#220: Mastering Diabetes with High carb diet w/ Robby Barbaro and Cyrus Khambatta
Description
Cyrus Khambatta, Ph.D., and Robby Barbaro, MPH are the co-authors of the New York Times bestselling book Mastering Diabetes and the cofounders of Mastering Diabetes, a coaching program that teaches people how to reverse insulin resistance via low-fat, plant-based, whole-food nutrition. Cyrus has been living with type 1 diabetes since 2002 and has an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry from UC Berkeley. Robby was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2000 and has been living a plant-based lifestyle since 2006. He worked at Forks Over Knives for 6 years and earned a Master’s in Public Health in 2019.
Find out more about Cyrus and Robby at https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/
Key point topics and studies mentioned:
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Robby shared his story of living with type 1 diabetes and how insulin resistance could still occur even with the absence of insulin. In addition,
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Cyrus explained in detail how lipids might increase inflammation that could cause insulin resistance.
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We covered quite a lot of information, from energetics biochemistry and disease progression to tricks and tips to reverse diabetes.
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We debated the pathophysiology of diabetes and the pros and cons of low carb high fat diet vs. high carb low-fat diet against diabetes
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