Dr. Christopher Stadtherr is a board-certified physician in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine, with expertise in nutrition and metabolic health.  Following completion of medical school and residency at the University of Minnesota, he worked for 3 years in a full-spectrum family medicine clinic, including pediatrics, OB, and inpatient care before transitioning to full-time hospital medicine. 

Dr. Stadtherr has been committed to improving the management of diabetes in the hospital setting, with success in reducing glucose levels and insulin requirements for patients, often achieving dramatic results even during short hospital stays.  While working as a hospitalist, he served as principal investigator on an inpatient study of the nutritional management of diabetes in the hospital setting and continues to closely follow nutritional research. 

These efforts with nutrition and lifestyle modifications have renewed his enthusiasm for practicing medicine and continue to be rewarding by being able to help individuals reverse their diabetes, improve their metabolic health, and avoid the myriad complications that necessitate hospitalization.

He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and is a member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners.  He is a contributing author for the popular low carbohydrate nutrition website, DietDoctor.com.

Outside of medicine, he enjoys spending time with his wife and 2 daughters.  Some of his many interests include: music, strength training, traveling, outdoors, backpacking, water skiing, juggling, home improvement, and raising backyard chickens.  With concerns about the environment and animal welfare on the rise, many people are reconsidering their food choices. But which is better for the planet - a carnivorous or vegetarian diet? In this article, we explore the impact of both diets on the environment, including greenhouse gas emissions, land use, and water consumption. Discover the pros and cons of each approach, and learn how you can make a more sustainable food choice. Looking for tasty and satisfying carnivore diet recipes? From meatballs to burgers to roasted chicken, this collection of 20 recipes has you covered. Each dish is packed with protein and healthy fats, and is easy to prepare at home.

2:50 Visceral fat

3:10 his old version of what a doctor was

3:50 his transition to hospital medicine

5:05 we’re not moving the needle on peoples health

5:30 His road to Damascus moment

7:35 Dr. Westman, Finney and Volek

8:50 how do I help my patients once they go home and back to their regular doctors

12:25 insurance based model of healthcare. The average patient physician face to face time is 10.3 minutes

15:25 it seems all the big killers are directly related to blood sugar and inflammation colon cancer, heart disease, dementia, diabetes

16:02 insulin resistance

16:50 high insulin turns off fat burning

18:30 all of these diseases are associated with high levels of insulin

18:55 why visceral fat is more dangerous than subcutaneous fat

21:05 why can an 800 pound person not have any heart disease

22:35 how much fat can you store before you begin to develop diabetes

23:30 fat in the liver drives insulin resistance

24:00 some physicians equate liver health with overall metabolic health

25:05 are you a hard-core carnivore with no fruit or veggies or are you a middle of the road Mediterranean guy?

29:10 my challenges including carbohydrate cravings at night and not wanting to lose any weight or energy

37:10 why he hates the term “keto”

39:25 does the body become catabolic when it is adapting from a sugar burner to a fat burner?

41:00 the more muscle you have the more you increase your odds of walking out of that hospital alive

44:15 how could fruit and vegetables possibly be bad for you!

47:50 How can there be so many prestigious MDs who say run away from red meat and how can there be so many prestigious MDs who say run toward red meat? How could it be so opposite and such heavy research confirming each side?

55:15 good testing versus bad testing, good science versus junk science

58:45 low-fat high plant-based versus high-fat low plant…

1:01:10 the famous zinc oyster study

1:02:10 anti-nutrients. You can sabotage your nutrition depending on how you combine your foods

1:06:10 Missing fiber? missing phyto nutrients? Missing vitamins?

1:07:10 any risks of colon cancer with the carnivore meat protocol

1:09:09 smoking increases polyps, Alcohol increases polyps, Obesity increases polyps, insulin resistance increases polyps, visceral fat increases polyps. Why are we not addressing the insulin resistance that affects 93% of the country

1:10:25 how long does it take to transition over to being a fat burner?

1:1540 how much weight did he lose on his strict carnivore protocol and how much of that was lean body mass versus fat

1:19:30 what about the micro biome? Don’t you want good guys?

1:21:00 Going from a high carb diet to a carnivore diet does not decrease the biodiversity of the micro biome same species will be there just in different concentrations

1:27:03 blue zones seem to have the best results for true health and longevity. Are there any blue zones that are carnivore?

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