Hormones are some of the most confusing aspects of human physiology. Due to their complexity a lot of psuedoscience and misinformation surrounds them giving rise to pervasive false ideas about what hormones are and what they do. Well, luckily medicine has an entire field dedicated to hormones in endocrinology! However, Dr. Karl Nadolsky is not only an endocrinologist but also holds board certification in internal medicine and obesity medicine on top of being a board certified endocrinologist. Furthermore, he is a doctor that definitely lifts and a huge proponent of resistance training and fitness in general as a part of a health lifestyle.
In this episode, we discuss Dr. Nadolsky’s background in athletics, the field of endocrinology as a whole, obesity, diabetes, and “hormonal dysfunction.” There was a lot to go over in this episode including the foundations of obesity and diabetes as well as dispelling many of the common myths out there regarding hormones. We hope you enjoy this episode!
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Question 1: How did you get into medicine and when did you start Docswholift.com?
Question 2: What is endocrinology and what do you do on a day-to-day basis?
Question 3: What does preventive medicine mean to you?
Question 4: Despite so many Americans being obese, we still don’t seem to have a good grasp of obesity. What is obesity?
Question 5: How do we prevent obesity and what can we do to combat it from the individual and institutional perspective?
Question 6: What is type 2 diabetes, how does it develop, and what are ways that we can prevent it?
Question 7: Is type 2 diabetes a reversible disease? How do we go about doing it?
Question 8: The thyroid is often blamed for weight related issues, when can the thyroid actually be blamed and how do you know if you need to get it checked out?
Question 9: Many people claim that various diets and other interventions improve their hormonal profile. Is there any validity to the effects of diets or other materials on hormones?
Question 10: If you’re in a coffee shop and someone asks you, “How do I get healthy,” what do you tell them in 2 minutes?
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