Tech Talk with OptimalRx - Phytomedicines for Type 2 Diabetes with Carrun Squires

Phytomedicines for Type 2 Diabetes with Carrun Squires

06/24/22 • 56 min

Julianne and Kristin are joined by Naturopath, Nutritionist, and Diabetes Educator, Carrun Squires, where they discuss the very relevant topic of diabetes. In this episode, Carrun explains the pathophysiology, early signs and symptoms of this condition, as well as her favourite phytomedicines used in clinic to treat patients. Carrun discusses some interesting research pertaining to the positive effects of conventional diabetic medications used in conjunction with phytomedicines and also chats about the relevance of the gastrointestinal microbiota. Learn how you can further support your patients with type 2 diabetes and get an insight into the Live Webinar about ‘Phytomedicines for Type 2 Diabetes’ Carrun is presenting on the 20th of July 2022.
With more than 15 years of clinical experience, Carrun has made it her mission to help people identify health issues that may have dysglycaemias as the underlying cause.
Carrun has pursued further post-graduate studies in the area of dietary, nutritional and herbal management of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and their related complications. Applying this unique combination of complementary and mainstream understandings of dysglycaemia sees Carrun providing a wholistic approach, empowering her clients to make changes that can delay or arrest the development of chronic disease.
You can find Carrun at www.carrunsquires.com and on Facebook and Instagram at @carrunsquiresnaturopath.
DISCLAIMER: All information provided via OptimalRx is for educational and informational purposes only. The information provided is not, nor is it intended to be, a substitute for independent professional advice. Please seek the advice of a qualified health care professional in the event something you learn here raises questions or concerns regarding your health. Thank you.

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Diabetes – Understanding the Renal and Cardiovascular Connection

Join Julianne and Kristin as they explore the important connections between diabetes and both renal and cardiovascular health. You will hear Julianne talk about the general pathophysiology that occurs in the microvasculature as a result of type 2 diabetes, the major herbal treatment aims to address this, as well as her favourite phytomedicines to support the vasculature. Kristin then discusses the impact of type 2 diabetes on the kidneys and explains the signs, symptoms, pathogenesis timeline and pathology markers that provide an insight into our patients’ kidney health, as well as a number of nephroprotective phytomedicines that we can utilise.
Want to skip ahead? The main topics discussed in this podcast are time-stamped below (chapter markers are also available).

Cardiovascular connection with type 2 diabetes (01:40)
Herbal medicines to support the vasculature (14:14)
Renal connection with type 2 diabetes (25:30)
Herbal medicines to support the kidneys (43:56)

DISCLAIMER: All information provided via OptimalRx is for educational and informational purposes only. The information provided is not, nor is it intended to be, a substitute for independent professional advice. Please seek the advice of a qualified health care professional in the event something you learn here raises questions or concerns regarding your health. Thank you.

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Phytomedicines for Type 3 Diabetes with Phil Rasmussen

Welcome to another exciting episode of Tech Talk with OptimalRx, the final podcast in our diabetes trilogy.
Join Kristin and Julianne as they chat with New Zealand Phytotherapist, Phil Rasmussen. Phil discusses the potential for phytomedicines to positively impact type 3 diabetes, a newly identified type of diabetes that manifests as insulin resistance within the brain. As type 3 diabetes may impact neurocognition and contribute to the aetiology of Alzheimer’s disease, it is valuable to explore the role of phytomedicines in this condition and their ability to promote brain health and cognition via unique mechanisms and pathways.

Other podcasts in this series include:
Diabetes – Understanding the Renal and Cardiovascular Connection
Phytomedicines for Type 2 Diabetes wth Carrun Squires
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Phil has practiced as a phytotherapist in Auckland for 27 years. He is also the founder and R&D Manager of Phytomed, a manufacturer producing herbal extracts for practitioners in New Zealand and Australia, and the Kiwiherb range of herbal products. Phil has written and presented extensively on a wide range herbal subjects for practitioner, consumer and industry audiences, is a founding director of the New Zealand industry body Natural Health Products New Zealand, an Honorary Lecturer in Pharmacy at the University of Auckland, and is currently the President of the New Zealand Association of Medical Herbalists.

Phil has always held a keen interest in plants, and the many ways in which to make them into efficacious medicines. He is a keen advocate for the incorporation of native and more local plants into the materia medica of practitioners in Australia and New Zealand, and for the statutory regulation of medical herbalists and naturopaths. Before pursuing herbal medicine he undertook research on antidepressant drugs and serotonin and worked for more than 10 years as a pharmacist.
- Phil Rasmussen M.Pharm., M.P.S., Dip. Herb. Med.; M.N.I.M.H.(UK), M.N.H.A.A; F.N.Z.A.M.H.

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