Laura Buchanan MD, MHP
@LauraBuchananMD
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Board certified in Family&Obesity Medicine. Board Member @theSMHP. Menopause Society Certified. Aging Successfully through Lifestyle. Wife of @MattcalkinsMD
Joined May 2019
I was taught in medical school that diabetes is chronic and progressive. Look at the improvement in blood sugars in this patient - no medications, just lifestyle! Doesn't look chronic and progressive to me. We need to provide the right education. Join us starting Tuesday Nov 5th 5:30 EST for a free series with everything you need to know about diabetes and how to improve or reverse your disease!
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We must not settle for the current outcomes in those with type 1 diabetes. Multiple studies have now been published showing the power of low-carb in type 1 diabetes thanks to @AKoutnik . We must support those who choose low-carb and offer it as an option for all. @OfficialADSOrg @AmDiabetesAssn @AmerAcadPeds @TheSMHP @drericwestman @DoctorTro
My son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 8. I wished I had known about @LauraBuchananMD ’s talk. Instead, my son’s medical team betrayed us and recommended a high carb diet. More carbs in fact than what he ate before his diagnosis. What they did to my son and hundreds of thousands of type 1 kids is criminal. If your kid is diagnosed, please learn about therapeutic carbohydrate restriction. It might save your kids life and health. @TheSMHP @lowcarbusa @bigfatsurprise @garytaubes @AmDiabetesAssn @OfficialADSOrg @DikemanDave
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The @AmerAcadPeds should check this talk out! @MattCalkinsMD discusses the position paper on low-carb for kids published in Pediatrics and would love to work with you! He is extending an olive branch to improve the health of our children
“Evaluating the Evidence: Low-Carbohydrate Diets for Children with Metabolic Disease.” @MattCalkinsMD is kicking off Day 3 at the Symposium for Metabolic Health in Boca Raton, FL.
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Check out @TheSMHP website for a great presentation by @MattCalkinsMD that you can give to your clinic managers to show why you want to start a metabolic health clinic in your practice
Matt Calkins, MD, MHP, @MattCalkinsMD describes Implementing Low Carb in a Clinical Setting at @lowcarbusa in Boca.
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This is the best motivation to keep working. Recently at a 9 month follow up visit, a patient had maintained a 50 lb weight loss through a low-carb lifestyle. What’s more exciting is what he said: “this is the best money I’ve ever spent. I’ve added years to my life.” This is exactly my goal - add years to people’s lives and help improve quality of life through lifestyle changes🙌🤗
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RT @gotowardhealth: Obesity and diabetes are robbing too many people of the life they deserve. We know, because we have been there. We’ve f…
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RT @lowcarbusa: "As we unify all these splinter groups and these people that have been out in the wilderness for so long, and we bring them…
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RT @MattCalkinsMD: 💯 im giving a talk on ketogenic diets for pediatric patients with T1DM next week at low carb Boca @TheSMHP and this is a…
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@ESodicoffMD @MattCalkinsMD Haha yes! She was going to join for push ups but then got moved to baby duty
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Merry Christmas!🎄 keep your health goals in mind this holiday season! We are starting our free Intro to Low-Carb course Jan 7th! Would love to see you there so you can #ThriveIn25 Sign up free here:
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I had 2 early Christmas presents yesterday that were amazing!!🙌 two patients who said their lives are changed from low-carb keto. 1. 90 pounds down at 1 year, off of meds, feels amazing 2. Mental health way better, depression lifted that has been resistant to medications 💪🎄🥳
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Definitely worth a listen, great truth and talent combined!
WHO says meat causes cancer?!🍖 Once upon a time, I wrote a festive poem inspired by How the Grinch Stole Christmas. But in this version, the villain isn’t the Grinch —it’s the WHO (yes, that WHO) and their infamous anti-meat proclamation. 📜 Through rhyme and reason (and a sprinkle of humor), I share the real story behind the WHO’s claims about #redmeat and health. Hit play and let’s roast some myths!
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@AKoutnik The link goes to the "Changing Conversation about Type 2 Diabetes" - I do not see the one for Type 1 Diabetes? Is there another link to the guideline? Thank you!
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Happy to report another wonderful patient success using a low-carb lifestyle. After 1 month: off 6 medications with better mood than when on anxiety medication. Do not underestimate the power of lifestyle change and the importance of what you eat. #lowcarb
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RT @DoctorTro: @GardnerPhD @TrueHealthINIT I am also very keen to fight nutritional misinformation Start here … before the event to get a…
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@ChrisPalmerMD have you seen SSRIs cause stuttering? If so, have you seen the stuttering resolve after slowly tapering off of them? Or if there was benefit from keto?
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Low-carb is not only effective, but sustainable! Pt 1: After only 2 months, pt has lost 21 lbs, liver enzymes, triglycerides, and inflammatory markers are improving Pt 2: A1c dropped from 13.6 down to near 6 in just 5 months and now maintained for almost 2 years.
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Women diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) before age 10 have a nearly 18 year shorter lifespan than their non-diabetic counterparts, men 14 years. On average, with our current treatment recommednations, those with T1D have an A1c of ~8%. These statistics are unacceptable. We have to do a better job as a medical profession helping those with T1D. In an observational study, over 300 subjects with T1D consuming a very low carbohydrate diet (VLCD) were able to maintain an average A1c of 5.67%. Seeing outcomes like this is exciting and should motivate patients and clinicians to consider a trial of a VLCD while waiting for the much needed larger studies to be done. This position statement is a huge step in bringing awareness to another treatment option with the potential to reverse these striking outcomes.
1/ 🚨 Big news for #Type1Diabetes: The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners @TheSMHP has published its position on Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction (TCR) as a viable, evidence-based option for improving glycemic control. Here's why this matters... 🧵
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