Episode 368: Dr. Ian Lake

Low Carb MD Podcast

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD Podcast. Dr. Ian Lake has worked as a doctor in the NHS for nearly four decades, most of this time as a general practitioner. After being diagnosed with LADA Type 1 Diabetes at age 36 and managing it conventionally for 20 years, he adopted the low carb diet and has been following it for the past 10 years. He is a founding member of the Public Health Collaboration in the U.K. and has conducted several important research projects investigating the connection between low carb diets and human health. He has also worked with Dr. Tro and others to produce the Type 1 Consensus Statement.

In this episode, Drs. Tro and Ian talk about…

• Statistics about people with Type 1 Diabetes
• Understanding Type 1, why a low carb diet is such an effective therapy for it, and why the conventional approach to treating Type 1 is not ideal
• The accessibility of Insulin pumps in the U.K. and the U.S.
• Dietary recommendations for Type 1 patients in the U.S. and the U.K.
• Why a high carb diet is not beneficial for Type 1 patients
• Injecting insulin while following a ketogenic diet
• Dr. Lake’s recent publication on the impacts of the Ketogenic diet on anxiety and depression in patients with Type 1 (linked below)

For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!

Links:

Dr. Ian Lake:

• X: https://twitter.com/idlake
• Type1Keto: https://type1keto.com
• Type 1 Consensus Statement: https://journalofmetabolichealth.org/index.php/jmh/article/view/100
• Case report: Ketogenic diet alleviated anxiety and depression associated with insulin-dependent diabetes management: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1404842/full

Dr. Brian Lenzkes:

• Website: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLenzkes?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Dr. Tro Kalayjian:

• Website: https://www.doctortro.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTro
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctortro/

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