The Path from LifestyleRx

By LifestyleRx

A podcast all about Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Health. Join Dr. Brendan Byrne as we explore the latest research, information and news.... more

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Number 1: Metabolic Health: The 8-to-1 Exercise Rule | Gordo Byrn
About the Episode As part of our late summer break, we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations from The Path archive. Gordo Byrn went from out of shape in his twenties to winning the Ultraman World Championship, and along the way he learned that the same habits that build elite athletes can help anyone turn their health around, even with a family history stacked against them. In this episode, Gordo breaks down the framework he uses with everyday people: how to build an exercise habit that actually sticks, why easy pace often feels the hardest part of training, and the simple blood pressure trick that helped his own dad lose sixty pounds for good. About the Guest Gordo Byrn is a former investment banker who became a professional triathlete later in life with no endurance sports background to start. He podiumed at Ironman New Zealand and Ironman Canada and went on to become Ultraman World Champion, and today he works as a coach and writer on training and performance. Despite a strong family history of metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, and prediabetes among the men in his family, Gordo has been the one exception, and that contrast shapes how he coaches people at every fitness level. About The Path Podcast The Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them. Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/ Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.ca Episode 117 | The Path Podcast
September 17, 20261h 1min
Number 2: Inside LifestyleRx: The Doctor Behind the 4+2 Program | LifestyleRx
About the Episode This one's a bit different from our usual format: instead of Dan and Brendan digging into a topic together, University of Western Ontario alumna Dr. Charlotte Alabaster turns the lens on LifestyleRx itself, sitting down with our own Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brendan Byrne. He walks through how the 4+2 program actually works, from insulin resistance and exercise timing to why osteoarthritis doesn't mean you have to stop moving. It's a rare look at the program from the inside, straight from the doctor who built it. About the Speakers Dr. Charlotte Alabaster is an alumna of the Sport and Exercise Medicine Program at the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Brendan Byrne is the Chief Medical Officer of LifestyleRx, a family physician who moved into lifestyle medicine after opening a practice in White Rock, BC in 2017, and who has since helped scale the program across British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario. About The Path Podcast The Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them. Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/ Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.ca Episode 115 | The Path Podcast
September 03, 202654min
Number 3: She Stopped Chasing the Scale and Kept Improving | Kristen Watson
About the Episode Kristen Watson spent years feeling exhausted and in pain before one experience made her stop and take a hard look at her health. In this episode she talks about the lab result that changed everything, why she leaned on food, fasting, and exercise instead of any single fix, and how she learned to measure progress by more than the number on the scale. It's a real look at what it takes to keep going through plateaus without giving up. About the Guest Kristen Watson is a single mom and accountant who joined the LifestyleRx program after years of chronic fatigue and joint pain. She used her comfort with numbers to track her own results, including a dramatic drop in her inflammatory markers, and turned that insight into lasting habits around food, fasting, and movement. Her journey started with one experience, but it became a story about choosing better, not perfect, every day. About The Path Podcast The Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them. Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/ Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.ca Episode 114 | The Path Podcast
August 27, 202642min
Number 4: Type 2 Diabetes Q&A: Patient Questions Answered | LifestyleRx
About the Episode In this Q&A episode of The Path, Dr. Brendan Byrne answers real questions from LifestyleRx patients on some of the trickiest parts of the program: eating enough protein with reduced kidney function, understanding confusing bloodwork, deciding if liver supplements are worth the money, and knowing when GLP-1 medications make sense for a stubborn weight loss plateau. You'll also hear why better sleep and better eating feed off each other, and how to work through an after-dinner sugar craving without feeling like you're failing. About The Path Podcast The Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them. Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/ Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.ca Episode 113 | The Path Podcast
August 20, 202643min
Number 5: Diabetes Nurse Turned Patient | Lisa Maks
About the Episode In today's episode, Dr. Brendan Byrne is interviewing Lisa Maks, a Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist at Providence Health Care with 38 years in nursing, 22 of them in diabetes care. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and serves on the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines committee. She is also a LifestyleRx patient, which gives her a rare view from both sides of the clinic. About the Guest Lisa Maks is a Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist at Providence Health Care with 38 years in nursing, 22 of them in diabetes care. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and serves on the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines committee. She is also a LifestyleRx patient, which gives her a rare view from both sides of the clinic. About The Path Podcast The Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them. Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/ Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.ca Episode 112 | The Path Podcast Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:03 Welcome & Lisa's background 3:12 Obesity and weight cycling 5:12 How she discovered LifestyleRx 7:01 – First impressions of the program 10:52 – Consistency over intensity 14:49 – How physiology shapes behavior 15:59 – All-or-nothing mindset and food noise 18:19 – Outcome-based vs. process-based goals 20:08 – Measuring success beyond the scale 23:59 – Listening to your physiology 26:06 – The Amundsen vs. Scott metaphor 28:17 – Deciding to start a GLP-1 32:06 – How GLP-1 quieted food noise 34:26 – Obesity as a dysregulated system 36:26 – Facing the "cheating" stigma 37:53 – Willpower and hedonistic behavior 41:03 – Our evolutionary food mismatch 44:49 – LifestyleRx's prevention mission 46:22 – Food quality and social determinants 50:07 – Dopamine and engineered foods 50:55 – "Lifestyle first" vs. "lifestyle next" 51:03 – Weight management as an ongoing practice 54:19 – Closing thoughts 54:45 - Outro
August 13, 202657min