Diet vs drugs (including statins, antihypertensives, antibiotics, sport supplements) with plant-based pharmacist Gregory Butler

This conversation is with Gregory Butler, a doctor of pharmacy, who is currently working on his masters in clinical research. We dive into how nutrition affects pharmacotherapy, the science behind many common drug classes, comparing their efficacy to diet and lifestyle changes. This is an episode for anyone wondering if a dietary change could help them get off some of their medications and also for those people out there who think it’s wrong to be on any medication at all.

We cover:

• How nutrition and pharmacology are related
• Can you stop your medications if you change your diet
• Dietary causes of high blood pressure
• Diet vs drugs for treating high blood pressure
• Do statins really help lower cholesterol
• Statin side effects and why dietary changes are firstline treatment
• Common diabetes drugs
• How diet can reduce or eliminate the need for diabetic drugs
• The truth about obesity medications
• The link between animal products and antibiotics
• How you can help combat antibiotic resistance
• The best foods to eat pre and post workout

If you would like to connect with Greg, you can find him on Instagram: @drgregbutler

Resources mentioned:

• Book: How Not to Die
• Book: How to Survive a Pandemic
• Video: How Not to Die from High Blood Pressure
• Video: Diabetes Reversal: Is it the Calories or the Food?
• Video: Are Weight Loss Pills Effective?
• Video: Ground Ginger to Reduce Muscle Pain
• Resource: Mastering Diabetes
• Resource: CDC - Antibiotic Resistance
• J Fam Pract. 2014: A way to reverse CAD?
• Cleve Clin J Med. 2014: In cholesterol lowering, moderation kills
• Prev Cardiol. 2001: Resolving coronary artery disease epidemic
• J Am Heart Assoc. 2015: Effects of vegetarian diets on blood lipids
• JAMA. 2011: Effect of a dietary portfolio of cholesterol-lowering foods
• IJDRP. 2020:

Connect with me: @casswarbeck

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Theme music: Tyler Gaudon & audio editing and processing: Wyatt Pavlik

*Please appreciate that any information discussed is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, always seek the opinion of a physician or qualified healthcare provider.*