Diet Doctor Podcast #60 — Dr. Sandra Palavecino
Dr. Sandra Palavecino encounters this decision every day. And although she can choose from medications, surgery, and calorie restriction, she frequently chooses low-carb diets as her first approach.
Her personal, professional, and scientific experience has shown her that the benefits of low-carb are unmatched by other modalities. Here is her story, and a glimpse behind the scenes at her clinic.
Thanks for reading,
Bret Scher, MD FACC
Table of contents
00:00 Introduction
02:31 Welcome, Dr. Sandra Palavecino
02:56 Dr. Palavecino’s background in obesity medicine
07:23 Challenges for low-socio economic population
11:36 How Sandra brings obesity to the forefront of her practice
14:35 Relating science to the health risk of obesity
16:49 Treating weightloss with various modalities
18:36 Dealing with patients post-bariatric surgery
20:26 Nutritional adjustment to surgical populations
23:04 Helping patients to tune their hunger hormone
28:17 Low carb approach in the mainstream healthcare
33:46 The role of prescription medication for weight loss
37:54 The role of very low calorie diets
39:39 Long term success of meal replacement foods
41:26 Motivating factors to keep the healthy weight loss
45:49 Intermittent fasting in Dr. Palavecino’s practice
50:54 Tips for people working in shifts to achieve weight loss success
55:24 Where to find Dr. Palavecino
About the video
Virtual podcast recorded in October 2020, published in December 2020.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Producer: Hari Dewang
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Such a beautiful and bright doctor.
With her Venezualan background, I can only imagine what her opinion must be of the huge forces turning America toward socialistic policies.