The Ian Cramer Podcast

ICP 98: Dr. Brian Lenzkes- Low Carb Lifestyle Medicine

Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Brian Lenzkes on how he found Low carb lifestyle medicine and how he keeps an open mind to other dietary practices. 

ICP 97: Dr. Joel Kahn. MD- Lipoprotein (a), the Olive Oil Controversy & COVID 19 alt. remedies

Editors note: This episode was recorded at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in April 2020, but was published in October 2020.  ICP 97: Dr. Joel Kahn, MD- Lipoprotein(a), the Olive Oil Controversy & COVID 19 alt. remedies

ICP 96: Dave Feldman- Questioning the science of LDL's

Dave Feldman is a citizen scientist who is on a mission to call into question the long standing belief that lower LDL's are better and produce better long term outcomes. He joined me for a very cordial conversation and I...

ICP 95: Seth Yoder- On a Mission to Evaluate Scientific Accuracy in Nutrition

Hello, and thank you for listening to another episode of The Ian Cramer Podcast where I hope to provide you WITH a diverse collection of interviews with doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. I’d like to start off by...

ICP 94: Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, MD- How fiber fuels our gut, our mind and our lives

Welcome to the podcast that’s dedicated to making you healthier by interviewing medical doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. This is episode 94** of the Ian Cramer Podcast In this episode, I am joined, again, by Gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz,...

ICP 93: Dr. Jonathon McPhetres, PhD.- Modifying attitudes about genetically modified foods

Hello again, and thank you for listening to the podcast that is dedicated to making you healthier and expanding your world view within the realm of Nutrition science, this is The Ian Cramer Podcast and I am your host, Ian...

BONUS: The Evidence for Alternative COVID-19 Treatments and Preventions

In this discussion, Dr. Avi Bitterman, MD and Brett Chrest discuss the evidence, or the lack thereof, surrounding alternative preventions and treatments to COVID-19. Join us. 

ICP 92: Nick Heibert: The Healthfulness of various fats and the Nutrient Density Cheat Sheet

This is episode #92, with Nutrition enthusiast, Nick Heibert. He is a blogger and creator of the Nutrient Density cheat sheet. He took linguistics and nutritional science at the University of Manatoba. By trade, he is an audio engineer,...

ICP 91: Stephanie Hnatiuk, RD: A Voice of Reason in times of Nutritional Obscurity

This is the podcast that's dedicated to helping you get healthier, by interviewing doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. This episode I am joined by Registered Dietitian Stephanie Hnatiuk.  In our conversation, we cover a range of topics including:...

ICP 90: Dr. Bonnie Coyle, MD- High Blood Pressure, Rural and Urban considerations and Universal Healthcare

Hello, I am Ian Cramer and welcome to my podcast where I speak to doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. Lifestyle medicine is a branch of medicine where your chronic disease or ailment is treated and often times reversed...

ICP 89: Dr. Evan Allen: Why you should avoid Saturated Fats.

Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of The Ian Cramer Podcast. I am the host Ian Cramer, and I strive to fill this podcast with thought leaders within the realm of lifestyle medicine. Allied Health Care professionals and...

ICP 88: Robby Barbaro and Cyrus Khambatta, PhD- Mastering Diabetes and the role of Sugar and Fat in Insulin Resistance

Welcome to the Ian Cramer Podcast…where I am interested in speaking with doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine, teaching people about chronic diseases, their etiology and encouraging people to prevent and reverse their chronic diseases with diet and lifestyle...

ICP 87: Kevin Bass, MS- An Introduction to Ketosis and its role in cancer.

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Ian Cramer Podcast. I am the one-man-band podcast creator Ian Cramer. This podcast seeks to interview doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. I want to bring thought leaders to my audience,...

ICP 86: Kevin Klatt, PhD., RD- Choline, TMAO, Nutritional Epidemiology and Moving the Goalposts

Welcome to Episode 86 of the The Ian Cramer Podcast.    If you're new to the podcast, it's full of people like my guest this week. Smart experts within nutritional science with different specialties and perspectives on how people...

ICP 85: Eric Adams- A health scare and its transformative role on personal and public health.

Hello 2020, and Welcome Everyone. This is the voice of Ian Cramer and this is the start of the 4th year of my podcast, where I seek to interview doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. The professionals that fill...

ICP 84: Lee Crosby, RD, LD- Risks and Benefits of a Ketogenic Diet

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Ian Cramer Podcast, where I seek out doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. Smart people who are either doing research, who have a very particular sub-specialty or who are treating patients directly...

ICP 83: Dr. Tom Dayspring, MD, FACP, FNLA The Standard Lipid Tests, Lipid Misconceptions and LDL Denialism

In episode 83, I'm speaking with Clinical Lipidologist Dr. Thomas Dayspring. Dr. Dayspring and I connected through Twitter where I was consuming his content for many months before I reached out to him to do this podcast. It amazed...

ICP 82: Toni Okamoto- Eating plant-based on a budget

In episode 82, I am speaking with Toni Okamoto, author of Plant-Based on a Budget. Toni and I speak about how she got involved in this movement, how being an athlete in high school got her introduced to eating...

ICP 81: Dr. Pauli Ohukainen Pt. 2- LDL Cholesterol management and Epidemiology in Nutrition Science

Hello and Welcome to another episode of The Ian Cramer Podcast. This podcast focuses on interviews and conversations with doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. This is Part 2 of 2 with Finnish post-doctoral researcher Dr. Pauli Ohukainen, PhD. If...

ICP 80: Dr. Pauli Ohukainen, PhD- Lipids and their impact on our health, Pt. 1

My guest is Dr. Pauli Ohukainen, PhD, a Finnish post-doctoral researcher. We speak about his start in biochemistry and then speak about blood lipids and how they affect human health. Paul gradually moved into the field of medical research....

ICP 79: Jay Oliveira- Following ones North Star and Living a life of meaning and passion

Jay Oliveira is a black belt in jiu jitsu and an educator on plant-based nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle. He is someone who truly embodies what it means to follow your dreams, live your passions and do what...

ICP 78: Dr. Dean Ornish, MD- Empowering people to use lifestyle to undo chronic diseases.

Dr. Dean Ornish is one of the most iconic and influential physicians in Lifestyle Medicine. Some say he even coined the term "Lifestyle Medicine". He is known for his research on diet and lifestyle factors affecting heart disease reversal,...

ICP 77: Dr. Neal Barnard, MD- Improving the health and wellbeing of humans and animals

Dr. Neal Barnard is one of the top 10 most influential lifestyle medicine physicians in the plant-based movement in the past 20 years. He founded the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine, and we speak about this in depth. Interestingly,...

ICP 76: Dr. Gil Carvalho, MD, PhD. The pillars of evidence that form our nutritional recommendations

Dr. Carvalho is a research scientist at USC. He has published peer-reviewed articles in the medical literature on topics ranging from nutrition to molecular biology, genetics and neuroscience". We discuss his research into Biogerontology and the science of what makes...

ICP 75: Abby Langer, RD- Timeless rules, limits and boundaries of nutrition science

  Abby Langer is a registered dietitian who is an outspoken proponent of science and evidence when it comes to nutrition science. Join us as we break down dietary myths, timeless rules of good nutrition and more.  

ICP 74: Dr. Soham Patel- Diet and Lifestyle on Thyroid function and Endocrinology

Dr. Soham Patel is a practicing endocrinologist in Tampa, Florida. In our discussion, we speak about how diet and lifestyle affect the thyroid and other endocrine organs within the body. Join us.  

ICP 73: Dr. Nicola Guess, PhD, RD- Diabetes Care using a Low Carbohydrate Approach

  https://www.statnews.com/2019/05/09/tribalism-objectivity-low-carb-high-fat-diets/

ICP 72: Dr. Carrie Diulus- Using Plant-Based Keto for Managing Type-1 Diabetes

On this episode, I am speaking with Orthopedic Spine surgeon Dr Carrie Diulus. She is a Type 1 diabetic and endurance athlete who has found a plant-based keto diet works best for the management of her diabetes. Join us...

ICP 71: Dr. Tro Kalayjian- Using multiple dietary approaches to combat hunger, obesity and disease

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Tro Kalayjian who is using many dietary strategies to help people regain their health and wellbeing. What makes him unique is he was 150 pounds overweight an struggling to find the right...

Bonus Content! Doug Schmidt: Survival of 2 Cardiac Events & subsequent plant-based advocacy.

Doug Schmidt, a teacher in Victor, NY, suffered 2 cardiac events and survived! He has now radically changed his diet and lifestyle and now educates others on his journey, what we can all do to prevent heart disease and live...

ICP 70: Dr. Amber Orman- Preventing Breast Cancer with Diet and Lifestyle Medicine

Dr. Amber Orman is a Radiation Oncologist specializing in integrating diet and Lifestyle Medicine in Breast Cancer prevention and treatment.   If you liked this conversation on cancer, you would also enjoy ICP 65 with Dr. William Li: https://www.plant-basedcyclist.com/icp-65-dr-william-li  Or...

ICP 69: Janet Ranganathan-Food Sustainability and Feeding 10 billion people by 2050

ICP 68: Chuck Carroll- Helping others regain their health after losing 200 pounds.

Chuck Carroll, the Weight Loss Champ, was addicted to Taco Bell frequently buying $20 of food every time, and devouring it in 1 sitting. He went through life trying to make others and himself feel comfortable in a 420...

ICP 67: Doug Schmidt and Rick Amundson Introducing 3200 Upstate NY School Teachers to Plant-based Nutrition

I had a great time speaking to Doug Schmidt and Rick Amundson about their leading roles in introducing 3200 upstate New York School teachers and support staff to a 10-day Plant-Based Challenge. As you'll hear, this has been a...

ICP 66: Dr. Jake Mey, PhD, RD- The role of Ketones, Carbohydrates and Pop-Tarts in the western diet

Special thank you to Liane Abe and Valarie Hummel who are the newest patrons of the Podcast.  In this weeks conversation, I sat down with Registered Dietician, PhD researcher and Twitter “Equal Opportunity Nutrition Critic” Jake Mey. I wanted...

ICP 65: Dr. Wiliam Li- Angiogenesis, preventing and reversing cancers and Eating to Beat disease.

Dr. William Li is a cancer researcher and is the Director and CEO of the Angiogenesis Foundation. He is also the author of the new book that I enjoyed very much called, Eat to Beat Disease. He argues that a common thread...

ICP 64: Dr. Meagan Grega- Professional discontent and bucking the medical paradigm

This episode of the podcast is brought to you in part by Ryan Lee, Travis Halverson and Nancy Manifold. They are the newest patrons of the podcast. And now, there’s 42 of you Ladies and Gentlemen who are as passionate as...

ICP 63: Dr. Stephan Guyenet- The Hungry Brain and the unconscious reasons we overeat

If you’re new to the podcast, I focus on speaking to medical doctors, PhD’s, registered dietitians…experts…on ways that we can make ourselves and our world healthier through lifestyle medicine. Through these conversations I want to give you the tools...

ICP 62: Dr. Evan Allen, MD- Lines of Evidence and Debates on Dietary Fats

Bringing you interviews, conversations and new perspectives with doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine, this is Episode 62 of The Ian Cramer Podcast. As you heard in the intro, this podcast is dedicated to having long-form conversations with professionals...

ICP 61: Who is Ian Cramer, The Podcast and Nutrition Advocacy

This is the first monologue I have published. My hope is that this will give you a better idea of who I am, what makes me tick and why I am making this podcast.   More specifically, I will cover: ...

ICP 60: Saul Bautista- The serendipity of fate to find Lifestyle Medicine

Hi, and welcome to my podcast where I engage doctors, scholars, PhD’s, registered dietitian and many other experts in their field on topics that gravitate around lifestyle medicine, the power we have to take control of our own health and...

ICP 59- Dr. Natalie Santiago- The Vegan Pediatrician on childhood nutrition.

Hello podcast listener, welcome to the Ian Cramer Podcast where I interview doctors and scholars of lifestyle medicine. What is Lifestyle Medicine? It's a way for you to prevent or reverse a chronic disease by changing your diet and...

ICP 58: Chef AJ- Nature or Nurture? Defying poor genetics with diet, lifestyle and environment.

Welcome to The Ian Cramer Podcast, and Happy 2019. The conversations on this podcast focus on doctors, scholars and experts within diet, lifestyle and plant-based nutrition.  In this conversations, I speak with Chef AJ, a rockstar within this movement...

ICP 57: Victoria Moran- A Vegan Trailblazer utilizing education and support

   I’m pleased to introduce Author, Podcaster, public speaker and seasoned vegan advocate Victoria Moran, in Episode 57. In our conversation we speak about: Her early Days and how she was introduced to vegetarianism and veganism. Evolution of Veganism...

ICP 56: Matt Ruscigno, RD- The intersection between Vegan advocacy and nutritional science

Thank you for listening to EP 56. Matt Ruscigno is a registered dietician who started from an animal welfare and rights standpoint in the vegan world. He decided that to more effectively convey this information, he wanted to make...

ICP 55: Dr. Scott Stoll- Athletic Nutrition, The Plantrician Project and a 'Legacy Mindset'

Please enjoy this episode with Dr. Scott Stoll, MD.  In this episode, the doctors and I talk about the following topics: Scott's upbringing and how being surrounded by a health-conscious family lead to him being interested in...

ICP 54: Doctor Roundtable- Kidney Disease, Status Quo and various diets for human health

This is a special episode. I hope you enjoy this roundtable discussion with 3 rockstar physicians in Rochester, NY. All three were featured in previous episodes of the podcast. If you click on the thumbnails below, you will be...

ICP 53: Dr. Jamie Kane- Cracking the code of Obesity

Dr. Jamie Kane didn’t really like the choices available for fellowships as he was graduating from his residency. None of them appealed to him. And because of that, he blazed his own trail, learned about the intricacies of Obesity...

ICP 52: Robby Barbaro and Dr. Cyrus Khambatta, PhD- Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Fruit

If you or someone you know if living with pre-diabetes, Full blown Type 2 diabetes or is a Type 1 diabetic, this is the episode for you. Robby and Cyrus are experts at treating and reversing pre-diabetes and Type...

ICP 51: Dr. Koushik Reddy- I have a carrot and a stent, you pick.

This episode is brought to you in part by the Patrons of this podcast. As of the publish of this episode in October 2018, there are 32 people who proudly support this podcast through per-episode donations. What do they...