How to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes with Dr. Jason Shumard

If you've ever been told diabetes is something you just manage for the rest of your life, this episode on how to reverse type 2 diabetes will challenge everything you thought you knew.

Dr. Jason Shumard is a functional medicine doctor based in San Diego who has spent over two decades studying functional endocrinology after watching his own mother's diabetes diagnosis turn fatal, despite her doctors repeatedly telling her she was "fine." 

In this episode, he sits down with John to explain why treating diabetes as a blood sugar problem misses the real issue entirely, how to reverse type 2 diabetes by addressing the root causes of cellular damage, and the practical daily habits that protect your metabolic health as an entrepreneur.

Key Topics:

• The personal story that sent Dr. Shumard into functional medicine, and why his mother's "well-managed" A1C didn't save her.
• Why traditional medicine treats diabetes like ignoring a check engine light, and what functional medicine does differently.
• How insulin resistance actually develops at the cellular level, explained through a simple analogy anyone can understand.
• Why diabetes should be understood as a "cell disease," not a "sugar disease", and why that changes everything about how to reverse type 2 diabetes.
• The real relationship between sugar, cholesterol, and arterial damage (it's not what the food pyramid taught us).
• The two root-cause tests Dr. Shumard runs on every patient, and what they reveal.
• A real case study: how one patient with 15 toxins and multiple organ issues reversed their diabetes and came off medication.
• What continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) reveal about "healthy" foods that spike your blood sugar.
• The direct link between blood glucose dysregulation and ADHD symptoms, critical info for entrepreneurs.
• Berberine vs. metformin: how they compare, and what berberine can't do that medication can.
• The morning routine Dr. Shumard uses to protect his own energy, focus, and metabolic health.

Connect with Dr. Jason Shumard:

• Website - drshumard.com
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-shumard-853658140/
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drjasonshumarddc/ 

• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@drjasonshumard 

Connect with Dr. John M. Torrens:

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmtorrens/

• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnmtorrens/

• TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@drjohntorrens
• Website - ⁠Podcast.JohnMTorrens.com