Keto Chat Episode 110: Dermatologist Lost 120 lbs on Keto
Channel: The Carole Freeman - Keto Carole
Date: 2019-03-06

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Meghan Crute, MD is a board-certified Dermatologist living and practicing in Northeast Ohio. Dermatology became her passion following a rotation in that field during medical school, as she realized the skin provided a unique “window” into the overall well-being of her patients. When she is not busy striving to provide the best care to her patients, Dr. Crute enjoys spending time with her family, shopping, cooking, wine tasting, and home improvement projects.

Dr. Crute has had a life-long struggle with her weight despite numerous attempts to reverse the issue. Despite prior success with weight loss efforts throughout her life, the weight always creeped back up and eventually ballooned even higher. She knew something different had to be done and even contemplated weight loss surgery. Following an interaction with a cousin who had significant weight loss success following a low-carb, high-fat diet, she decided to give it a try.

Dr. Crute initially started following Dr. Atkins’ guidelines in August 2016. Following great success of 75 pounds of weight loss over 1 year, she began to stall despite still having a more weight to lose. She was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis in October of 2017 and was not pleased with the treatment recommendation of taking oral steroids indefinitely as it could jeopardize her weight loss. She researched dietary management of the condition and, through an elimination diet, determined she had allergies to gluten, dairy, and soy. The complete elimination of these foods from her diet was the first step to get her health back on track.
An additional turning point for Dr. Crute occurred in early 2018 after she read “The Obesity Code” by Dr. Jason Fung. She felt that everything she learned in medical school regarding nutrition was incorrect. She completed a month of Whole 30 in March 2018 and then transitioned to a dairy-free ketogenic lifestyle and began implementing various fasting protocols. She has now lost over 125 pounds total and reversed her eosinophilic esophagitis symptoms as well as PCOS, arthritis, headaches, and even some allergy symptoms. Through her own experiences with her weight loss and health journey, Dr. Crute feels that similar concepts could be very useful in treating various dermatologic conditions as most have deeper roots in systemic inflammation and the skin is only one manifestation of the issue. She hopes to continue her own education regarding nutritional ketosis and implement those concepts into her current approach to her own lifestyle and to her patient care.