Diabetes
Getting Fit in the “Church Basement” of a Facebook Group: Dan Carraciolo on PYP 450
Dan Carraciolo has engineered a remarkable self-transformation from unhappy, overweight diabetic to ebullient athlete. On today’s show, we talk about how he achieved it – and the obstacles he’s had to overcome.
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Get Fit Quick: Ed Coyle on PYP 448
What’s the most efficient way to exercise for fitness and health? And what’s the most effective? Turns out there’s a single answer to both questions: 4-second all-out intervals.
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Discover YOUR Optimal Diet and Lifestyle Through Data:
Dr Casey Means on PYP 443
Tired of the nutrition debates? Confused about what YOU should be eating? Dr Casey Means of Levels Health shares the power of closed-loop data to change our lives – and health destinies – for the better.
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How Our Communities Can Get Healthy at Last: Eric Adams on PYP 432
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams returns to the podcast to talk about his new book, Healthy at Last. Part family memoir, part political mission statement, part science review, part self-help book, and part cookbook, this is a celebration of the possibilities of health for the American people in general, and the Black community in particular.
We talk about the title – from Etta James, and not Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I have a dream” speech, as I first assumed – and the fact that, in Adams’ words, “slavery never ended,” and remains entrenched in the slave foods that are still harming Black people to this day.
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The Younger Skin Diet: Rajani Katta, MD, on PYP 428
I think that having healthy, attractive skin is probably a lot more motivating to most people than a healthy heart, or liver, or pancreas. I mean, those organs are great and all, and important, but they’re so, well, hidden.
Out of sight and out of mind, at least until they malfunction.
Skin, on the other hand – it’s staring us in the face all day long. Hell, it is our face. And when our skin feels dry and paper, or sags, or gets spots and wrinkles, we don’t like that one bit.
So the good news and the bad news is – our lifestyles can significantly affect the health of our skin. Diet, coping with stress, sleep quality – all these can fast forward aging, or slow it down, depending on our choices.
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“If You Want Real Change, Make Real Change” with Joseph Alexander: PYP 305
Joseph Alexander is a nurse and park ranger in Minnesota. He’s always been interested in health, and has always loved the outdoors.
Knowing just those facts about Joseph, if you were to close your eyes and picture him in your imagination, you probably wouldn’t see him as a 438-pound diabetic who had started – and given up on – just about every diet and weight loss strategy known to man.
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Unleashing Nurses to Revolutionize Patient Care with Caroline Trapp, DNP: PYP 300
Caroline Trapp, DNP (that’s Doctor of Nursing Practice to you and me), is the director of diabetes education and care with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), as well as a nurse practitioner with Premier Internists in Southfield, Michigan.
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“People Are Ready to Heal” with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams: PYP 297
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2016. Unwilling to surrender his health destiny to the medical profession, Adams did some research, adopted a plant-based diet, lost 30 pounds, and reversed his condition. And he didn’t stop there. Instead, he committed to making Brooklyn into Ground Zero for healthy living.
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Neal Barnard, MD, on Not Eating, Testing, or Exploiting Animals in Pursuit of Health: PYP 291
Neal Barnard, MD, is the president and founder of the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) – an organization far too large and influential to still be called a “committee,” but who among us hasn’t outgrown our childhood name? – and the founder of the Barnard Medical Center in the DC area.
He’s also the author of a crazy number of books, including the recent The Cheese Trap – which you should give to all your vegetarian dairy-loving friends just to gross them out and blow their minds.
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