Meat is Medicine

AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by family practice physician Dr. John Madany. Madany worked on ranches and assisted with beef production research while in college and considered veterinary school but ultimately decided to become a physician. He describes his journey of prescribing medication to patients with diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol before realizing his prescribing practices may have increased patient risk for these diseases and aggravated metabolic syndrome. He now approaches these disease with dietary therapy, primarily utilizing a low carbohydrate diet that is based on animal-sourced proteins to ensure a high-fat/high-protein low-carbohydrate diet. Madany discusses the results he has seen using this approach which include decreasing or eliminating the need for medication, improved neurologic and mental health, decreasing joint and muscle pain, and overall improvements in satisfaction from patients. Madany discusses the importance of measuring a fasting insulin level and monitoring insulin level to see a response to dietary interventions. He discusses that hyperinsulinemia has deleterious effects on the body including high blood pressure, inflammation, insulin resistance and tachycardia.

 Dr. Madany states that he would not be able to practice without meat and that animal products are his medicine. Cattle veterinarians can advocate for the health benefits of an animal based diet to promote the products our clients produce.

 Interested in more information about low carbohydrate diets or the carnivore diet? Two books discussed in the podcast are listed below for further information:

 Good Calories, Bad Calories – Gary Taubes

 The Carnivore Diet – Shawn Baker