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A podcast all about Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Health. Join Dr. Brendan Byrne as we explore the latest research, information and news.
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- 4 days ago1h 0m
Metabolic Health: The 8-to-1 Exercise Rule | Gordo Byrn
About the EpisodeAs part of our late summer break, we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations from The Path archive. Gordo Byrn went from out of shape in his twenties to winning the Ultraman World Championship, and along the way he learned that the same habits that build elite athletes can help anyone turn their health around, even with a family history stacked against them. In this episode, Gordo breaks down the framework he uses with everyday people: how to build an exercise habit that actually sticks, why easy pace often feels the hardest part of training, and the simple blood pressure trick that helped his own dad lose sixty pounds for good.About the GuestGordo Byrn is a former investment banker who became a professional triathlete later in life with no endurance sports background to start. He podiumed at Ironman New Zealand and Ironman Canada and went on to become Ultraman World Champion, and today he works as a coach and writer on training and performance. Despite a strong family history of metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, and prediabetes among the men in his family, Gordo has been the one exception, and that contrast shapes how he coaches people at every fitness level.About The Path PodcastThe Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them.Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.caEpisode 117 | The Path Podcast
- 1 weeks ago45 min
From 385 Pounds to Diabetes Remission | Randy Belaire
About the EpisodeAs part of our late summer break, we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations from The Path archive. Randy Belaire found out he was Type 2 diabetic almost by accident, through routine bloodwork before a bariatric procedure, with an A1C of 11.7. In this episode, he walks through how he researched his way to LifestyleRx, built his own "W.O.N." framework (wanting it, taking ownership, nurturing himself) and used it to lose 154 pounds and bring his A1C down to 4.8 with no remaining insulin resistance. Randy and Brendan also dig into why baby steps, percentage-based goals, and leaning on a support community made the difference between temporary change and lasting remission. We're bringing this one back because his story keeps resonating with new listeners, and it's a perfect one to sit with while we take a short pause before new episodes resume.About The Path PodcastThe Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them.Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.caEpisode 116 | The Path Podcast
- 2 weeks ago53 min
Inside LifestyleRx: The Doctor Behind the 4+2 Program | LifestyleRx
About the EpisodeThis one's a bit different from our usual format: instead of Dan and Brendan digging into a topic together, University of Western Ontario alumna Dr. Charlotte Alabaster turns the lens on LifestyleRx itself, sitting down with our own Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brendan Byrne. He walks through how the 4+2 program actually works, from insulin resistance and exercise timing to why osteoarthritis doesn't mean you have to stop moving. It's a rare look at the program from the inside, straight from the doctor who built it.About the SpeakersDr. Charlotte Alabaster is an alumna of the Sport and Exercise Medicine Program at the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Brendan Byrne is the Chief Medical Officer of LifestyleRx, a family physician who moved into lifestyle medicine after opening a practice in White Rock, BC in 2017, and who has since helped scale the program across British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.About The Path PodcastThe Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them.Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.caEpisode 115 | The Path Podcast
- 3 weeks ago41 min
She Stopped Chasing the Scale and Kept Improving | Kristen Watson
About the EpisodeKristen Watson spent years feeling exhausted and in pain before one experience made her stop and take a hard look at her health. In this episode she talks about the lab result that changed everything, why she leaned on food, fasting, and exercise instead of any single fix, and how she learned to measure progress by more than the number on the scale. It's a real look at what it takes to keep going through plateaus without giving up.About the GuestKristen Watson is a single mom and accountant who joined the LifestyleRx program after years of chronic fatigue and joint pain. She used her comfort with numbers to track her own results, including a dramatic drop in her inflammatory markers, and turned that insight into lasting habits around food, fasting, and movement. Her journey started with one experience, but it became a story about choosing better, not perfect, every day.About The Path PodcastThe Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them.Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.caEpisode 114 | The Path Podcast
- Aug 20, 202642 min
Type 2 Diabetes Q&A: Patient Questions Answered | LifestyleRx
About the EpisodeIn this Q&A episode of The Path, Dr. Brendan Byrne answers real questions from LifestyleRx patients on some of the trickiest parts of the program: eating enough protein with reduced kidney function, understanding confusing bloodwork, deciding if liver supplements are worth the money, and knowing when GLP-1 medications make sense for a stubborn weight loss plateau. You'll also hear why better sleep and better eating feed off each other, and how to work through an after-dinner sugar craving without feeling like you're failing.About The Path PodcastThe Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them.Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.caEpisode 113 | The Path Podcast
- Aug 13, 202656 min
Diabetes Nurse Turned Patient | Lisa Maks
About the Episode In today's episode, Dr. Brendan Byrne is interviewing Lisa Maks, a Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist at Providence Health Care with 38 years in nursing, 22 of them in diabetes care. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and serves on the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines committee. She is also a LifestyleRx patient, which gives her a rare view from both sides of the clinic.About the GuestLisa Maks is a Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist at Providence Health Care with 38 years in nursing, 22 of them in diabetes care. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and serves on the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines committee. She is also a LifestyleRx patient, which gives her a rare view from both sides of the clinic.About The Path PodcastThe Path is about simple strategies for better metabolic health. We break down metabolic disease, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes through patient FAQs, better health decisions, and honest interviews with patients and the physicians who treat them.Learn More About LifestyleRx: https://lifestylerx.io/Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.caEpisode 112 | The Path PodcastTimestamps 0:00 Intro1:03 Welcome & Lisa's background3:12 Obesity and weight cycling5:12 How she discovered LifestyleRx7:01 – First impressions of the program10:52 – Consistency over intensity14:49 – How physiology shapes behavior15:59 – All-or-nothing mindset and food noise18:19 – Outcome-based vs. process-based goals20:08 – Measuring success beyond the scale23:59 – Listening to your physiology26:06 – The Amundsen vs. Scott metaphor28:17 – Deciding to start a GLP-132:06 – How GLP-1 quieted food noise34:26 – Obesity as a dysregulated system36:26 – Facing the "cheating" stigma37:53 – Willpower and hedonistic behavior41:03 – Our evolutionary food mismatch44:49 – LifestyleRx's prevention mission46:22 – Food quality and social determinants50:07 – Dopamine and engineered foods50:55 – "Lifestyle first" vs. "lifestyle next"51:03 – Weight management as an ongoing practice54:19 – Closing thoughts54:45 - Outro
- Aug 6, 202641 min
The Tortoise and the Hare
In this episode, Brendan and Dan use The Tortoise and the Hare to explore the central paradox: behaviour changes physiology, but physiology also shapes behaviour through reinforcing loops that determine whether change becomes easier or harder over time.Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.ca More info: https://community.lifestylerx.io/c/the-path-podcast/
- Jul 30, 202644 min
Your Questions
In this episode, Brendan and Dan answer more of your questions!Ask us a video question! https://ask-a-question.lifestylerx.ca More info: https://community.lifestylerx.io/c/the-path-podcast/
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