In this episode of Diabetes Insights with Dr. Brian Mowll, we discuss the connection between adipocytes, inflammation, and insulin resistance by examining several papers. Dr. Mowll explains the main findings of three studies including an understanding of how adipokines can drive inflammation leading to insulin resistance and some possible solutions. Diabetes Insights is a solo format podcast with Dr. Brian Mowll exploring the latest and most interesting research in the field of diabetes, blood s...
Jul 31, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Lisa Lewtan published the award-winning and best-selling book Busy, Stressed, and Food Obsessed! and went on to host a live radio show called Healthy View Radio (now a podcast called The Healthy View). Recently, she studied in one of the first classes to receive certification as a Designing Your Life coach, based on the NY Times bestselling book and class by Stanford University professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. Lisa also received a certification in teaching Mindfulness. Her work has been f...
Jul 29, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this episode of The Coach’s Corner with the Diabetes Coach, Dr. Brian Mowll discusses the different forms of hunger and why many types of hunger are not driven by energy balance or home static needs, but by emotional and psychological desires and imbalances. He shares his thoughts on how to overcome these faulty hunger signals and find peace with hunger. The Coach’s Corner is a solo format podcast with Dr. Brian Mowll sharing insider tips and information about how to address high blood sugar ...
Jul 27, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode of Diabetes Insights with Dr. Brian Mowll, we discuss a 2011 paper from Dr. Osama Hamdy of Harvard University Endocrinology department and the Joslin Clinic evaluating the optimal protein content for the diabetic diet. Dr. Mowll explains the main findings of this study including a detailed description of Dr. Hamdy’s recommendations and justification. He also gives his commentary about the most useful clinical insights from the research report. Diabetes Insights is a solo format p...
Jul 24, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Dr. Ethan J. Weiss has been passionate about health since a young child, growing up around a cardiologist father. He eventually went on to attend Vassar College before moving on to medical school and residency at John Hopkins. He came to UCSF in 1998 to complete his clinical and research fellowships in cardiology and has remained on the faculty since then. Dr. Weiss has maintained an active clinical practice with expertise in the emerging intersection between endocrine and metabolic disease and ...
Jul 22, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode of The Coach’s Corner with the Diabetes Coach, Dr. Brian Mowll talks all about snacking and why it’s one of the worst habits for people with insulin resistance, overweight, and type 2 diabetes or blood sugar problems. Conventional doctors and dietitians often recommend eating 5-6 meals per day, or 3 meals with small snacks in between to stabilize blood sugar. This advice almost always makes the problem worse and leads to chronically high insulin levels. Learn to break the snackin...
Jul 20, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In this episode of Diabetes Insights with Dr. Brian Mowll, we discuss a 2018 paper from the Lancet Journal about five novel subgroups types of diabetes. Dr. Mowll explains the main findings of this study including a detailed description of each of the subgroups and how it relates to people with diabetes. He also gives his commentary about the most useful clinical insights from the research report. Diabetes Insights is a solo format podcast with Dr. Brian Mowll exploring the latest and most inter...
Jul 17, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Dr. Sarah Hallberg, medical director for Virta Health, discusses research that suggests a reversal of type 2 diabetes in some patients is possible. Virta Health offers a new model for diabetes care that combines real-time remote medical attention and personalized nutritional therapy to create a sustainable lifestyle change in patients. This model of care goes beyond diabetes management care and can sustainably reverse diabetic conditions. For more conversations about reversing diabetes visit drm...
Jul 15, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this episode of The Coach’s Corner with the Diabetes Coach, Dr. Brian Mowll discusses the various type of diets for people with diabetes and explores the idea of whether or not there’s an ideal diabetes diet. The Coach’s Corner is a solo format podcast with Dr. Brian Mowll sharing insider tips and information about how to address high blood sugar and prevent or reverse pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes using a personalized, natural diet and lifestyle approach. In these revealing and impactful ...
Jul 13, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Today Dr. Brian is joined by Dr. Alan Christianson, a NY Times best-selling author, Naturopathic physician who specializes in natural endocrinology with a focus on thyroid disorders. Dr. Alan offers a refreshing perspective on metabolic flexibility and provides a simplified way to understand and measure food consumption. He walks us through his new “The Metabolic Reset” and the interesting notions discussed in the book. He covers topics like metabolism, weight loss, healing damage to the liver t...
Jul 03, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 17
“A decrease in insulin sensitivity and an increase in insulin resistance is often seen in aging and is the main feature of type 2 diabetes, but it doesn’t have to be this way. An attention to diet and exercise can maintain youthful levels of insulin sensitivity.” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest today — scientist, author, and blogger, P.D. Mangan. With his scientific background, P.D. writes about health, fitness, and anti-aging through lifting weights, maintaining a paleo diet, and inter...
Sep 21, 2018•55 min•Season 1Ep. 16
“Weight and food have kept you trapped in a life you don’t love. It’s time to finally change your habits and behaviors, and break all patterns and conditioning around food and eating. It’s time to love yourself and love your life!” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest today — Nutritionist Lisa Goldberg. Lisa received a Master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University. She believes in eating real — not processed — foods. She also believes in ‘everything in moderation’ and not be...
Sep 07, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 15
“I help people with diabetes to become experts of their own, lower hemoglobin A1C, better blood sugar, and thrive through inspiring lifestyle changes.” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest today, Certified Nutrition Coach, Hanna Boethius. Hanna says she loves helping people with diabetes to be healthier and more confident with figuring out a few simple lifestyle changes to drastically improve their quality of life. She has lived with type 1 diabetes her entire life, having been diagnosed at ...
Aug 31, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 14
“Brain metabolism — particularly as it pertains to glucose — is central to our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest today, Dr. David Perlmutter. Dr. David Perlmutter is a Board Certified Neurologist and four-time New York Times bestselling author. He serves on the Board of Directors and is a fellow of the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Perlmutter has published extensively in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including the Archives of Neurology and ...
Aug 24, 2018•47 min•Season 1Ep. 13
“To create better health you need to make a critical shift away from conventional medicine with its disease care focus and myopic view of illness and people, toward one that emphasizes root cause resolutions and that heals the whole person.” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest today, CEO of KNEW Health, James Maskell. James Maskell has been creating levers for significant positive change in healthcare for over a decade. Following an education in healthcare economics, James has played a part...
Aug 17, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 12
“Blood Sugar Regulation and Stabilization is the foundation to health.” Those are the words of today’s guest, nutrition therapist, Erin Livers. As an integrated clinical nutrition therapist, health educator, and intuitive chef, Erin Livers empowers people to cultivate a mindful relationship with their body, their creativity, with nature and nourishment. She believes that nourishment is key to living a healthy life. What you eat, think and how you live are potent forms of prevention and medicine....
Aug 04, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 11
“The answers to most of our health issues are at the end of our fork.” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest today’s show, Sara Vance. Sara is a nutritionist, author, and foodie who’s dedicated to helping people use nutrition and natural lifestyle changes to live their very best life. Her first book, The Perfect Metabolism Plan, provides the ten key pieces of information needed to reset the metabolism. Sara’s a regular guest on the Fox 5 morning show in San Diego, a contributor on MindBodyGre...
Aug 03, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Diabetes Champions Segment In this Diabetes Champions segment, Teresa O'Conner shares her story about her surprising type 2 diabetes diagnosed, despite living a "healthy" lifestyle. By following a low carb diet approach and making other important lifestyle changes, Teresa was able to normalize her blood sugar and eliminate diabetes medications. Watch this inspiring story, and leave your comments below! To watch more Mastering Blood Sugar podcasts, visit https://drmowll.com/podcast Support the sh...
Aug 01, 2018•26 min•Season 1Ep. 9
“The capacity of the human body to heal inspires me every day. When the body has all the nutrients that it needs, genetic factors are fully compensated for and the body is no longer overwhelmed by toxicity, stress, or infection. Extraordinary and complete healing can happen.” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest today — physician and engineer, Dr. Ann Shippy. Dr. Ann Shippy began her career in medicine when the traditional approach and application of allopathic medicine could not solve her o...
Jul 20, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Diabetes Champions Segment In this Diabetes Champions segment, RD Dikeman shares his family's diabetes story. His son Dave was diagnosed early in life with type 1 diabetes and struggled to thrive early using conventional care. After finding Dr. Richard Bernstein and a low carb diet approach and the other important factors for blood glucose management taught in Dr. Bernstein's book, Dave was able to optimize his blood sugar, minimize insulin use, and gain control. Watch this inspiring story, and ...
Jul 17, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 7
“What we have now is about what we’ve been doing. And if we want to change what we have, we need to change what we’re doing.” Those are the words of Sachin Patel, Dr. Mowll’s guest on today’s Mastering Blood Sugar podcast. Sachin Patel is a guardian of truth and a warrior of light. His superpower is taking complex ideas and distilling them down to their essence with easy-to-understand analogies. Sachin uses this gift to help transform the lives of thousands of people around the world through his...
Jul 06, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 6
“Glucose may give your body a quick burst of energy but you’ll come crashing down hard and fast — leaving you constantly in search of your next fix.” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest on today’s Mastering Blood Sugar podcast, Dr. Will Cole. Dr. William Cole graduated from Southern California University of Health Sciences in Los Angeles, California. He has his post-doctorate education in training in functional medicine and clinical nutrition through The Institute for Functional Medicine Un...
Jun 29, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 5
“While carbs and protein raise insulin in the short time, the fat on our body and the fat in our diet have the most significant influence on our insulin levels.” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest today, engineer and creator or the website Optimising Nutrition, Marty Kendall. Marty Kendall is an engineer with an interest in nutrition who seeks to understand things numerically. His wife is a type 1 diabetic and he has a family history of types 2 diabetes and obesity. He has created a system...
Jun 22, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Welcome to the Mastering Blood Sugar podcast! This is episode three, with Dr. Jason Fung. Dr. Jason Fung is the Medical Director and co-founder of Intensive Dietary Management. He’s a Toronto-based kidney specialist, having graduated from the University of Toronto and finishing his medical specialty at the University of California, LA, in 2001. He’s the author of the best-seller’s The Obesity Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting, and his new book, The Diabetes Code. He’s pioneered the use of ther...
Jun 15, 2018•36 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Welcome to the Mastering Blood Sugar podcast! This is episode two, with Dr. Benjamin Bikman — a Ph.D. scientist who specializes in insulin resistance. Dr. Bikman earned his Ph.D. in bio-energetics and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Duke National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders. Currently, his professional focus as a scientist and professor at BYU is to better understand chronic, modern-day diseases with an emphasis on the origins and consequences of metabolic disorders (includin...
Jun 08, 2018•58 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to the Mastering Blood Sugar podcast! This is episode one, with Ron Rosedale. Your host is Dr. Brian Mowll, the diabetes coach. He is a certified and master-licensed diabetes educator and IFM certified functional medicine practitioner. Each week, Dr. Brian Mowll will bring you an inspiring health or lifestyle expert to help you learn to boost your metabolism, lose weight, and master your blood sugar with natural, drug-free strategies. Today, Dr. Brian Mowll interviews one of his early me...
Jun 01, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 1
