Episode 269: Michelle Hurn

Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life's Best Medicine. Michelle Hurn is a registered and licensed dietitian with sixteen years of experience as a clinical, acute care dietitian, lead dietitian in psychiatric care, and outpatient dietitian. Michelle is an avid endurance athlete, she has qualified for the Boston Marathon 12 times, and on November 7th 2020, she won her first ultra marathon covering 44.63 miles in a 6 hour timed race. While practicing inpatient and outpatient care in the hospital setting, Michelle discovered a disheartening connection between the high carbohydrate, low fat, "sugar in moderation," nutrition guidelines she was required to teach, and the rapidly declining health of her patients. In 2019, Michelle's health started to fall apart. She was experiencing severe muscle pain, spasms, and crippling anxiety. She decided to follow a low carbohydrate, high animal protein diet simply to see if it might alleviate the severe muscle pain she was experiencing. Not only was her muscle pain gone in a matter of weeks, her decades of anxiety began to fade.   In this episode, Dr. Brian and Michelle talk about… (00:00) Intro (04:04) How Michelle came to realize that standard dietary advice was wrong (06:19) Diabetes reversal (07:14) Mental health improvements on ketogenic diets (10:34) The work of the American Diabetes Society (13:44) Yerba Mate and inflammation (16:22) Fiber and overall health (20:11) Why calories are NOT a sufficient model for understanding what a healthy diet is (25:03) High fat versus high protein (31:44) Stress and high blood sugar levels (35:13) Keto, eating disorders, and athletic performance (43:43) How to stay in a mindset of consistency with your diet (50:10) Changs in public and establishment perception of keto diets (56:04) The coming GLP-1 crisis (01:02:35) Outro   For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!   Links:   Michelle Hurn: The American Diabetes Society: https://www.americandiabetessociety.org Unimate: https://www.thedietitiansdilemma.net/shop The DIetician's Dilemma: https://www.thedietitiansdilemma.net IG: https://www.instagram.com/runeatmeatrepeat/?hl=en X: https://x.com/MichelleHurnRD FB: https://www.facebook.com/runeatmeatrepeat/   Dr. Brian Lenzkes:  Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/ Brain Bootcamp: https://prescott-now.com/event/brain-bootcamp-resource-event/   HLTH Code: HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH • • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com