Summary: Welcome back to another episode of Enduring Health with your host Dr. Shan Hussain. In this week's episode Shan interviews TV doctor and founder of Carb Dodging, Dr. Dan Maggs. They talk through the journey of how Dan made small changes in his life and diet to drastically improve his health and wellbeing. The conversation takes them from Dan’s background to how he came to found Carb Dodging. Learn how you can help to improve your health and wellbeing with some simple lifestyle changes. Key Takeaways “Something changed when I went skiing. I saw a man spooning butter into his coffee.” Dan was always taught at medical school how saturated fats were really bad for us and spoke to this gentleman about his diet, but ended up learning about how weight loss is less about calories, and more about insulin. “Having A Low Carb-High Fat Diet really helped me.” After 6 weeks of this diet, Dan felt more energised and because it felt different to the other diets, he continued with it. He lost an incredible 23 kg in six months, and a total of 30kg to date. “Are doctors taught effectively about nutrition? There were certainly lectures around malnutrition but never to the same degree about good nutrition.” Dan highlights that doctors need to spend more time in prevention and less on firefighting illness. Nutrition is a great place to start. “We need a global change to dietary approaches.” There are serious forces against good nutrition in the case of big business and pharmacy who have billion dollar advertising budgets. But there seems to be a change in mindset and a creation of a movement at the moment. There are improvements that can be made, and with better diets we can stop certain medications including statins. Some people just need more help and education. Dan highlights how this can be difficult within his day to day job. So he started writing an internet course, and feels the internet will be a massive disrupter in this area through sharing of information. Dan is working with a recipe creator in developing nutritious meals that are all low in carbohydrates. Best Moments: ‘50% of what you learn in medical school changes by the time your graduate.’ ‘I tried every almost diet going.’ ‘Weight loss is less about calories and more about hormones.’ ‘Don’t fear the fat.’ ‘The National Health Service is more like a national illness service.’ ‘I wish that we as doctors could be having that nutrition conversation with patients.’ ‘Always keep things as simple as possible.’ ‘Higher cholesterol in older patients may be positive according to some research.’ ‘We have to rediscover our cooking skills again.’ ‘We are in absolute control of what goes into the pan if we home cook.’ About the Host: Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work. Contact Method Connect with Dr Shan Hussain through his website at http://www.thehealthstudio.net. If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth About The Guest In this episode, I speak with Dr. Dan Maggs, general practitioner, television doctor and founder of Carb Dodging, helping people live longer, leaner, healthier lives. Dan struggled with his weight throughout his life and by the time he qualified as a GP in his early 30s, he was officially obese. Despite feeling embarrassed about this (“after all, who wants to take advice from an fat doctor!”) he had tried all the standard advice on weight loss without any lasting effect. A chance encounter in 2016 led Dan to look at weight loss in an entirely different way. Within 6 months he’d normalised his weight and changed his view of medicine as a whole. He now hopes to help others have the same life-changing transformation by sharing his knowledge via his YouTube channel and his website www.carbdodging.com. Dan describes his experience through medical school, explaining how the half-life of our medical knowledge is rapidly falling in light of so many advances in science and medicine. He talks about a simple approach that he took after learning more about insulin, carbohydrates and essential fatty acids that enabled him to release 26lbs (12kg) of excess weight in just six weeks. Whilst Dan is a qualified doctor, the information here is not a substitute for the medical advice of your general practitioner. Please regularly consult with your physician in matters relating to your health, particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or immediate medical attention. Due to the variance of individuals’ lifestyles and bodies, the methods elaborated on here are not guaranteed to produce your desired result; therefore, the podcast creators, host and guest do not assume any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by the choice to implement any of the described health strategies. All opinions are our own and not representative of any other institution, organisation or governing body. Contact Method Dan can be contacted through @drdanmaggs on all social media. Web Links: www.carbdoding.com www.youtube.com/drdanmaggs Support the show. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
