Paul Kolodzik, MD, FACEP, FASAM, MBA

I'm a physician using the cutting edge technology of continuous glucose monitoring (or CGM) to assess my patients' blood glucose physiology and level of insulin resistance. These are the devices you have seen on the back of the arm of diabetics, but they are fantastic tools to help non-diabetics and prediabetics lose weight and reverse disease. And now CGMs are available over the counter.

After determining level of insulin resistance, I use these devices to help my patients guide their low carb diet, reverse disease, lose weight and improve their health permanently. CGMs now are "over the counter" and will be available to anyone who wants to try one, without a prescription. I can provide a simple step by step approach for your listeners regarding how to obtain one of these devices and use it effectively.

After being painlessly applied and linked to a smartphone, CGMs provide continual real time blood glucose readings. You see your blood glucose 24/7 . . . and how every food you eat impacts your blood glucose. I am active on social media, have 60,000 TikTok followers, and can use my social media channels to promote your podcast. I have recently authored the bestselling book on Amazon on CGMs - The Continuous Glucose Monitor Revolution For Nondiabetics. I've had a 25 year career in emergency medicine, and now have a very active metabolic health and weight loss practice. I've done numerous national podcasts which have been very well received.

I also use the new GLP-1 weight loss medications, and can comment on these. However, I use these new medications in a in a very prudent manner: low doses for limited periods of time so as not to create lifelong dependency on these medications. I understand how these medications work and how to utilize them appropriately to help my patients reset their weight and their health . . . and then be able to get off the medication without weight regain.

There has never been a more powerful health improvement combination than the combination of a CGM and the new GLP-1 weight loss medications I've used this approach in thousands of patients to reduce weight and reverse diseases such as prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver disease, sleep apnea, GERD, and other common chronic medical conditions. Patients learn about their blood glucose physiology and how to manage their low carb diet, and successfully terminate the use of GLP-1 medications without weight regain.

In a thirty-year emergency room career, I’ve cared for countless patients in crises, and, of course, have lots of stories I can tell about my ER experience. And in my years in the ER I learned that obesity and elevated blood glucose are the biggest killers of a healthy future. Now, using CGMS, and possibly adding the temporary use of a GLP-1, I help my patients in my private metabolic health practice reverse disease to avoid the potential crisis of a heart attack or stroke.

I graduated from the University of Notre Dame and completed medical school and residency at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, where I served as chief resident. I am a founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. I am certified by both the American Board of Preventive Medicine and the American Board of Emergency Medicine. My practice website is www.metabolicmds.com. I can also be followed on Twitter at @drkolomd, on TikTok at @dr.kolo.md, on YouTube at @metabolicmds.