Dr. Ban Health Podcast

Topics:

1. Why can't we lose belly fat when we get into our 40's? It's the stress hormone (cortisol) and more.

2. An example of a mid 40 woman who overcame this issue, and regained her youth body and lost the premenstrual weight

3. 5 Tips on how to overcome this problem.

Topics

1. 7 examples of patients on medications that resulted in adverse effects.

2. Recent Study on JAMA Internal Medicine shows that intensive blood pressure treatment in elderly patients linked to cognitive decline. 

3. 4 recommendations to help decrease unnecessary medication use in people.  

Topics:

1. Unrealistic expectation: people think by exercising, they will lose weight. Yet, most people will not lose weight especially fat with their exercise regiment. 

2. You will lose weight specifically fat if you train like an elite athlete. I give you an example of Ashley "Whiplash" Thiner. Whiplash is the reigning World's Gold Medalist in Muay Thai for the United States, and a professional Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter. I described her workout routines daily and when she is in a fight camp. 

3. How much you would have to exercise to lose 1 pound of fat as an elite athlete versus an overweight/obese aging individual? The science behind why people are not successful in losing weight when they exercise. Does the type of exercise make a difference? 

4. Recommendations: 1. resistance training with lighter weights and more repetitions, 2. incorporate Essential Amino Acids with my training, 3. reduce stress. Insulin resistance is the hallmark to stress response. 

Topics:

1. A success story of a diabetic patient who reverse his medical conditions and more in 2 months using one of these diets.

2. A Cell Metabolism study that shows insulin response can vary quite a bit in some individuals to macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein, fats). This could affect some individuals success rate when it come to the type of diet they choose. 

3. Who would benefit most from carnivore versus keto/low carb versus Plant-based/vegetarian diets. I will provide pros and cons. 

4. Summary: tips on how to decrease insulin level, increase nutrients, and eliminate environmental toxins. 

Topics:

1. History of Vitamin D discovery, level of toxicity, and conversion from mg to International Units (IU).

2. New Guideline by Endocrine Society for Vitamin D

3. The Important Functions of Vitamin D in regulating, Skeletal System, Cardiovascular System, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Prediabetes, Diabetes, Immune System, Cancer, and Brain System.

4. Summary and Prediction of Vitamin D use in the future. 

Topics:

1. Case example of a menopausal woman and use of Bio-Identical Hormones and Semaglutide.

2. Why hormone replacement therapy with Bio-Identical Hormones are so important for women as they age?

3. A study of hormone replacement therapy and Semaglutide in helping weight loss and cardiometabolic issues (diabetes, blood pressure, nonalcoholic liver disease)

4. Case example when combining the 5 Pillars of Health (Nutrition, Physical activity, stress reduction, Gut health/micronutrients, Bio-identical hormones, and Brain Health) with Semaglutide or Tirzepatide, and the dramatic difference the person looks and feels.   

Topics:

1. The History Behind the "Lipid Hypothesis" that start in Russian in the early 20th Century that lead to the discovery of HDL (good cholesterol) and LDL (bad cholesterol) and eventually statin medication.

2. The Diet-Heart Hypothesis and the "6 and 7 Countries Studies" that lead to the 1980  "Guidelines for Americans", which lowers fat intake and increase carbohydrate intake. Since that time, we see a tremendous rise in obesity, nonalcoholic fatty liver, and type 2 diabetes. 

3. My One Year Journey on the Carnivore Diet, and a careful look at my lipid profile, other labs from before, during and current time on a high animal fat and protein diet. 

Topics:

1. A New JAMA Prospective cohort study said there is no association between multivitamin supplementation and decrease mortality in adults. Multivitamin is linked to higher mortality risk (4%).

2. Demographics of who uses supplements

3. History when and why multivitamins were used by US adults since early 1940's.

4. Approaches to Supplementation use. This systematic approach targets people's need more than the shotgun approach of taking a multivitamin once a day for everyone. 

Topics:

1. The normal menstrual cycle that women know since their teenage years. What happen when that menstrual cycle changes as they age?

2. The change in menstrual cycle and the interaction among different hormones. Estrogen dominance, high/low cortisol, low androgen, low thyroid functions, etc.

3. Why do most weight gained occurred at this change in the menstrual cycle?

4.  What is the approach to "NORMALIZE" the changes in women's body?

Topics:

1. An article was talking about lean muscle mass loss with Ozempic/Wegovy (semaglutide) or Mounjaro/Zepbound (Tirzepatide) even though you lose about 30-50% body weight. Using Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) to maintain muscle mass by combining with these medications like Ozempic to help to lose fat mass and maintain lean muscle mass. They are already studying the effects of these drugs combination. Now, it's a race to get out the first medication.

2. Stepwise approaches to help lose fat mass and maintain muscle mass.

www.Bushidoways.com for Essential Amino Acids and Lion's mane (Strength and Performance). 
www.ABLmed.com for really good magnesium (Activated Magnesium) and other supplements.

3. Examples of 3 patients and approaches in helping them.