Jay Wrigley
Dr. Jay Wrigley, NMD is a board-certified naturopathic/functional medicine physician and owner of The Art of Living Center in Charlotte, NC, known for his "Hormone Diet Doc" practice specializing in hormone optimization, thyroid, and metabolic health for adults over 40.
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PODCASTS
Sep 23, 2026
Larry DiamondHOST
Give them a little bit of your wonderful background, and then we'll get into things.
Jay WrigleyGUEST
And to anybody who is watching this or going to watch this, hello from me, from the Dominican Republic, where I'm currently spending a few weeks.
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Larry DiamondHOST
So let's talk about all the amazing things insulin does and why insulin resistance is so common and some of the steps, some of the basic general universal steps that someone can start reversing their own insulin resistance.
Philip OvadiaHOST
Now ultimately, both may come into play, but do you view one as more important than the other at this point?
Jay WrigleyGUEST
I think that to unpack that, we have to look at, first of all, I'm in agreement, I think, where you're going with this, Dr. Evatt, because it's not about that the answer here is replace these hormones most of the time, although I s- I use this in my clinic.
Jay WrigleyGUEST
But what it is, is that this declining production, it leads to, in one way or another...
Jay WrigleyGUEST
We went through this period of time where the dietary recommendations were to moderate or drastically lower the amount of fat in your diet.
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