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What happened to the podcast? And other big changes explained in this monologue. Keep in touch, everyone. 

Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Brian Lenzkes on how he found Low carb lifestyle medicine and how he keeps an open mind to other dietary practices. 

Editors note: This episode was recorded at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in April 2020, but was published in October 2020.  ICP 97: Dr. Joel Kahn, MD- Lipoprotein(a), the Olive Oil Controversy & COVID 19 alt. remedies

Dave Feldman is a citizen scientist who is on a mission to call into question the long standing belief that lower LDL's are better and produce better long term outcomes. He joined me for a very cordial conversation and I thank him for his time. 

Hello, and thank you for listening to another episode of The Ian Cramer Podcast where I hope to provide you WITH a diverse collection of interviews with doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. I'd like to start off by thanking Frank Bragg as the newest Patron of the podcast. Thank you Frank, especially in this time of Covid. The world is very different, people's lives are very different, including mine. So your generosity in this time is much appreciated.   In episode #95, I am speaking with Seth Yoder. He came onto my radar after his name was mention by a previous guest of the podcast. So I looked him up, read some articles he wrote and liked the guy immediately. Like me, Seth really enjoys learning about nutrition and appreciates evidence and discourse. He does what very few people have time to do, critique the work of other people. I consider this to be what put Seth on the map. He is known in many circles for writing extensively about the work of Gary Taubes, who wrote many books including Good Calories, Bad Calories, and Nina Teicholz, who wrote The Big Fat Surprise. In our discussion, we talk about his education and what motivated him to critique these books and these authors. We then speak about his work with a new project called Red Pen Reviews which seeks to review popular nutrition books for their scientific accuracy and healthfulness.And we end with talking about Seth's advice on finding the best evidence within the nutrition space. Without further delay, I hope you enjoy my conversation with Seth Yoder. Seth's Website: https://thescienceofnutrition.wordpress.com/ You can read Seth's work at SethYoder.com, or follow him on Twitter @NutritionCast. Thanks for listening

Welcome to the podcast that's dedicated to making you healthier by interviewing medical doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. This is episode 94** of the Ian Cramer Podcast In this episode, I am joined, again, by Gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, MD. He and I spoke way back in 2018 in Episode 36, and this time around he comes on again to speak about new studies and findings and his new book coming out “Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome" In our discussion, we talk about how Will's diet evolved over the years from Hoffman hot dogs and cool-aid as a kid to Brussel sprouts and brown rice as an adult. We talk about Mood disorders, anxiety, depression and brain health and how the gut plays a role in mental health. We talk about myths and truths about fibers. Then we end with talking about we can look at evolution and how studying our ancestors can answer question about gut health and how we should be structuring out diets today. Dr. B is a thoughtful, humble and genuine person and I'm very happy to bring him to you. Please support him and his book, go pick up a copy. If you appreciate evidence and scientific reasoning, I can't emphasize it enough. I hope you find this conversation helpful on episode 94 with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. Follow Dr. B on Instagram: TheGutHealthMD

Hello again, and thank you for listening to the podcast that is dedicated to making you healthier and expanding your world view within the realm of Nutrition science, this is The Ian Cramer Podcast and I am your host, Ian Cramer. In this time of the Corona Virus, some of us feel helpless. It feels like we're stuck inside, we have to isolate, and can't help people who may need help. If you want to do something, and you don't have the skills to sew facemasks, you can Donate Blood. Patient with corona virus probably don't need blood transfusions, but because of what's happening and people isolating, there is a critical blood shortage. If you haven't donated before, that's OK. If you're a seasoned donator, great! Go to RedCross.org and click on “Give Blood” at the top of the page. It's just a good thing to do, and makes you feel good afterwards. This week, in Episode #93, I am joined by Dr. Jonathon McPhetres, PhD. Jon is a post doctoral research fellow at MIT and the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. A large part of his research as a professor of psychology focuses on science literacy, understanding why some may reject science, skepticism surrounding GMO's, why people fall for misinformation. In our discussion, we focus on GMO's. There is a lot of concern and fear surrounding GMO's, especially within the health and nutrition space. Is this warranted? Are there legitimate harms associated with GMO's? We start out with what are GMO's, What are real life examples of GM Foods, the regulatory process and the safety of these foods and How Jon's perspective has changes on this subject over time. We also cover the study he authored, entitled “Modifying attitudes about modified foods: Increased knowledge leads to more positive attitudes”, and end by talking about why people sometimes reject science. Having found Jon by accident, this was a very pleasant discussion, I really enjoyed it, and learned from Jon's perspective. I will post links to Jon's website and his study in the show notes. And without further delay, please enjoy my conversation on Episode #93, with Post Doctoral Fellow and Professor of Psychology, Dr. Jonathan McPhetress. https://neurosciencenews.com/gmo-science-14107/ Would you eat genetically modified food if you understood the science behind it? Link to Study: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272494419301045 Modifying attitudes about modified foods: Increased knowledge leads to more positive attitudes I'm curious about whether you went into this discussion with a position on GMO's, whether harmful or harmless or perhaps indifferent. And if that position changed? I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Jon, and if you did and you think others around you would benefit from this, tell others around you about it, whether through word of mouth or social media. And make sure to use the hashtag #IanCramerPodcast and/or tag me directly, and I'll be sure to share your post or retweet it to my audience. I appreciate it.  You can reach out to Jon directly on Twitter @JonMcPhetres, and you can also read his study linked in the show notes. I haven't mentioned this in a while, but you can get one of a kind Ian Cramer Podcast green and white stickers for your bumper, water bottle or laptop case. I've finally gotten around to creating a simple form on my website for you to fill out. Go to https://www.plant-basedcyclist.com/stickers, fill out your info and I'll send the free stickers in the mail. And as always, you can connect with me on Twitter @IanCramer. And IG at IanMCramer and FB at Ian Cramer. Next episode, we'll be talking about gut health and announcing a new book on why we should all be eating more fiber. Take care.  

In this discussion, Dr. Avi Bitterman, MD and Brett Chrest discuss the evidence, or the lack thereof, surrounding alternative preventions and treatments to COVID-19. Join us. 

This is episode #92, with Nutrition enthusiast, Nick Heibert. He is a blogger and creator of the Nutrient Density cheat sheet. He took linguistics and nutritional science at the University of Manatoba. By trade, he is an audio engineer, but as a passionate side hobby, he like learning and reading and writing about nutrition topics. He wanted to make sure I mention this…that he doesn't consider himself an expert, but doing what he's doing to learn as much as he can. You may be asking…why is Ian interviewing a nutrition enthusiast? And not an expert? It's partly because he's an interesting character on Twitter who isn't afraid to engage in discussions. He knows more than me about nutrition than me so I wanted to learn from him, and partly because of his general attitude and demeanor on Twitter. He is civil, engages responsibly, wants to learn, isn't afraid of making mistakes and is not dogmatic about nutrition. In our discussion, we spend a lot of time speaking about lipids, in particular this hullabaloo over olive oil. Is it healthy? Is it no? Does it cause atherosclerosis? Nick get's really nichey with the science on this. We talk about MonoUnSat fats, PolyUnsat Fats and Saturated Fats, We also talk about his Nutrient Density Cheat sheet which is a very useful tool to eat healthfully and cheaply, but is also a way to optimize your nutrition and learn what foods are highest in copper? Or other Vitamins and Minerals? It also covers the amino acid profile of foods, macro profiles, nutrient ratio scores and much more. And we talk about how you can get a discount on his cheat sheet…it's at the end…listen to the episode! We talk about Nick's changing nutrition philosophies. We speak about how he was a huge fan of low carb nutrition, and how and why he turned pretty significantly to a more well rounded view of nutrition. Nick and I end the discussion on 2 topics: One having to do with him challenging my beliefs and giving me things to think about that may run counter to narratives we often hear within the plant-based nutrition, AND second, an article Nick wrote about diabetes and he explains his unique interpretation of its etiology. 

This is the podcast that's dedicated to helping you get healthier, by interviewing doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. This episode I am joined by Registered Dietitian Stephanie Hnatiuk.  In our conversation, we cover a range of topics including: How she got interested in this field?  Nutrition and Pregnancy A Tweet questioning a nutrition podcast with no Registered Dietitians  Misconceptions others have about RD's, the role of RD's and their scope of practice.  Diet education for Medical Doctors and Respect between Allied Health Care Professionals Moderation, School Nutrition and Food Deserts Thoughts on The Game Changers Documentary Comments and Recommendations for Athletes Benefits of Fasting for the Athlete and Non-Athlete HAES: Healthy at Any Size  

Hello, I am Ian Cramer and welcome to my podcast where I speak to doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. Lifestyle medicine is a branch of medicine where your chronic disease or ailment is treated and often times reversed with diet and lifestyle. If diet and lifestyle causes the chronic disease, it can likely be reversed with diet and lifestyle change, rather than prescriptions that mask symptoms or procedures that don't address the root cause. In episode 90, I am speaking with Dr. Bonnie Coyle. She is the Chairman of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at St. Luke's University Health Network. I met her at the Lehigh Valley Vegfest in Tatamy, Pennsylvania. I reached out to Bonnie through previous podcast guest and organizer of the Lehigh Valley VegFest Meghan Grega. This is one of the rare instances these days where I got to use my portable equipment and we had an in-person discussion, which listening to it in post-production had a different, more intimate feel. Given the choice, I would make all of my conversations in person because of better sound quality, more personal, more emotions, more social ques. They're just better. Someday. In our discussion, we speak about: What got her into Lifestyle Medicine- I'm sure her story is very relatable with many listeners out there. We address lifestyle and Preventative medicine juxtaposed to the modern medical paradigm and the work arounds for physicians and medical professionals out there who want to implement more of these preventative tactics and who still want to make a career out of it. Because Bonnie's territory spans both rural and urban in the Lehigh Valley, we speak about what differences she sees in those patient populations both from a perspective of specific diseases and their etiology and interventions to those problems. One of the only chronic ailments we speak about is High Blood Pressure, Standards and how it's a symptom that often flies under the radar. Bonnie's take on the Ketogenic diet- Devil's Advocate. The role epidemiology plays in Bonnie's decisions and a common devil's advocate question about Nutritional Epi. Shift gears into speaking about Opioids and their prevalence in her area. Universal Healthcare or Medicare for All. Bonnie as the next Surgeon General- End with something Bonnie has changed her mind on recently. Thank you for listening, and I hope you enjoy my conversation, on Episode #90, with Physician Dr. Bonnie Coyle.      

Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of The Ian Cramer Podcast. I am the host Ian Cramer, and I strive to fill this podcast with thought leaders within the realm of lifestyle medicine. Allied Health Care professionals and expert academics who are either prescribing diet and lifestyle changes to their patients, or who are conducting research in this every growing field. Before we get into this episode, I want to thank our sponsors. Actually…just kidding, there are no sponsors of the podcast. Other than the generous patronage of 52 individuals who enjoy my content, who value my work and who support my mission of helping people through diet and lifestyle change. With that said, I'd like to thank our newest Patron Mike Eisenberg. Thank you Mike for your support and for listening. And if you find value in my work like Mike does, you too can become a patron for as little as $1 per episode by logging on to Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast. In episode 89, I am joined by a previous guest of the podcast. Dr. Evan Allen who joined me for episode 62 of the podcast comes back for another discussion on his specialty, dietary fats. In my eyes, there is a lot of debate lately around dietary fats and saturated ftas. One side is saying they are unhealthy and should we avoid them as much as possible, and there's an every growing and enthusiastic side that is proclaiming that all of the science implicating saturated fats in the past 70 years is bunk and there isn't really strong evidence for avoiding Saturated Fats. Insert: Dr. Evan Allen. One of the leading experts arguing for limiting Saturated fats. He too has seen this confusion and debate as of late and understood how sound the science was. And because of that he decided to write a book on the subject entitled : Oversaturated: A guide to conversations about Fats with your patients. You can buy his book and educate yourself about Saturated Fats wherever books are sold. In our discussion we speak about: His new Book on Saturated Fats and why he wanted to write it. Specific papers in the literature that conclude that Sat. Fats are not harmful, and why those papers are wrong. We go into different types of evidence that we have based nutritional recommendations on. We speak about the 4 papers and 1 editorial published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in October 2019 that conclude, again, that Sat. Fats are not harmful.  We talk at length about a chapter in his book on Ceramides, what they are and should we be concerned. Populations that changed their diets to one of lower saturated fats and saw improvements in their health. Without further delay, please enjoy my second conversation with Evan Allen, on Episode #89. Closing: Nutrition science is confusing, even to someone like me who has been learning about this for the past 8 years. Which is why it's really nice to have someone like Dr. Allen out there to explain the science and the counter points. If you enjoyed this and if you feel others around you are confused about saturated fats or diet in general, share it with your networks, friends and family. There are so many ways you can do this…social media, word of mouth, directly from your podcast player. Take a screenshot or screen grab of the podcast and share it that way, too. You can also thank Dr. Allen directly, connect with him and even ask him follow-up questions on Twitter @EAllen0417. And as I mentioned in the Intro, he has a new book out Entitled Oversaturated: A guide to conversations about Fats with your patients that you can purchase as well. As always, you can connect with me on Instagram at IanMCramer, Facebook or to get the quickest response, on Twitter @IanCramer. Thank you for listening, thank you for taking an interest in your health and your future. Keep eating more plants, remain responsible ambassadors to whatever movement you're passionate about, and stay healthy. We'll see you in 2 week.    

Welcome to the Ian Cramer Podcast…where I am interested in speaking with doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine, teaching people about chronic diseases, their etiology and encouraging people to prevent and reverse their chronic diseases with diet and lifestyle factors. In Episode 88, for the second time on the podcast, I am joined by the dynamic duo, Robby Barbaro and Cyrus Khambatta. They are the founders of the Mastering Diabetes approach to diabetes prevention, reversal and regression. It's a privilege to be sharing with you the announcement of their new book, Mastering Diabetes, The revolutionary method to reverse insulin resistance permanently, in Type 1, 1.5, 2, pre-diabetes and Gestational diabetes.  This book that took 2 years to write has over 800 citations, 30 recipies and a 21-day meal plan for how to execute this program, detailed info on scientific questions on diabetes and insulin resistance. They teach you the science that your doctor never taught you. For the super nerds out there who really want to understand the biology and physiology of various types of diabetes, this is the book for you. For diabetics, the prospect of eating fruit is a game changer! This book teaches you the science of why eating fruit and potatoes and carbohydrate rich food is not only possible, but recommended. They also have a simple green light, yellow light and red light traffic light system that makes it simple to figure out what to eat. Robbie and Cyrus joined me for Episode 52. And if you want a phenomenal 1-2 punch primer and advanced discussion on diabetes, listen to these 2 episodes. In this episode, we start off by speaking about the fundamental differences in the 2 primary diabetes philosophies out there. There's the “Carbohydrate-centric” philosophy which seeks to limit dietary carbohydrates, then there's the “Fat-centric' philosophy that Robbie and Cyrus adhere to which seeks to limit dietary saturated fats and put diabetes patients on a high carbohydrate diet. Crazy to think about, but they are seeing amazing success. And as I said in our first conversation, if you're skeptical, please keep an open mind, listen to this episode and then form a position after. Robbie and Cyrus are 2 of the most un-imposing characters in this space, they mentioned at the end that they're not out to argue with people, create enemies, bad-mouth others. They're mission is to help people and give them information to take control of their health. We move onto the cause of diabetes, defining insulin resistance and trying to elucidate its etiology. And I pose many devil's advocate questions of my own that I have observed on twitter and the interwebs. I get their thoughts on CGM's for diabetics and non-diabetics, their thoughts on fasting insulin, and then we go into questions from twitter covering the relationship between BMI and T2D, the effect of Sat. Fats from plants on blood glucose control, MD referrals to the Mastering diabetes program, PB Keto and Adverse events from their high-carb program for diabetics. Without further delay, please enjoy my second conversation, on Episode 88, with Robbie Barbaro and Cyrus Khambatta, PhD. The best way to buy Robby and Cyrus's book, is to go to https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/book/ They can check out from multiple places, like Amazon, Barnes and Nobel and a couple others. International listeners and buyers can also order it from that link as well. I will put this link in the description as well as the links to follow Robby and Cyrus on Social media. ​Really had a good time speaking with Robby and Cyrus, they explain things and complement each other very well. I've created many sharable audiograms for this episode that I post on FB, IG and Twitter. Please share those in the next several weeks, as well as the podcast itself on any social media site. If you find value in my work, you can support my mission on Patreon by contributing on a per-podcast basis, like a magazine subscription. Go to Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast for more details. If you want to connect, say hello or ask questions, you can find me on Twitter @ IanCramer, FB @Ian Cramer or IG at IanMCramer, Stay healthy, keep eating more plants, stay open minded and stay health.

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Ian Cramer Podcast. I am the one-man-band podcast creator Ian Cramer. This podcast seeks to interview doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. I want to bring thought leaders to my audience, those who are doing research within the lifestyle medicine, nutritional science space, or who are treating patients using diet, exercise, and lifestyle approaches. Why do I do this? Well, I hate to be a pessimist, but our healthcare system isn't working that well. In the United States, we're spending way more money per person than other countries, and it doesn't really seem like people are getting healthier. What are we spending that money on? Procedures and prescriptions! And status-quo! When what we really need more of is basic education, lifestyle interventions, we don't need the latest greatest stent or lipid-lowering medication, what we need is lasting diet and lifestyle changes. And those who emphasize these pillars, is who I fill this podcast with. Welcome.   In Episode 87, am joined by a Twitter lighting rod. His name is Kevin Bass, and at least from my observations of him, lots of people love him, and a disproportionate number of people do not like his style. Kevin is an MD/PhD student in Texas. He has a BS in biology and BA in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in immunology. For his PhD, he studies the potential use of the ketogenic diet as an adjunctive therapy in the prevention and treatment of cancer, focusing particularly on the role of G-protein-coupled receptor GPR109A. He will return to medical school in 2021 to complete his medical degree. He also has a particular interest in nutrition, nutrition science and how diet and lifestyle play a role in chronic disease prevention and reversal. What caught my attention about Kevin and what motived me to speak to him for an episode of the podcast was the way he always speaks up when something is not evidence-based. He is candid, he's sometimes rough around the edges, yet also capable and open to scholarly discussions, He challenges my thinking, gets my wheels turning and makes me think more critically about topics having to do with chronic diseases, diet and lifestyle changes. I've also enjoyed reading Kevin's blog articles on various topics within nutritional science. He stands up for what's right, he speaks up against pseudoscience, espouses scientific integrity, he is intellectually honest and curious, and even in this episode, he pushed back a few times on my statements and philosophies with his interpretations of the literature. I find the way he approaches topics in an unbiased and pro/con way very refreshing. In this discussion, we speak about his doctoral dissertation on a Ketogenic diet and cancer. We start with discussing the physiology of a ketogenic diet, then dovetail into the origins of this dietary strategy and different definitions of ketogenic diets. We then speak about various applications of ketogenic diets such as Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, Obesity and metabolic disorders, and longevity, and then end with a summary of the literature on ketogenic diets and cancer prevention and treatment. You may hear in this episode that we mention a Part 1 several times. We did record a part 1 several weeks before we recorded this. But after some deliberation, we agreed that we would not publish that because we weren't happy with it. In spending over 3 hours with Kevin, I learned things not only about ketogenic diets but also how to be a better podcaster and host and interviewer, which is something else I appreciate about him. I thank Kevin very much for his time, and thank you for listening. Without further delay, I hope you enjoy my conversation, on Episode number 87, with Kevin Bass.  I really enjoyed that, and appreciate how much time Kevin gives people, whether it's a podcast, or on twitter or through his blog articles. I highly recommend you check out his blog at NutritionRevolution.org where he has the tag line ‘Science is a permanent revolution”. I hope many of you are new listeners to the podcast through Kevin's reach on Twitter, and if this episode met your expectations, please consider sharing this episode on social media. I always pin the most recent episode on my Twitter page, or FB page. Use the hashtag IanCramerPodcast. So you just found my podcast…I hope you continue listening…and even go back to previous episodes and check out what I've already recorded. If you're a long-time listener of the podcast and if you have found consistent value in the episodes, please join the 49 other listeners who support my work through Patreon. Think of this as you're buying a newspaper or a subscription to Sports Illustrated or Time Magazine. Every time I put out a new episode, you get charged a small fee to help me continue putting out quality content. For more details, please visit Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast. You can also connect with and thank Kevin directly on Tw9tter at KevinNBass. And as always, you can connect with me on Twitter and call me anything you want, just don't call me late for dinner, @IanCramer Please look forward to a new episode coming out every other Saturday morning. Stay Healthy, Take care.  

Welcome to Episode 86 of the The Ian Cramer Podcast.    If you're new to the podcast, it's full of people like my guest this week. Smart experts within nutritional science with different specialties and perspectives on how people can live healthier lives using foot, diet and lifestyle factors.    Quick shout out to Sarah Ann Cook, who has joined the Ian Cramer Podcast club of passionate supporters and contributors as a patron. I am honored that Sarah and many others have generously decided to make per-podcast donations to help me continue my work into 2020 and beyond. Patron and listener donations help offset the costs of hosting subscriptions, tools, resources, equipment and other important stuff to keep the lights on. If you enjoy and look forward to these conversations, you too can become a patron and help support my work by logging on to Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast. A Patron recently pointed out, rightly so, that I don't have any commercials at the beginning of my podcast advertising Mattresses, clothing or vegan hot dogs. Besides these short monologs and intros, I want to keep these episodes free from commercials. It just makes more sense that way to be supported by the listener, rather than large companies. In episode #86, I am speaking to Registered Dietician and Postdoctoral Fellow and the Baylor School of Medicine, Kevin Klatt. Kevin came on to my radar through…any guesses??? Twitter! Kevin received his PhD in Molecular Nutrition from Cornell University and completed his dietetic internship at the National Institutes of Health. His research focuses on better understanding nutrient metabolism and requirements using in vitro and animal model systems, as well as human intervention and controlled feeding trials. Kevin is an active member of the executive committee of the Research Dietetics Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and serves on the Public Information Committee of the American Society for Nutrition. To begin our conversation, Kevin and I speak about Choline, an alleged nutrient of concern. We go into the nitty gritty on its chemical make-up, it's physiologic purpose and if it is indeed, a nutrient of concern. Towards the end of 2019, an article was spreading around social media saying those eating a plant-based diet aren't going to get enough…and more accurately, were going to be dumber because they weren't going to get enough. Pro Tip: If a headline disparages a group based on their diet, it's click-bait and likely not true.   We also speak about another dietary metabolite of concern, TMAO. This is often thrown around within the plant-based circles as something that we should be aware of…so I ask Kevin if this is true. I get Kevin's take on a plant-based diet and a Keto diet and the healthfulness and potential risks of those diets. We speak about the controversial role of epidemiology in shaping dietary practices. And lastly, we speak about the term ‘moving the goalposts' within nutritional science how you can tell if someone is doing this, why they might be doing it, and what you can do to spot it and respond. Without further delay, I hope you enjoy my conversation with Registered Dietician and Post-doctoral fellow, Kevin Klatt. I've enjoyed Kevin's writing and tweeting for many months, and there are many people like me. He is seen as one of the most reasonable and non-dogmatic academic voices within the sphere of nutrition science on Twitter. And with that theme of reason, one of the underlying messages I hope to convey in these conversations is keeping an open mind and staying curious. Ask questions, use evidence, listen to other arguments and lines of evidence that are given. Step away from the echo chambers and expose yourself to various lines of thought to become more well rounded and to understand the broader consensuses in this field. Please share this podcast with those around you, by word of mouth or through social media. I always Pin the most recent episode on my Twitter and Facebook, and you can also share from my website, IanMCramer.com, as well as iTunes or whatever podcasting app you use. And when you do, use the hashtag, IanCramerPodcast. You can connect with Kevin on Twitter @KCKlatt. And you can connect with me @IanCramer. Thank you for listening, and please look forward to many more episodes like this one coming out every other Saturday, on The Ian Cramer Podcast.

Hello 2020, and Welcome Everyone. This is the voice of Ian Cramer and this is the start of the 4th year of my podcast, where I seek to interview doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. The professionals that fill this podcast are treating patients in the field, reversing chronic diseases, prescribing diet and lifestyle changes in order for their patients to regain their health, without the emphasis on pills and procedures. I do this because I enjoy learning and I'm sure listeners can learn something from the experiences of my guests. I'd first like to extend a special Thank You to Jeff Johnson and an Anonymous Patron as the newest Patrons of the Podcast. This anonymous Patron wrote to me and said “I share your curiosity and open-mindedness…Please continue to interview people who do not entirely share your own line of thinking. This has been hugely helpful to me, and I suspect many others as well…In 2020 I'm hoping the nutrition community can focus more on areas of agreement, as well as exploring the unknowns in areas of disagreement”. Me Too, Well said. I would also like to Thank Stacy Banks, who has helped me over the past year with my social media. She has assisted me with scheduling posts and streamlining my social media to free up some time, and for her hard work I'd like to thank her publicly. Thank you again, Stacy. In Episode 85, I'm speaking with Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams. I learned about Eric through an article highlighting his story, his health scare and his determination to do everything he could to reverse the damage that had been done and regain his health without prescriptions. I was also encouraged to interview Eric from a Patron who lives in Brooklyn, thank you Natasha for the gentle nudges to reach out to Eric and get him on the podcast. In our conversation, we speak about his S&S he experienced as he learned of several chronic ailments. Including his Type 2 diabetes, and the significance of an A1C of 17.  As someone who favors prevention over treatment, I ask Eric to reflect on his journey and think about if anything could have changed his diet and lifestyle years before he was actually forced to take action. As the President of the Borough of Brooklyn, we talk about changes taking place in his jurisdictions to help people lead healthier lives. At the time of this interview which was Late 2019, there was recently a ban on Chocolate Milk in all NYC Schools, and we talk about the process of making legislation that affects food, and people's health and wellbeing.  And Lastly, we speak about how other civic leaders and change makers can make a difference in their areas and how you can help others lead healthier lives from a policy perspective. Without further delay, I hope you enjoy our conversation on Episode 85 with Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams. THE BEAUTY OF this age we're living in now, is we can all be change makers. You're all leaders, and role models…even if you're not in an elected position, you can all help people around you. I am inspired by Eric to do more in my area to change the food environments, policies and laws to help people get healthier. Start small, you don't have to shoot for the moon. Start with your friends, have a pot-luck, have an informational session about living a healthier diet and lifestyle at your house. Several years back when I was presenting at local libraries about the power of diet and lifestyle on health and disease, some people reached out to me saying that they started to present at local libraries after they saw me do it. That made me feel good. Don't think that you're too small, or don't know enough people to make change. Change starts one person at a time. No matter what topic it is, I encourage you to do what you're passionate about and keep it fun, keep it responsible and respectful. People are listening and willing to follow people who lead by example. It is going to be a busy month of January, at last count I have 8 interviews booked that I'm really excited about. I say over and over to myself, to keep this fun. Speak to people who interest me, about topics that I want to learn more about. And by extension, I hope you want to know more about too. I've hashed out my 2020 plan and guest list, and it's going to be a better year than last.

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Ian Cramer Podcast, where I seek out doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. Smart people who are either doing research, who have a very particular sub-specialty or who are treating patients directly in the field. Lee came highly recommended from several people as someone who is knowledgeable and an energetic, ball of fire when it came to nutrition and motivating people to transform their health. Joining me for Episode 84 is Lee Crosby, a Registered dietician employed at The Barnard Medical Center in Washington, DC. Lee sees patients and advises them when it comes to weight loss, preventing and reversing heart disease, diabetes and women's health issues. As you'll hear, she had her own health scare a few years ago that taught her some valuable lessons about the role diet and lifestyle play in chronic disease. In this episode, we speak about Ketogenic diets. With full disclosure, Lee is a very outspoken critic of Ketogenic diets. To be fair, we do speak about the positive applications of a ketogenic diet, and caution people on the risks and downsides of eating this way as well.   A quick producers Note: You'll notice very quickly that the sound quality coming from my end on this conversation is terrible. Instead of using my studio mic, the sound was being recorded from my built in microphone from my computer. The reason has been identified and I hope that it never happens again. This is the reason why I stress to my guests to obtain an after-market microphone and DO NOT use the built-in mics. That come stock in computers. To the regular listeners of the podcast, I thank you for the time you've given me over the past year, and for those of you who are new, I hope you stick around for more episodes. Have a happy holiday and New Year, as you enjoy the last conversation of 2019, on Episode #84 with Registered Dietician Lee Crosby.

In episode 83, I'm speaking with Clinical Lipidologist Dr. Thomas Dayspring. Dr. Dayspring and I connected through Twitter where I was consuming his content for many months before I reached out to him to do this podcast. It amazed me at how many very smart doctors and PhD's on twitter asked him questions about the role lipids play in the body. As Dr. Peter Attia, MD said in his intro of Dr. Dayspring, he is truly a national treasure and it the worlds expert on lipids.  In our conversation, we talk about: How he got introduced to lipids His recent health transformation.  The Standard Lipid Panel and what those metrics mean.  Misconceptions within the field of lipids The role LDL plays in cardiovascular disease and those who deny this Particular concerns when it comes to ones blood lipids on certain popular dietary lifestyles.  ​European Atherosclerosis Society 2019 Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk. ​Dr. Dayspring's 5-part series with Dr. Peter Attia, MD  ​Dr. Peter Attia's "The Straight dope on Cholesterol" 9-part blog series:

In episode 82, I am speaking with Toni Okamoto, author of Plant-Based on a Budget. Toni and I speak about how she got involved in this movement, how being an athlete in high school got her introduced to eating better and how she became involved in the world of veganism. The majority of the conversation is spent highlighting her book and dispelling the myth that it's expensive to eat healthy. I hope you enjoy the conversation and hope you pick up a copy of her book. 

Hello and Welcome to another episode of The Ian Cramer Podcast. This podcast focuses on interviews and conversations with doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. This is Part 2 of 2 with Finnish post-doctoral researcher Dr. Pauli Ohukainen, PhD. If you missed part 1, you can find it here, or subscribe to the podcast on the iTunes store. You can also listen to the podcast on Stitcher, Spotify or streaming online from my website.  In this episode, we speak about: the management of LDL cholesterol, The element of risk and random chance when it comes to being healthy or unhealthy, Epidemiology and its role in nutrition science What elements of human health has Paul changed his mind on in the past? What would cause Paul to change his mind on various consensus within lipidology.   

My guest is Dr. Pauli Ohukainen, PhD, a Finnish post-doctoral researcher. We speak about his start in biochemistry and then speak about blood lipids and how they affect human health. Paul gradually moved into the field of medical research. His time was spent focusing on the heart, heart valves and the aorta and what physiologic and metabolic processes causes these tissues to break down and become athrosclerotic. Paul came onto my radar through his content on twitter, where he is quite active. He often speaks of blood lipids, which is where we spend the rest of the time in our conversation.  This podcast comes out every other week, so look forward to Part 2 coming out on Saturday, November 16, 2019.  You can follow Pauli on Twitter @POhukainen

Jay Oliveira is a black belt in jiu jitsu and an educator on plant-based nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle. He is someone who truly embodies what it means to follow your dreams, live your passions and do what makes you happy.  Jay came onto my radar about 5 or 6 years ago through YouTube, when I was learning about this lifestyle. His style is no nonsense, no fluff, simple, candid, uses evidence. He's also an athlete, which appealed to me as well.  Our discussion takes a walk down a different road than normal. We step away from the details of medicine and talk about living a fulfilled life, living your dreams, living healthy.  We speak about Jay's story of being a young professional, working himself to the bone and being nauseous at the thought of leaving for work every day for a job he hated. We speak about him being an athlete, and being unhealthy, and then finding a healthy lifestyle again. Jay is a black belt in jiu jitsu, and we speak about that. We also speak about trends within social media on nutrition and personal health and provide ways to think about that.  The big take-away that I want to discuss in the epilogue is following your north star, doing what makes you happy and marching to the beat of your own drum. Jay and I talk about going through life transitions that are hard, that in the moment seem destructive or uncomfortable. But that life is long, and that we need to put things into perspective. 

Dr. Dean Ornish is one of the most iconic and influential physicians in Lifestyle Medicine. Some say he even coined the term "Lifestyle Medicine". He is known for his research on diet and lifestyle factors affecting heart disease reversal, prostate cancer regression, telomere and aging regression using a holistic approach to treat people physically, mentally and spiritually.  You can find more information at my website here: https://www.plant-basedcyclist.com/icp-78-dr-dean-ornish-md  

Dr. Neal Barnard is one of the top 10 most influential lifestyle medicine physicians in the plant-based movement in the past 20 years. He founded the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine, and we speak about this in depth. Interestingly, PCRM has 2 arms in their mission, human health and animal welfare, which we also speak about. Other topics we cover include: the work of PCRM and litigation in Washington DC research with animal models diabetes care and the plant-based approach and low carbohydrate approaches his appearance on the cover of Women's World magazine patient success stories.  ​Learn more about his books HERE: Follow Dr. Barnard on Twitter: @DrNealBarnard

Dr. Carvalho is a research scientist at USC. He has published peer-reviewed articles in the medical literature on topics ranging from nutrition to molecular biology, genetics and neuroscience". We discuss his research into Biogerontology and the science of what makes us age, mechanistic research into why we should and should not eat certain foods as well as the controversy surrounding nutritional epidemiology and why some people consider this poor science. Join us in one of my favorite episodes of 2019.  You can find his publications here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=O-_jWUkAAAAJ&hl=en Follow Gil on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCosmc75v-B2Dk7GWyEyFFMw/videos And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NutritionMadeS3

  Abby Langer is a registered dietitian who is an outspoken proponent of science and evidence when it comes to nutrition science. Join us as we break down dietary myths, timeless rules of good nutrition and more.  

Dr. Soham Patel is a practicing endocrinologist in Tampa, Florida. In our discussion, we speak about how diet and lifestyle affect the thyroid and other endocrine organs within the body. Join us.  

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On this episode, I am speaking with Orthopedic Spine surgeon Dr Carrie Diulus. She is a Type 1 diabetic and endurance athlete who has found a plant-based keto diet works best for the management of her diabetes. Join us to learn how she does it. 

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Tro Kalayjian who is using many dietary strategies to help people regain their health and wellbeing. What makes him unique is he was 150 pounds overweight an struggling to find the right formula to get healthier. He dug into many dietary philosophies, and finally found longterm success with a high fat ketogenic approach. Join us.  ICP 71: Dr. Tro Kalayjian- Using multiple dietary approaches to combat hunger, obesity and disease.   

Doug Schmidt, a teacher in Victor, NY, suffered 2 cardiac events and survived! He has now radically changed his diet and lifestyle and now educates others on his journey, what we can all do to prevent heart disease and live our best lives. Join us for this special bonus content! 

Dr. Amber Orman is a Radiation Oncologist specializing in integrating diet and Lifestyle Medicine in Breast Cancer prevention and treatment.   If you liked this conversation on cancer, you would also enjoy ICP 65 with Dr. William Li: https://www.plant-basedcyclist.com/icp-65-dr-william-li  Or better yet, subscribe to the podcast and find it on your favorite podcast app.  Thank you for listening.  Support the Podcast through Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast

Chuck Carroll, the Weight Loss Champ, was addicted to Taco Bell frequently buying $20 of food every time, and devouring it in 1 sitting. He went through life trying to make others and himself feel comfortable in a 420 pound body. But it just never felt right. Like many people, he tried many diets and weight loss strategies, eventually trying gastric bypass. In his quest to continue to get healthier, he found plant-based nutrition and realized the power of a whole foods plant-based diet. He now devotes his life to spreading this message and helping others lose weight and keep it off using diet and not surgery. Chuck is the host of The Exam Room Podcast, presented by The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine.   ​Say Hello and reach out to Chuck on Twitter at @ChuckCarrollWLC.  

I had a great time speaking to Doug Schmidt and Rick Amundson about their leading roles in introducing 3200 upstate New York School teachers and support staff to a 10-day Plant-Based Challenge. As you'll hear, this has been a project that Doug, his wife Shari and Rick have been working on for several years. I hope that hearing about this successful program will inspire you to promote something similar in your hometown.  I had a conversation with Doug on his health journey that you can find above in the embedded player or HERE. After having 2 cardiac events, he realized something needed to be done. He went plant-based, lost weight and is now paying it forward and teaching others about this life saving way of eating and living. ​Doug's Forks Over Knives Article:  https://www.forksoverknives.com/heart-attack-plant-based-diet/#gs.8j46qx ​LiveKindly Article on Doug's Success: https://www.livekindly.co/new-york-state-school-districts-vegan-good-life-challenge/  

Special thank you to Liane Abe and Valarie Hummel who are the newest patrons of the Podcast.  In this weeks conversation, I sat down with Registered Dietician, PhD researcher and Twitter “Equal Opportunity Nutrition Critic” Jake Mey. I wanted to speak to Jake because he seemed to have unique philosophies on areas that are particularly hot right now. He conducts research on skeletal muscle metabolism, ketones and carbohydrates. He is not wedded to one particular dietary strategy vs. another which provided a nuanced and educational back and forth on various nutrition topics. We speak about the concept of moderation in a world that is becoming more and more unhealthy and answer the perennial question “Can I eat Pop-Tarts and still be healthy?” We also speak about ketones, ketosis and the pros and cons for lay people and athletes. And we end with Jake's perspective on the nutrition conversations that are happening right now on social media and if he thinks these are productive, wastes of time or somewhere in between. If you are active on Twitter, I would recommend following him @CakeNutrition, and yes, we speak about the origins of that handle, too. I know you'll enjoy this conversation with the knowledgeable and jovial Dr. Jake Mey.

Dr. William Li is a cancer researcher and is the Director and CEO of the Angiogenesis Foundation. He is also the author of the new book that I enjoyed very much called, Eat to Beat Disease. He argues that a common thread between many chronic diseases is the formation of either too many or too few blood vessels, otherwise known as angiogenesis.  In our conversation we also speak about ketogensis, the reason why your grandmother who smoke and drank lived to 95 years old, the 5 pillar defense systems within the body, starving cancer cells and chemo and radiation treatments for cancer.  Thank you to Bill Hammond and Diane Vanderwoude for becoming patrons of the podcast. 

This episode of the podcast is brought to you in part by Ryan Lee, Travis Halverson and Nancy Manifold. They are the newest patrons of the podcast. And now, there's 42 of you Ladies and Gentlemen who are as passionate as I am about helping people get healthier through long-form discussions on The Ian Cramer Podcast. There are no real commercials at the beginning of this podcast because I don't have anything to sell except for information…knowledge. And I feel very good about this production being funded by listeners like you, think of it like a Podcast PBS. Your per-podcast Patronage keep the lights on, help offset production costs…and we're quickly approaching another goal. So go to Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast and find out what perks are offered at each tier. Just like I'm sure you appreciate these conversations, I truly appreciate your support and am humbled every time another stranger who has found these conversations helpful becomes a patron and supporter of my work.  ​Welcome to the podcast where I interview medical doctors and scholars of Lifestyle Medicine.   Dr. Meghan Grega is a physician in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. She formed the Non-profit “The Kellyn Foundation” to work with helping people realize their true health potential. Her work epitomizes ‘Grass Roots' as she is getting her hands dirty within the local community, forming relationships and teaching children and adults what it means to live a holistic, healthy lifestyle.   If you've ever been discontented with your profession and felt like there has to be more, this is a conversation for you as we speak about Dr. Grega's realization that the modern medical paradigm and the way she was treating patient was just mitigating symptoms and putting a band-aid over the true problem. ​Dr. Grega has put together an amazing Plant-Based Symposium that you are invited to attend. With speakers such as Dr. Hans Diehl, Dr. Ron Weiss of Episode 41 and Jane Esselstyn of Episode 42. you can find out more and register here: http://www.lvlifestylemedicine.org/    Please enjoy our conversation on Ep. 64 with Dr. Meghan Grega.

If you're new to the podcast, I focus on speaking to medical doctors, PhD's, registered dietitians…experts…on ways that we can make ourselves and our world healthier through lifestyle medicine. Through these conversations I want to give you the tools and inspiration you need to stay healthy. It is my honor to bring you researcher and scholar Dr. Stephan Guyenet, PhD. He is an obesity researcher and health writer based out of Washington State who combines neuroscience, physiology, evolutionary biology and nutrition to present mechanisms, explanations and solutions to the global health and weight issue we are seeing today. This connection was made on Twitter, where he is quite active @whsource and you can also find his writing at StephanGuyenet.com. In our conversation, Here's what we cover: We start with talking about his upcoming appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience with Gary Taubes. At around Minute 14- We go into What caused a dramatic increase in obesity in 1980 after the USDA guidelines changed. At Minute 22- The government's role in shaping our diet and keeping us healthy. At Minute 28…The Carbohydrate insulin Hypothesis At minute 37-Research into why the SAD is so enticing At minutes 47: We cover the Calories In vs. Calories Out hypothesis At Minute 52 We cover The Lipostat, a very important, unconscious brain center for adiposity and body fatness At 1:03 We talk about specifics of WFPB and Keto for those thinking about changing their diets at minute… At 1:07 we end with talking about different interventions for Type 2 diabetes And lastly, at 1:19 Dr. Guyenet's ways to make the country healthier is he were a mover and shaker, that at around minute… I've read a lot of books over the years, and Dr. Guyenet's book, The Hungry Brain was full of new concepts, theories and connections that I had never read before, and best of all, it's incredibly evidence-based yet is written in a way that can be digested for the lay-public. I hope you enjoy this conversation on Episode #63 with Dr. Stephan Guyenet.

Bringing you interviews, conversations and new perspectives with doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine, this is Episode 62 of The Ian Cramer Podcast. As you heard in the intro, this podcast is dedicated to having long-form conversations with professionals and experts about various topics having to do with lifestyle medicine. Included is an emphasis on both Breadth and depth of knowledge and questions challenging our notions and philosophies of what it means to be healthy. In Episode 62 I had a conversation with Dr. Evan Allen. Dr. Allen practices in Henderson, Nevada. He is a board-certified family physician and graduate of Loma Linda School of medicine, member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. This connection was made on Twitter where he is quote active espousing the role of diet and lifestyle in staying healthy, and you can follow him @EAllen0417. Dr. Allen started out as a Seventh-Day Adventist, and thought that because he was eating a vegetarian diet, he was eating right. But a life insurance physical said otherwise. He then happened to watch the movie Forks Over Knives, and as you'll hear him say “There was no way that this movie was correct” and he set out to prove this movie wrong. I'll let him finish this story….but just know that it made me smile and it worth a listen. In this episode, We talk about: What are we eating and how those calories impact our bodies Diabetes and an easy to follow analogy that describes its etiology. Then we get into Fats- One of Dr. Allen's specialties. We talk about the lines of evidence implicating saturated fats as a causative factor in cardiovascular diseases, and why these fats are so hotly debated today.  I hope you enjoy this conversation, on Episode #62 with Dr. Evan Allen. Thank you to SOFIA, the newest Patron of the podcast who joins us from Finland. And if you find value in these episodes, you too can support my work by becoming a patron of the podcast by going to Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast. You can also donate through PayPal, or if that's not your cup of tea, you can share the podcast with your social media networks and friends and family.  

This is the first monologue I have published. My hope is that this will give you a better idea of who I am, what makes me tick and why I am making this podcast.   More specifically, I will cover: Who am I? Where do I live? What is the podcast all about? Why did you initially go Whole-Foods plant-based? Has your ‘why' evolved? What other applicable outreach do you do? (Ex. ‘Ask the doc', public speaking, ...) Why did I start the podcast? How do you prepare for a podcast? What is your thought process when choosing a guest for interview? How would you describe the style of your podcast? Why did I choose this particular focus? How can this podcast be useful to those just learning about plant based nutrition as well as those who have already begun their journeys down this path? What are is my goal? What are my dreams? What do I want people to take away from the podcast episodes? What are your hopes for the growth of the podcast, and how can listeners help?

Hi, and welcome to my podcast where I engage doctors, scholars, PhD's, registered dietitian and many other experts in their field on topics that gravitate around lifestyle medicine, the power we have to take control of our own health and how our diet and lifestyle factors affect the world around us. The goal is not to tell you the right or wrong thing to do, it's to educate, to expand consciousness to open or illuminate doors you never knew were there to ultimately become a more knowledgeable and healthier person. This connection with my guest Saul Bautista was made through a mutual friend who has now recommended several people for the podcast. It was fun speaking to Saul because he's around my age, he wasn't as intimidating as some of my other high-profile guests and we weren't in a huge hurry to get done by a certain time. We had time to talk organically.  In trying to summarize this conversation and the course Saul's life has taken, the word ‘fate' comes to mind. Everything from his time in being with the Army, to his parent's divorce to him getting injured to the signing of the GI Bill, all played a serendipitous role in who he is and where he is right now. Noteworthy talking points include: How his experience in the armed forces shaped who he is today and solidified his decision to go into medicine. His interest in exercise and disease prevention. The Relationship of doctors and lifestyle medicine and the reasons why we don't see more doctors doing this now. The relationship between medicine and medical students, creativity and aversion to risk has on the spread of this idea of lifestyle medicine. We end with talking about his appearance in the much hyped Code Blue film that highlights the lack of nutrition and lifestyle medicine education in med. Schools. It's the brainchild of podcast guest by Dr. Saray Stancic, who was featured on Ep. 32 of the podcast. It's Saul's perspective as a med student and as someone who has a deep understanding of the power of lifestyle medicine that makes this talk unique. Please enjoy our conversation, on Episode #60, with Saul Bautista.

Hello podcast listener, welcome to the Ian Cramer Podcast where I interview doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. What is Lifestyle Medicine? It's a way for you to prevent or reverse a chronic disease by changing your diet and lifestyle. Because after all, it was those factors that caused that chronic disease anyways. So let's address the root cause and get healthier, for good.  In this episode, I'm having a conversation with The Vegan Pediatrician Dr. Natalie Santiago. She came into Rochester to speak to the Rochester Area Vegan Society as well as Dr. Ted Barnett's Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute. We speak about her background, how she transitioned from vegetarianism to veganism, how she learned differentiates between healthy and unhealthy foods, even if they all share the label 'vegan'. And of course, we speak about childhood health and nutrition, what parents should be concerned about and how to raise healthy kids on a plant-based diet. 

Welcome to The Ian Cramer Podcast, and Happy 2019. The conversations on this podcast focus on doctors, scholars and experts within diet, lifestyle and plant-based nutrition.  In this conversations, I speak with Chef AJ, a rockstar within this movement who has an amazing story of perseverance and never giving up on the north star called health. We do our best to summarize her life in about an hour. It's a story of growing up an overweight food addict, being surrounded in an environment where many people around her were overweight, surrounded by poor food choices and a poor environment for supporting health. But it end with eventual success. Chef AJ was able to find the right pieces to the puzzle and find a way to become healthy, for good.  Chef AJ has the right attitude; not blaming others, not blaming her genetics, but taking her health into her own hands and taking control of he own health destiny. Despite the genetics predispositions she may have inherited from her parents, she has not let those genetics dictate her day to day decisions on trying to live as healthful as possible.  Chef AJ is a ball of fire, she supportive, frank and inspiration and I think you'll really enjoy her in this episode, but I encourage all of you to check out her work on Facebook where she empowers people to take control of their health.  Please enjoy this conversation on Episode 58, with Chef AJ. 

   I'm pleased to introduce Author, Podcaster, public speaker and seasoned vegan advocate Victoria Moran, in Episode 57. In our conversation we speak about: Her early Days and how she was introduced to vegetarianism and veganism. Evolution of Veganism from the 1960's to now Is Veganism for everyone? Is Veganism Black and white? Or are there gradations to veganism? Why do vegan's get a bad rap? The Mainstreet Vegan brand, book, podcast and course Common Vegan/Plant-based myths- Expensive? Sympathy for dairy farmers. What we're doing right and wrong at this point in time. Please find out more about Victoria by visiting her website: Big thank you to John Gray and Robin Schmit as the newest patrons of the podcast. Do you value these conversations? You can become a patron too! If you want to help in other ways, you can write a review on the iTunes store, Share content on social media or tell your friends.  Please enjoy the final conversation of 2018, on Episode 57 with Victoria Moran.

Thank you for listening to EP 56. Matt Ruscigno is a registered dietician who started from an animal welfare and rights standpoint in the vegan world. He decided that to more effectively convey this information, he wanted to make sure he was eating a healthful diet at the same time of was following his moral compass. And he found this by going to school to become a registered dietician.  In our extended, in-person conversation, we speak about: Nutritional Concerns for plant-based endurance athletes the intersection between vegan advocacy and eating a healthful diet.  Plant-based nutrition vs. vegan nutrition Visibility of veganism and plant-based nutrition today Personal and societal barriers within this realm How to transition and to support those around you who want to change.  Big thank you to New Patrons Rachel Peck, Ann Hettinger and Juliet Witana. And a special thank you to Mireya and Anna who gave generous donations via Paypal. Your support of my work is much appreciated.   

Please enjoy this episode with Dr. Scott Stoll, MD.  In this episode, the doctors and I talk about the following topics: Scott's upbringing and how being surrounded by a health-conscious family lead to him being interested in health, diet and lifestyle as an adult.  Athletic nutrition and what athletes can improve upon when it comes to their nutrition.  The dichotomy between Whole foods, plant-based nutrition and Low-Carb and Ketogenic diets The Plantrician Project- A way to make the research and this way of treating patients relevant and practical to medical professionals.  A 'Legacy Mindset' and how we can apply this to our everyday lives  Feel free to read my Facebook Note and find all relevant notes and articles HERE:  

This is a special episode. I hope you enjoy this roundtable discussion with 3 rockstar physicians in Rochester, NY. All three were featured in previous episodes of the podcast. If you click on the thumbnails below, you will be redirected to their unique webpage where you can listen to our one-on-one conversation.  ​ In this episode, the doctors and I talk about the following topics: Chronic Kidney disease & Diabetes and the rapid results seen by patients eating a WFPB diet How to make Lifestyle Medicine go mainstream? The barriers in the way of lifestyle medicine and of ordinary people wanting to get healthier. The Status Quo and how that affects food, medicine and health. High Carb Low fat vs. Low Carb High Fat and could both work?  Research and how it shapes our understanding of nutrition ​ This episode is on YouTube. You can watch it via this LINK:  ​ I'd like to thank Sarah Morrison as the newest Patron of the podcast and a new member of the board of trustees. She joins us and is spreading the whole foods plant-based message down in Australia. Thank you very much, Sarah, for your financial support and helping those around you get healthier. You can learn more about how to support the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast.  

Dr. Jamie Kane didn't really like the choices available for fellowships as he was graduating from his residency. None of them appealed to him. And because of that, he blazed his own trail, learned about the intricacies of Obesity and years later started a fellowship in Obesity Management for future medical students. In our conversation, Dr. Kane and I discuss the current medical system and how it's set up in a way to discourage the interventions that our patients need the most. It's easy and quick to prescribe pills, to ask them if anything has changed since last visit. But it takes time to dig down and figure out what's wrong with a patient who weighs 400 pounds. It take more than a 15 minute follow-up slot. The Physical, Mental and Emotional all play different roles for different people, and it's an incredibly gray, nuanced area of medicine. But luckily, we have people like Dr. Jamie Kane. Look forward to topics such as food, exercise, circadian rhythm, breaking addictive cycles and how Dr. Kane himself deals with emotions, at times, with unresponsive or unmotivated patients. I want to end by giving a shout out to a couple of new patrons of the podcast. Because she may want to retain some form of anonymity, I want to use just her first name, thank you to Anna for your very generous yearly donation. Anna doesn't really feel comfortable with donating to the Patreon page of the podcast, and that's OK. If you want to support my work financially, there are other avenues or ways you can do this. If this sounds like you, reach out in any way that's convenient and we'll talk. Thank you, Anna for your generosity. Another big thank you to Danielle Durant, who is a new patron and new member of the Board of Trustees. Danielle is completing her PhD in Public Health and is gung ho for lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition. And in her multiple e-mails we exchanged back and forth, she said “I just recently started listening to your show and LOVE IT! I am a big fan of Rich Roll but he doesn't interview enough plant based docs, in my opinion. I have been bingeing your content since I found your podcast, and even though I have studied plant-based nutrition pretty extensively, I still learn something new in each episode.” Wow..thank you Danielle. It's surreal and humbling that someone would mention the content that Rich Roll's produced and the work that I produce in the same sentence because he is an idol of mine and someone that I look up to, but on the other hand, Rich and I and all of you who are listening, we're all on the same team. We're all teammates, we're all on a mission seeking the same set of goals; to get healthier and live as advocates and ambassadors to this movement in some form or fashion. Words like Danielle's and donations are wind in my sails. But like I've said in the past, any small gesture of appreciation for my work is great, it's not like if you don't donate I don't appreciate you. Other things you can do to help the cause are sharing episodes on social media- That's how Danielle learned about my podcast, through social media… or you could also write a review on the iTunes store, buy me a book or send me a Tweet of appreciation and I'll retweet it…they're all great! Thank you. I'm glad these episodes are helping you. And please look forward to many more in the future. We'll see you in a couple of weeks.

If you or someone you know if living with pre-diabetes, Full blown Type 2 diabetes or is a Type 1 diabetic, this is the episode for you. Robby and Cyrus are experts at treating and reversing pre-diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes, a scourge to over 100 million people in the US, according to a new CDC report. In our discussion, we get into the details of what is truly causing Type 2 Diabetes, the enormous role our diet plays in causing this and the role our diet can play in reversing it. We also juxtapose their method of treating diabetes with other methods touted in the interwebs and talk about which one is better and why. And as you could tell in the intro, Robby and Cyrus treat it very differently than you would think. They are able to reverse a disease of too much blood sugar with foods that contain lots of carbohydrates, or sugars. It seems wildly counterintuitive and it seems like they're nuts, but Trust me, by the end of this hour, you will understand why, you'll understand the root cause of why people have Type 2 Diabetes and be able to take control of your health and learn more about this completely 100% preventable disease. So, Let's get right into it, on Episode 52, with Robby Barbaro and Cyrus Khambatta of Mastering Diabetes. Special thank you to Adam Sud who gave me a nudge and recommended I speak with Robby and Cyrus. I really enjoyed that conversation. And more thank you's to 2 new patrons, Fellow plant-based CYcist Stephen Collins and Bilberry Elf, thank you for your kindness and support. Do you pay for a Netflix subscription? Or Perhaps Sports Illustrated, National Geographic or The New York Times? If so, you do this because you get value and enjoyment out of those publications, magazines or newspapers. In this case, my publication is free and always will be because I feel in the bottom of my heart that this information is too important to withhold from the public. So my business model is slightly different and the barriers to obtain this information are essentially zero, but the ‘value aspect' still remains. And so I will end this episode with asking you, how much do you value these conversations? You might say “Not enough to pay for them”. And that's fine, no judgment. Enjoy them and I hope you learn and get healthier. But you want to help my cause and my work and help this message of plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine, join the 34 other Listeners and Patrons who feel the same way. Per Month, Sports Illustrated is around $1, The New York times and Netflix is $8, and National Geographic is $12. We have Patrons donating 1, 2, 5, 10 or as much as $40 per month for these thoughtful and well researched conversations. And I really appreciate your support. To find out more about how this works, you can visit Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast to read about the donation levels, the perks or what you can do to help if donating isn't your cup of tea.             The bottom line is I hope you get something out of these conversations, I do this because I love it and it's a labor of love. I want to change the world with this message, and would love for you to join me.             Until next time, keep eating more plants, keep asking questions and stay curious, remain responsible and compassionate ambassadors to this movement, and stay healthy.

This episode is brought to you in part by the Patrons of this podcast. As of the publish of this episode in October 2018, there are 32 people who proudly support this podcast through per-episode donations. What do they get out of the deal? Most important to them, they're supporting a message that they know will one day change the world. They believe in me and the work that I am doing, and for that I am humbled and grateful. By becoming a sustaining member and Patron, you will not only get special perks like submitting your questions for guests, google hangout sessions, Ian Cramer Podcast stickers and state of the Podcast summaries, but you'll also help perpetuate this message by helping off set production costs to keep the metaphorical lights on, you'll also help fund marketing efforts and help me buy books written by future guests, supplies and equipment to keep the podcast going. Think about it and check out Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast for more details on how this works. No donation is more important than another, every bit counts. Reach out if you have questions. Dr. Koushik Reddy is a physician working for the Department of Veteran's Affairs in Tampa, Florida. Although his story has its unique details, his overall journey to find lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition is like many others. He learned about how the human body works and trained in traditional western medicine techniques. He had an ‘Ah ha” moment and realized there must be another way to practice medicine. He stood on the shoulders of giants in the field and learned from the teachings of many physicians who were the early trailblazers. And now practices and teaches lifestyle medicine to everyone he encounters and is now truly helping people realize the healthy lives they were meant to live. I will include, in the show notes, an article Dr. Reddy penned which outlines the way he used to practice medicine and how that all changed. It's his whole story in 4 pages. The piece is entitled “I have a carrot and a stent, you pick”. This encompasses Dr. Reddy and his style of medicine so well because with what he knows now, he puts much of the responsibility of the patient's health back in their hands and helps them realize that the power was always in their hands, and in some cases, gives them a second chance at life. I can't say it any better than he can, so lets get right into this weeks conversation, on Episode #51, with Dr. Koushik Reddy. I'm very grateful for those of you who are listening who are Patrons, those of you have shared the podcast with your friends or on social media, or the 91 of you who have written a positive and honest review on iTunes. It means a lot, it gives me encouragement that I am doing something that has meaning in people's lives. This message is for everyone else. I'd love for you to be part of the team, part of this movement. If this podcast has made you smarter, healthier and more informed, or even if it's helped you avoid or reduce medications or a stent or other procedure, how much is that worth to you? If I have helped you, would you consider helping me further this message and my work? Never expected, but always appreciated. If you want to see what you can do to help, check out Patreon.com/IanCramerPodcast to find out about how you can help spread this message. We'll see you next episode. And until that time, keep eating more plants, stay curious, remain responsible and compassionate ambassadors to this movement and may you live to be 100 years old.