Type 1 Diabetes: Reduce Insulin Needs Naturally With Food | Dr. Hana Kahleova
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🗓️ 30 April 2024
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Summary
A plant-based diet that is low in fat may decrease the amount of insulin needed by people with type 1 diabetes, according to a breakthrough study.
Lead researcher Dr. Hana Kahleova presents the findings on The Exam Room Podcast.
Key findings
- Insulin needs decreased by 28%.
- Insulin sensitivity increased by 127%.
- Average weight loss was 11 pounds.
- Total cholesterol decreased by 32 mg/dL.
- Heart attack and stroke risk decreased by 20%.
Join Dr. Kahleova and she discusses the groundbreaking and promising research with “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the exam room. Our study actually showed that a plant-based diet can be a |
| 0:08.5 | breakthrough for people with type-born diabetes. And I don't want to spoil it |
| 0:12.2 | here, but we're talking about a pretty |
| 0:13.6 | significant reduction in the amount of insulin that a person ordinarily |
| 0:16.9 | would need, correct? That's exactly right. And a decreased insulin dose, which comes with health benefits but also |
| 0:25.4 | financial benefits and cost savings. |
| 0:29.8 | Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:38.4 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs, coast to coast, and around the world. |
| 0:44.8 | High to the exam roomies listening in Columbus, Ohio, Lancaster, California, and Warsaw, Poland. |
| 0:52.4 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:57.0 | This is episode 38 of season 7, number 537 overall. And today we are going to be talking about a breakthrough study on type 1 diabetes. |
| 1:09.0 | Now just imagine this. |
| 1:11.0 | Imagine being able to slash the amount of insulin you need by over 25% just by changing your diet. |
| 1:19.0 | Your sensitivity to insulin, that also goes up, more than twofold. Your weight and your cholesterol |
| 1:26.1 | they go down and your risk of having a heart attack or a stroke also drops by |
| 1:31.8 | approximately 20%, all by changing your diet. |
| 1:39.2 | Now imagine that dream is a reality because those are the findings of a new study by Dr. |
| 1:45.2 | Hanakalayova and her team of researchers here at the Physicians Committee and she |
| 1:49.8 | is joining us to discuss these exciting revelations that came from her research and she has a beautiful |
| 1:57.6 | presentation in store for us today and it's really going to help out the millions of people who right now are living with type 1 diabetes around the world. |
| 2:08.0 | Stay tuned for that, but before we get going some live appearances to tell you about. I'm going to be speaking at the |
| 2:14.6 | Lifestyle Medicine Pathway to Health and Happiness Symposium in Rochester, Minnesota |
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