The Lab Report Podcast: Diabesity, Ketogenic Diet, and Dr. Filomena Trindade
Dr. Filomena Trindade, MD, MPH, is a speaker, author, teacher, and well-renowned international expert in Functional Medicine. She is a proponent of a holistic approach to the treatment of diseases by way of nutrition, exercise, and correct supplementation as well as lifestyle modification. Filomena specializes in the subject of diabesity, a form of diabetes associated with being obese. She also advocates for the ketogenic diet as a means of reducing the risks of diabetes in her patients.
Today, Filomena shares why she focused on diabesity and how ketosis can help with treatment. She explains how obesity and diabetes are linked and why anyone can be prediabetic regardless of body weight. She discusses how she learned about the ketogenic diet and her personal experience. Filomena also describes why some patients can’t get into ketosis and what practitioners should try as an alternative in case this happens.
“A well-educated patient is not only a compliant patient but also a successful patient.” - Dr. Filomena Trindade