Episode 384: Dr. Austin Dudzinski

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD
Podcast. Dr. Austin Dudzinski is Board Certified clinical
pharmacist with special interest in nutrition and lifestyle
modification to address the root cause of chronic,
cardiometabolic disease. He is a Board Certified ambulatory care
clinical pharmacist at Think Whole Person Healthcare - an
integrated medical home - where he works primarily with patients
with chronic cardiometabolic disease with the main focus of
de-prescribing and getting to the root cause of illness.


In this episode, Drs. Tro, Brian, and Austin talk about…




(00:00) Intro




(05:02) De-prescribing and addressing the root cause of
disease with diet/lifestyle




(16:38) How Austin first became interested in nutrition and
lifestyle interventions




(19:16) Pushback from other medical professionals against
Austin’s new low carb ideas




(21:28) GLP-1 drugs




(25:30) Bringing the perspective of food addiction into the
conversation with obese, metabolically unwell patients




(28:19) How the average person should view GLP-1 use and
compounding pharmacies




(35:29) LDL Cholesterol and A1C




(40:16) Cardiovascular risk assessment




(44:42) What we know and what we suspect is true of
cardiovascular disease




(48:52) Rheumatological disease and cardiovascular risk




(52:20) The gut microbiome and ketosis




(59:12) Plaque reduction and coronary calcium reduction




(01:07:34) An overview of drugs and supplements that reduce
plaque and, in some cases, all cause mortality




(01:11:19) Outro




For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for
listening!


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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:




Nutrition and mental health: A review of current knowledge
about the impact of diet on mental health:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.943998/full




The role of diet and nutrition on mental health and
wellbeing:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/role-of-diet-and-nutrition-on-mental-healthandwellbeing/372284768DB78DB02EB199E277AABF79




Bottle of Lies (book by Katherine Eban):
https://www.amazon.com/Bottle-Lies-Inside-Story-Generic/dp/0062338781




MESA Study: https://www.mesa-nhlbi.org/MESA_508TextOnly.htm




Dr. Austin Dudzinski:




Think Health Care:
https://thinkhealthcare.org/providers/austin-dudzinski/




Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-dudzinski-pharmd-bcacp-b1635098/




Dr. Brian Lenzkes: 




Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/




Twitter:
https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author




Dr. Tro Kalayjian: 




Website: https://www.doctortro.com/




Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro




Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/




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