Episode 6: Dr. Andrei Ostric (a.k.a. “Dr. O”) – on a Mission to Help People Restore Youth, Health and Beauty
Update: 2012-11-12
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Welcome back to Escape from Caloriegate! Today, we welcome Dr. S. Andrei Ostric -- also known as "Dr. O" -- a Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon based in Chicago who's fired up by a passion to help people restore youth and beauty. Dr. O also hosts an awesome health and diet podcast, the Dr. O Show, which is part of the burgeoning Disc of Light Media podcast empire.
Here are some of the highlights from today's show:
Links for Episode 6:
- Dr. O's site Midwest PRS
- The Dr. O Show
- The Man Diet Center
Here are some of the highlights from today's show:
- Dr. O and I are swapping podcasts
(Here's a link to the one he did with me) - He trained to be a plastic surgeon - during training, his oldest daughter developed Type I diabetes
- His investigation = more she cut the carbs, the better she would do
- Cut down on bread and sugar led to success
- Tom Naughton's movie Fat Head helped it all click -- eliminated his fear of fat
- Realized that he had a platfrom as a doctor to share this material with people and they would listen
- Podcast is a great way to bring this information to people
- Low carb led to excellent blood sugar control for his daughters
- They've been creative - made own low carb cakes to bring to birthday parties
- Kids have way too many snacks, and it doesn't make sense.
- He brought bag of apples for post-soccer game snack and wowed the other parents
- Some patients are not receptive to this message, but he has a lot of patients who are interested in finding diverse, non-traditional ways to solve their problems
- Someone who's obese and who has CTS (carpal tunnel) might benefit from diet changes before surgery
- You're not a car - can't just go in and get a new muffler
- Dr. O's thoughts on my struggles with carpal tunnel syndrome
- The "anti-science" people vs. "science is everything" folks -- there's room in the middle. Got to be a way to treat the whole person but in a scientific way.
- He's more open minded to try the theories to see if they work.
- Skepticism is a placeholder. The real question is: what is the proper amount of skepticism you should have, so you can let useful new ideas in?
- As a doctor, he's a practical scientist. Sometimes the tools are counterintuitive.
- Dealing with patient paradoxes in the real world.
- Medicine is an art and a science.
- A lot of time the rule book is right. But if you want to cure disease and move past being a "drone in the beehive" then you need to ask the tough questions.
- Alernative practioners capitalize on empathy - thats 100% what they do. Not enough. Non-empathetic, crotchety surgeon -- who really knows his stuff -- can be vastly superior.
- Dr. O started a blog because he loves to write. (history of cereal; medical facts about gin, etc)
- How his thinking about diet and health has evolved.
- Things fall along a spectrum, including human metabolism, which is very adaptable
- Lessons from his very long lived grandmother
- He believes he's carbohydrate intolerant
- He's tolerant of dairy because of his genetic background -- but not of grains
- He's working with Geoff Pinkus on The Man Diet -- for guys who won't even step inside a Curves (not that they're even allowed
- Paleo diet world is filled with jocks and strong guys -- active cavemen.
- They decided that there's a market of men -- e.g. 60 pounds overweight who likes hockey and rides a Harley -- not going to be into being a caveman but more into being a man. No more rabbit food = a compelling message.
- He does nutritional counseling on top of surgery -- keeping busy!
- If you have good food, you're going to lead yourself to low carb naturally.
- Dr. Atkins' book is a little like Moby Dick -- everyone thinks they've read it but not really. The guy got it years before everybody. He was all about whole foods and you can have some carbs but be smart about it.
Links for Episode 6:
- Dr. O's site Midwest PRS
- The Dr. O Show
- The Man Diet Center
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