Healthy Running & Reversing Diabetes with Dr. Mark Cucuzzella – Episode 1176

 : Episode 1176 – Reserve Lt. Colonel, Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, M.D., joins Vinnie this Friday and the two talk natural, healthy running, Dr. Cucuzella’s true passion, reversing diabetes with a low carb diet, and more.

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DR. MARK CUCUZZELLA

• He is a doctor and a runner
  • Doesn’t run with shoes sometimes
  • In Boston, he does run with shoes
  • In WV, he often doesn’t wear shoes
• Educated at UVA (like Tallulah), now works in West Virginia
• Now a professor at WVU
• He is also an Air Force Reserve Lt. Colonel

REVERSING DIABETES WITH A LOW CARB DIET

• A lot of the people in the South, including West Virginia, are obese with diabetes
• His true passion is trying to reverse diabetes
  • Developed pre-diabetes while running marathons – was eating low fat, etc.
    • Realized there was something he wasn’t taught in med school
      • Learned about different particles, different numbers
      • Found LCHF and got much better
    • Ate like crap before learning about the issues of carbs and the benefits with fat
• When he anecdotally asked on military bases who lost lots of weight and kept it off, it was people who ate low carb who found success
• Struggled with the ADA who still wanted people to eat LOTS of carbs
  • Against ADA guidelines to prescribe low carb
    • Easier for independent doctors, like Dr. Mark
    • They’re backing out of the room slowly, but not fast enough because people are still dying from their guidelines

HEALTHY RUNNING

• Dr. Mark teaches people how to run without hurting themselves in a way that makes them feel better / be healthier
  • Check out his great book, Run For Your Life here
• Also teaches Healthy Running courses
• If you’re a runner and need to talk to a doctor, you can do that online with Dr. Cucuzzella!