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!

Links:

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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: 

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