Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Mariela Glandt, a Harvard and Columbia-educated endocrinologist, has extensive experience in treating diabetes. She is the founder and director of Glandt Center for Diabetes Care, which uses the ketogenic diet as its main therapeutic tool. Dr. Glandt has worked in New York, both in a private clinic and at Mount Sinai Hospital. In Israel, she worked as the director of the Clinical Research Unit for Diabetes at Hadassah Ein Kerem University Medical Center.  Dr. Glandt publishes articles in international journals, is involved in clinical trials, and continues to mentor interns at Bronx Hospital in New York. She is a co-founder of Eatsane, which produces low-carb food with no artificial sweeteners. In addition, she is a co-founder of Metabolix, a non-profit organization that aims to educate people to help them achieve optimal metabolic health. In this discussion, Drs. Tony and Mariela talk about: (04:27) Israel—it’s culture and food (12:20) Dr. Mariela’s career path and the development of  her interest in the ketogenic/low-carb diet (17:05) Why insulin is not the answer for Type 2 diabetes (27:02) How to get a Type 2 patient off of insulin safely and productively (31:31) The SGLT category of medications (37:45) How to meet people where they are at in order to help them succeed on a low-carb diet (42:55) How to get specialists and doctors interested and educated about low-carb and metabolic health (47:41) Dietary guidelines in Israel (48:08) The incredible benefits of the carnivore diet Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.   Links:   Dr. Mariela Glandt: The Glandt Center for Diabetes Care Twitter Instagram OWNA Health   Dr. Tony Hampton: Linktree Instagram Account LinkedIn Account Ritmos Negros Podcast Q Med Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life