Part 188 - Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng on Taking Control of Your Own Health
Brian sits with Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, an ICU Physician, and Head of the ICU Department, who also has a background in palliative care. Working on research into ways to make the healthcare system more sustainable, Dr. Kwadwo created the Resource Optimization Network and hosts the Solving Healthcare podcast. In his work Dr. Kwadwo noticed the relationship between metabolic syndrome or other underlying chronic conditions and covid outcomes. Following this, he took up a mission to empower patients with tools and knowledge to make healthy life choices that prevent and even reverse these diseases. GET THE MEAT http://NosetoTail.org FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE http://sapien.org SHOW NOTES: (07:43) Facing the pandemic, Dr. Kwadwo’s mission was to inform people about crucial factors that affect covid outcomes. (16:40) Many doctors are also struggling to balance their work with healthy living (19:35) How do doctors respond to the newer dietary recommendations as against the typical nutritional training? (17:34) The rigidity of doctors, whether due to ego or fear of being wrong, played out negatively in the pandemic. (24:57) Dr. Kwadwo has seen no case of a healthy patient ending up in the ICU due to covid-19. (35:53) The protein hack. (46:55) How can all these health strategies be passed across to the larger public? (54:00) How do families implement these changes? GET THE MEAT http://NosetoTail.org FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE http://sapien.org Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg