Aug 2, 2023
In this episode of the Smarter Not Harder Podcast, our guest Dr. Bret Scher joins our host Dr. Scott Sherr to give one-cent solutions to life’s $64,000 questions that include:
- What is the true definition of metabolic health, and why is metabolic health so poor in the United States?
- How does the ketogenic diet affect various types of cardiology markers?
- Why is it important to think
about metabolic flexibility in the context of whether you're
metabolically healthy or not?
Dr. Bret Scher is a board certified cardiologist, lipidologist, and a leading expert in therapeutic uses of metabolic therapies, including the ketogenic diet. He is the Director of Metabolic Mind, a nonprofit initiative for the Baszucki group. Dr. Scher was most recently the medical director of DietDoctor.com before becoming the medical director of Metabolic Mind. He also runs a preventative cardiology telemedicine practice at lowcarbcardiologist.com. Dr. Scher has spent most of his 20 year career as a preventative cardiologist, helping people improve their metabolic health and prevent heart disease using low carb nutrition and lifestyle interventions.
What we discuss:
[00:05] Metabolism is the process of how our body converts food and calories into usable energy.
[05:55] Metabolic dysfunction is caused by constant input of food, leading to storage and affecting organ function.
[16:23] Ketogenic therapies have been proven to work for controlling seizures in kids with epilepsy.
[21:19] Ketogenic diet can be personalized to any dietary pattern and offers various benefits.
[30:17] Ketogenic therapy shows promising results for various mental health conditions.
[34:55] Metabolic therapies and the ketogenic diet are being explored in psychiatric care.
[44:08] The importance of considering multiple surrogate markers for cardiovascular risk assessment
[1:02:36] Metabolic flexibility is important for switching between different diets.
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