Episode 48: Mastering Diabetes with Dr. Mona Morstein

Dr. Mona Morstein has focused the bulk of her career on treating
all types of diabetes (DM). In late 2017, she published the a
superb 500+ page very well-referenced book on the topic, titled
Master Your Diabetes: A Comprehensive, Integrative Approach for
Both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. Despite written in layman
language, clinicians will find it meaty enough to be useful in
practice – I especially like the sections on DM complications. In
our conversation, we look at the four main types of diabetes,
discuss etiology and epidemiology of types 1 and 2. We discuss
standard labs, including the limitations of A1C, and the utility of
the GlycoMark test. Learn how she does a glucose/insulin tolerance
test and specialty lab testing considerations in patient
management, managing the microbiome, intestinal permeability, food
sensitivities. Diets: Dr. M recommends a very low carbohydrate diet
(VLCD), but we had a great sidebar convo on the paradox of VLCD and
vegan macrobiotic diets demonstrating equally good outcome – learn
why Dr. Morstein suspects that is. Toxins, particularly POPs, but
also metals, play a huge role in ushering in diabetes – learn how
she’s evaluating and treating. We discuss nutraceutical
interventions, medications – what she’s using and why. Of course,
no conversation on DM is complete without discussing the influence
on lifestyle. An interesting point Mona makes is that the program
of treatment must be doable and relatively stress-free. Please give
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