Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors that can increase your risk of heart disease. Find out more about what these factors are and how you can prevent and manage this common yet potentially dangerous condition.

Presented by: Tyler D. Webster, MD, Cardiologist
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Sarah Hallberg is the Medical Director at Virta Health and a physician who has spent nearly two decades treating patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes. In the first half of this episode, Sarah discusses how she became a huge believer in the efficacy of carbohydrate restriction for the treatment of type 2 diabetes through her research and clinical experience. Sarah challenges the common beliefs about the role of dietary fat and carbohydrate on the plasma makeup of fatty acids and triglycerides. She also expresses the importance of understanding early predictors of metabolic illness—highlighting one particular fatty acid as the most important early predictor—before finishing with a discussion about how doctors might be able to personalize patients’ metabolic management in the future. In the second half of this episode, Sarah tells the personal story of her own lung cancer diagnosis. She talks about dealing with her grief, deciding to continue her work while prioritizing her family, and how she devised a plan to extend her survival as long as possible.

We discuss:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:10 – How Sarah discovered the profound impact of carbohydrate restriction for reversing obesity and type 2 diabetes
00:13:30 – Prediabetes and metabolic syndrome: prevalence, early signs, and the importance of treating early
00:27:45 – Overview of fatty acids, how they are metabolized, and understanding what you see in a standard blood panel
00:33:45 – The relationship between diet composition and metabolic markers
00:47:50 – Why palmitoleic acid is such an important biomarker
1:00:30 – The best early indicators of metabolic disease
1:07:45 – Personalized management of metabolic illness
1:16:50 – Sarah’s cancer diagnosis and the beginning of her journey
1:30:00 – The emotional impact of a devastating diagnosis
1:40:30 – Sarah’s plan to extend survival
1:52:15 – Sarah’s aggressive treatment plan
2:05:00 – Life-threatening complications and the return of her cancer
2:18:26 – Sarah’s reflections on her approach to life with chronic cancer and balancing her time

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Pediatric endocrinologists, doctors who care for children with diabetes, at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock have seen a recent increase in children with more severe cases of Type 1 diabetes. Symptoms may include feeling very thirsty, fatigue, blurry vision, having to pee frequently and/or bed-wetting, feeling very hungry or losing weight (even though your child is eating), yeast infections, diaper rash and/or thrush. Left untreated, children may experience more severe symptoms such as fruity smelling breath, heavy, taxed breathing, vomiting, and confusion. These symptoms can occur quickly and can be dangerous. See your child’s pediatrician if you notice any of these signs or symptoms to ensure your child gets the care they need.

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On The Doctors, our Chief Medical Officer Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall teams up with Chef LaLa, professional chef and nutritionist, to show that you can eat right AND eat well with diabetes.

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Diabetic Retinopathy is the is the #1 cause of blindness in working-age adults across the U.S. And a simple eye exam may be the …

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Dr. Darien Sutton discusses the new stem cell treatment and pharmaceutical trial that allows Brian Shelton’s body to control its own insulin and blood sugar levels.

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Insulin shots and organ transplants for Type I Diabetes and Type II Diabetes could become a thing of the past with Seraxis, and patients dependent on glucose may go free.

To learn more about the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF), visit www.mscrf.org
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The two types of diabetes, Type I Diabetes & Type II Diabetes, affect 1 in every 10 Americans. Type I remains the leading cause of a host of issues, including blindness, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, liver failure, and limb amputation, and it can remove up to 10 years from someone’s life expectancy.

While a pancreas transplant is curative for this devastating disease, there is no mass therapy or cure, and there aren’t enough transplants for everyone.

However, as Seraxis founder Dr. William Rust explains in this video, the entire organ doesn’t need to be transplanted to have the same curative impact. Scientists have discovered that only the small clusters of Pancreas “islet” cells, responsible for secreting insulin, need to be transplanted to provide a cure.

Dr. Rust knows “the race is on to develop a supply of islets that does not come from organ donation so that all of the patients who need this therapy can have it.” Seraxis developed a cell therapy made up of lab-grown islets cells that are functional, curative, and don’t require immune suppression.

Seraxis’s research is leading the charge, and because of funding from the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, its preliminary findings showed exciting promise and it’s on the verge of launching its first clinical trial to show its efficacy in humans. If all goes successfully, they believe they’ll be able to commercialize this cellular therapy for patients in need in the next 5 years.

“We hope to demonstrate that patients, who previously needed injections 5 times a day, can walk out of the clinic completely independent of insulin,” shares Dr. Rust.

Despite the dire need of developing a cure for diabetes that is independent of an organ transplant, Dr. Rust explains “there is very little support for doing this type of work,” with the exception of the support he received from the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund. For details about the Fund’s support of Seraxis, visit: https://www.mscrf.org/portfolio-companies/seraxis-inc

The Fund has been true to its mission of accelerating cures by supporting the market leader in cell therapy development for Diabetes. To learn more about the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, visit: www.mscrf.org

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Contrary to popular belief and widespread misconceptions, there is no harm in including some fruits in your meal plan if you are a diabetes patient. According to experts, diabetics should consider the glycemic index and glycemic load of fruits, which affect the blood sugar level. Some fruits like pears, oranges and cherries, among others, can help regulate blood sugar level.

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Professor Eran Segal of the Weizmann Institute speaks with Eric Topol, M.D. founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute about how the gut microbiome intermediates metabolic diseases such as prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
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Type 2 diabetes has become a pandemic and is showing no signs of slowing down. Today, the estimated worldwide prevalence of type 1 and 2 diabetes is close to 300 million. This number is predicted to rise to 439 million by 2030, with type 2 diabetes accounting for about 90% of these cases. Individuals with type 2 diabetes are often told by their doctors that their disease can be effectively managed with healthy eating, regular exercise and blood sugar monitoring. These students have created a series of three videos that simplify the complex disease process of type 2 diabetes in the hopes that better understanding will motivate patients to better manage their disease.

This video illustrates what can go wrong when blood sugar levels are too high.

Learning objectives:

– Understand the disease mechanisms underlying type 2 diabetes
– Understand the link between obesity and insulin resistance
– Understand the negative impacts of high blood glucose
– Learn why it is so important to effectively manage Type 2 diabetes

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It can be important to recognise the difference between low and high blood sugar symptoms. Being able to spot when you’re high or low and sugar can help you to manage your diabetes.

Where possible, it’s best to check with your blood glucose meter, whether you are high or low, before taking any remedial action.

The symptoms of high blood sugar can include:

– Increased thirst
– Dry mouth
– Increased hunger
– Frequent need to urinate
– Feeling lethargic
– Blurred vision

If blood sugar is regularly high you may get recurrent episodes of thrush.

High and low blood sugar symptoms: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/high-low-blood-sugar-symptoms.html

Diabetes symptoms: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-symptoms.html
Diabetes signs: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/The-big-three-diabetes-signs-and-symptoms.html
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We ask a group of random people about whether they know the symptoms of low blood glucose, hypoglycemia; and whether they know the symptoms of hypoglycemia can be confused with being drunk.

Hypoglycemia: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/Diabetes-and-Hypoglycaemia.html
Treating a hypo: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/how-to/treat-a-hypo.html

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This is the third video of our diabetes series, “Taking charge of our child’s diabetes.” In this video, you will learn how to monitor your child’s blood glucose. The video answers the following questions: How do you keep track of your child’s blood sugar? What is too high or too low blood glucose? Why is it so important to check your child’s blood sugar at bedtime? What is a Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)? This video also demonstrates how to check your child’s blood sugar using a glucometer and provides tips on snacks, and how to keep a blood sugar log.

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