{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dr Kumar Discovery","title":"The Prediabetes Warning Sign Your Doctor Isn't Testing For | Dr. Keith Berkowitz","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3317,"description":"Struggling with energy crashes, brain fog, or \"hangry\" meltdowns after you eat? The tool Dr. Kumar and Dr. Berkowitz discuss in this episode, Clarity Blood Sugar, is built to help you figure out what is actually going on with your metabolic health and walk into your doctor's office prepared. Check it out here: https://bloodsugar.claritytx.ai\n\nMost people have never heard of reactive hypoglycemia, and many physicians haven't either. But it may affect up to half the population, and it is one of the earliest warning signs on the road to prediabetes and diabetes.\nIn this episode, Dr. Ravi Kumar sits down with Dr. Keith Berkowitz, who worked alongside Dr. Robert Atkins in the late 1990s and became the torch bearer for that whole way of practicing medicine after Atkins passed away. Today Dr. Berkowitz runs the Center for Balanced Health in Manhattan, where he has spent thirty years treating the whole person instead of chasing a single number on a lab report.\nTogether they unpack what reactive hypoglycemia actually is, your blood sugar crashing in the first few hours after you eat, why it leaves you feeling worse instead of better, and how insulin resistance quietly builds for years before glucose ever looks abnormal. Along the way they trace the low-fat era back to its roots, the sugar industry's role in villainizing fat, the gut-brain connection, and why the tools to catch all of this early are finally here.\nEpisode ResourcesDr. Keith Berkowitz, Center for Balanced HealthClarity Blood SugarDr. Ravi Kumar on LinkedInDr. Ravi Kumar's WebsiteIn this episode, you will discoverWhat reactive hypoglycemia is, and why up to 50 percent of people may have it without knowingWhy you can feel more tired, foggy, or anxious after eating instead of energizedThe insulin resistance that shows up years, even decades, before glucose ever looks \"high\"Why it is cortisol, not the low blood sugar itself, that triggers the shakiness, sweating, and racing heartThe everyday clues: vivid dreams,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1b0HAhl7LyS1JMvttJBUPVo13Xhw89dNIYFNVWa7Un0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NGVi/ODc5ZmE2MTI0Njdj/NWRjODE2NTkzNTQ0/ZjY0Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}