The Pivotal Breakthrough Podcast With Angela Hucles Mangano
Oct 9, 2026 · 24 min · 10 segments
Angela snagged this conversation just about to pivot to a new season in her family’s life…going from being a mother of 3 to a mother of 4. Listen as Angela talks with Dr. Kathy Nguyen, a Family &…
Angela Hucles ManganoHostKathy NguyenGuestYeah, I think, uh, as a early young girl, I was in dance in high school and in college.
I thought what would be the most valuable for myself or, you know, just general knowledge, and I thought nutrition was so interesting because we really are what we eat.
Uh, so I thought that was a really interesting, um, major to have versus the typical biology or, you know, uh, biochemical sciences.
I, I, I wanted something practical and then I knew I was pre-med, so something that could really enhance my patient population too.
The movement, the, um, fueling your body and, and being able to combine those two together.
And, you know, you've said that your passion is being proactive instead of re- reactive, um, but almost everything about professional sport pushes the other way, right? Something breaks, you fix it-
Yeah, I think, you know, the traditional way of medicine has always been come to the doctor, we fix things, or, yeah, see an injury, and then we help get people better.
But now there's a lot of transition and discussion, and I would say over a decade now of, like, how can we prepare our bodies to not get injured? And then how can we prep our fueling so that we can be optimal-
... before we're just chasing, you know, the athletes out there and just passing electrolytes and then helping them with their prepping.
It's like, how do we think about this three months, six months, nine months, a year before the athletes are on the field?
And so I think that's just one way I practice medicine, and I do, do the same thing for my patients too, is hopefully we prevent the diabetes before it comes, you know-
Yeah, I think, uh, as a early young girl, I was in dance in high school and in college.
I thought what would be the most valuable for myself or, you know, just general knowledge, and I thought nutrition was so interesting because we really are what we eat.
Uh, so I thought that was a really interesting, um, major to have versus the typical biology or, you know, uh, biochemical sciences.
I, I, I wanted something practical and then I knew I was pre-med, so something that could really enhance my patient population too.
The movement, the, um, fueling your body and, and being able to combine those two together.
And, you know, you've said that your passion is being proactive instead of re- reactive, um, but almost everything about professional sport pushes the other way, right? Something breaks, you fix it-
Yeah, I think, you know, the traditional way of medicine has always been come to the doctor, we fix things, or, yeah, see an injury, and then we help get people better.
But now there's a lot of transition and discussion, and I would say over a decade now of, like, how can we prepare our bodies to not get injured? And then how can we prep our fueling so that we can be optimal-
... before we're just chasing, you know, the athletes out there and just passing electrolytes and then helping them with their prepping.
It's like, how do we think about this three months, six months, nine months, a year before the athletes are on the field?
And so I think that's just one way I practice medicine, and I do, do the same thing for my patients too, is hopefully we prevent the diabetes before it comes, you know-
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