In the episode, Dr. Kurt Woeller interviews Susan Dopart, MS, RDN. Susan is a licensed dietician, exercise physiologist, and certified trainer in motivational interviewing. She has decades of experience in diabetes, insulin resistance, gut health, hormones, and mold exposure. Susan explains her own health journey linked to mold toxicity. Laboratory testing through Great Plains Laboratory, now Mosaic Diagnostics, and working with their clinical advising and education team was pivotal in understanding how various environmental exposures were impacting her overall health. This interview focuses on why just counting calories or taking a few supplements is usually not enough to improve weight problems, metabolic imbalances, or overcoming chronic health challenges.
Susan B. Dopart, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES, is a registered and licensed dietitian, exercise physiologist and diabetes educator who has been in private practice for more than 30 years. Susan specializes in medical nutrition-related issues associated with insulin resistance, diabetes, gut health, mold and hormones. Before establishing her own practice, Susan worked at UCLA as both a medical and kidney dietitian.
Susan has written and contributed to multiple publications, including The Huffington Post, SELF Magazine, UCLA Medicine, Sports and Cardiovascular Nutritionists SCAN publications, Diabetes Health and Diabetes Forecast.
Susan is the author of A Recipe for Life by the Doctor’s Dietitian, Healthy You, Healthy Baby: A Mother’s Guide to Gestational Diabetes, A Healthy Baker’s Dozen: Gluten-free low sugar cookies, and 101 Ways to Control your Diabetes.
She is a Certified Trainer in Motivational Interviewing and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. Susan conducts weekly workshops in Motivational Interviewing for clinicians wanting to learn collaborative language skills to assist with behavior change.
Her mission and passion are helping her clients find Life Style Solutions for optimal health and well-being.
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Susan B. Dopart, MS, RDN
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