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Hello and welcome to Optimal - The Podcast I’m your host Dr. Dicken Weatherby. This podcast and my website all focus on one goal the quest for optimal health. Our goal is to provide content that upends the expectations of health – challenging people who are satisfied with normal and motivating them to desire what’s optimal.
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Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Join Dr. Dicken Weatherby and Dr. Brad Rachman as they discuss Dr. Rachman's practice and clinical insights on blood sugar dysregulation. He discusses his use of the HOMA2 calculator and his assessment matrix to identify 5 dysfunctions of blood sugar regulation and why he could not assess these without HOMA2.
Dr. Brad Rachman is an experienced health professional currently serving as Medical Director of the Rachman Clinic in Black Mountain, North Carolina. He also teaches restorative yoga therapy at Black Mountain Yoga and has dedicated most of his professional career to treating chronic debilitating illnesses.
Tune into this episode as Dr. Rachman walks us through the process of taking someone through the diagnostic journey, explains why we're seeing such a big epidemic in blood sugar dysregulation, what our fasting glucose is really telling us, as well as how he uses the invaluable HOMA2 calculator values and other blood biomarkers to pinpoint exactly where his patients are on the diabetes journey.
Episode Highlights:
(00:00) A brief intro on what Dr. Brad Rachman's work
(00:01:23) Dr. Rachman's process for taking someone through the diagnostics journey
(00:08:10) The epidemic of blood sugar dysregulation
(00:12:09) Biomarkers of Blood Sugar Dysregulation and the HOMA2 Calculator
(00:16:34) Nuts and bolts basics of glucose metabolism
(00:20:00) Elevated glucose as a sign that regulation is off, and the effects of this
(00:21:38) HOMA2 ranges
(00:26:38) Dr. Rachman's Blood Sugar Regulation Assessment Matrix: Early Insulin Resistance
(00:29:06) Why Dr. Rachman never uses fasting insulin to calculate HOMA2
(00:32:08) Dr. Rachman's Blood Sugar Regulation Assessment Matrix: Late Insulin Resistance
(00:33:06) Dr. Rachman's Blood Sugar Regulation Assessment Matrix: Type 2 Diabetes
(00:34:35) Dr. Rachman's Blood Sugar Regulation Assessment Matrix: Reactive Hypoglycemia
(00:41:14) Dr. Rachman's Blood Sugar Regulation Assessment Matrix: Type 3C Diabetes
(00:44:10) Dr. Raschman discusses his insights on what to do when presented with patients on this matrix
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Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Vitamin B12 or cobalamin is an essential micronutrient required for proper red blood cell production, DNA formation, nerve function, and metabolism
Insufficiency of this vitamin can have wide-reaching neurological and hematological consequences for your body. Our bodies cannot produce B12; thus, we get it mainly from animal-based food and other vegetarian options. To maintain optimal health and quality of life, you need to follow the recommended daily intake of Vitamin B12.
A clear understanding of B12 and B12 deficiency can help you attain optimal health.
Join Dr. Dicken Weatherby and Beth Ellen DiLuglio as they share their in-depth review about what vitamin B12 is and why it's crucial for our body. We have researched the biomarkers to assess B12 deficiency, as well as how we can use some of this blood chemistry and signs and symptoms to assess for deficiency! We talk about choosing the right type of B12 and the dosage of food sources.
Are your patients B12 deficient? Find out by listening to this episode!
Episode Highlights:
- (01:53) The biochemistry of vitamin B12
- (04:21) Vitamin B12's physiology in the body
- (10:53) The dysfunctions and diseases associated with vitamin B12 deficiency
- (12:05) How can one become vitamin B12 deficient
- (12:18) Do Vegetarians have B12 deficiency
- (19:55) Signs and symptoms to assess a deficiency
- (37:35) The role of B12 deficiency with oxidative stress
- (39:20) Talks about her research and findings on the neuropsychological consequences of B12
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Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Insulin is a very important hormone in the body. When the cells in your body ignore the signal to transport glucose, the body's main source of fuel, from the bloodstream into muscle and other tissues, you're experiencing insulin resistance, the driving factor that leads to type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and prediabetes.
The great news is that you can actually reverse the effects of insulin resistance!
Join Dr. Dicken Weatherby and Beth Ellen DiLugio as they explain what insulin resistance is and why it is a concern. They'll also dive deep into the biology and physiology of insulin, the signs and symptoms of insulin resistance, and the individual biomarkers. They will also provide the steps you'll need to reverse its effects!
Diabetes and insulin resistance are completely preventable! Make sure you tune into today's episode to find out how!
Episode Highlights:
- The biochemistry and physiology of insulin
- The causative factors that can get down the road to diabetes and insulin resistance
- What is insulin resistance? Why is it a concern?
- What happens when there is too much insulin in your body?
- The individual biomarkers for assessing insulin resistance
- The relationship between fasting insulin and insulin resistance
- What is alpha hydroxybutyrate?
- HOMA2 and QUICKI
- What can you do to reverse the effects of insulin resistance
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Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Cholesterol is a type of fat found in our blood. It is the basic building block of human biochemistry and physiology.
Our body needs cholesterol to digest our food and produce hormones, and vitamin D. Cholesterol is something we can't live without, but too much of it is also bad.
Join Dr. Dicken Weatherby and Beth Ellen DiLuglio as they talk about the basics of cholesterol, what you probably didn't know about it, and why everyone has a strong opinion about it.
Find out what cholesterol does in your body as they discuss cholesterol biomarkers and look at ranges, clinical implications, research, and everything associated with it!
Episode Highlights:
(02:22)What is cholesterol?
(03:46) What does cholesterol do to the body?
(05:37) The good and bad cholesterol
(06:43) Oxidized cholesterol
(08:36) How allopathic medicine shuts down cholesterol and its downside on human physiology
(15:10) Maintaining total cholesterol, LDL and HDL
(16:05) Cardiovascular risk
(17:50) What happens when a patient is low in certain steroid hormones?
(19:28) The main types of cholesterol
(26:47) What does it mean when a person has an extremely high level of HDL?
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Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Welcome to episode 1 of "Optimal - The Podcast." In today's episode, we cover Oxidative Stress and some new and interesting biomarkers that have been added to the ODX Software application.
Episode Highlights:
Introduction (00:00:00)
Personal COVID-19 Update (00:02:59)
Oxidative Stress - Intro (00:07:17)
Glutathione, Oxidative Stress, and COVID-19 (00:17:07)
Oxidative Stress - Biomarkers (00:30:43)
ODX Biomarkers - Adiponectin (00:52:32)
ODX Biomarkers - Active B12 (01:00:11)
ODX Biomarkers - Selenium (01:05:32)
ODX Biomarkers - Free T3:Free T4 Ratio (01:09:50)
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