynsvHMsN48LG18Ag

Dr. Bernstein's site: http://www.diabetes-book.com/

Book: Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey folks, six listeners can't be wrong.

0:03.0

Another addition to the Palo Solution Podcast.

0:05.0

Really, really excited for today's guest.

0:08.0

I'm not sure why, but the whole topic of typo in diabetes has been something

0:12.0

have been really

0:13.0

concerned about interested in for you know literally the last 20 years it's an

0:18.7

incredibly difficult and challenging condition to manage historically. It's mainly affected kids so I

0:26.0

think there's a little heart string tugging that goes on with that and today's

0:30.7

guest is R.D. Dikeman. R.D. is a theoretical physicist.

0:34.9

His son David was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

0:38.5

at the age of 9.

0:39.4

His son is now 14 and just thriving. Just shows none of the complications that we typically

0:46.6

associate with type 1 diabetes. He has normal blood sugars, a normal like

0:52.3

phenomenal A1c's below five most of the time and this is just

0:56.9

unheard of you will discover in the podcast that fewer than one one and a

1:02.0

thousand type 1 diabetics have A1c is below that 5.0 level.

1:09.0

And RD founded this group called Type 1 grit, which is a Facebook group, and the group

1:14.0

and the average in this group is below five.

1:18.0

The vast majority of the vast majority of the people there

1:22.0

the ones who don't have A1C's like this are typically the newer folks that just haven't gotten things styled in.

1:27.5

So it's an incredibly important show, Type 1 diabetes, there's a lot to learn there both with regards to the propensity to head into

1:37.0

type 2 diabetes, which is a very common complication for the type 1 diabetic individual, particularly the way that standard of care recommends that you just eat whatever you want and then cover things with insulin.

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