My Life Story! | Methabolik Podcast #90 with Dr. Janaina Koenen
My Story with Integrative Medicine: How Pain and Love Transformed My Career | Dr. Janaína Koenen
Hello! I'm Dr. Janaína Koenen, an endocrinologist, and today I'm here to share something very special with you: my story. I'm often asked how, as an "out-of-the-box" endocrinologist, I began treating autoimmune diseases, Alzheimer's, endometriosis, and even offering metabolic support for cancer. So, what led me to see medicine differently?
In this unusual episode of the Methabolik Podcast, I'm here to share how I ended up in integrative and metabolic medicine. Here I explain how my own health—marked by asthma, migraines, psoriasis, hypoglycemia, and autoimmunity—forced me to seek answers I couldn't find in my college textbooks.
I'll tell you how the ketogenic diet changed my life, how my father's cancer led me to study metabolic cancer treatment, and why I decided to never again ignore scientific evidence just because it's not mainstream.
And what's more, I'll share how I ethically and responsibly apply strategies like therapeutic fasting, personalized supplementation, an anti-inflammatory diet, stress management, and hormonal optimization to bring quality of life and hope to my patients.
This video is an invitation for you to get to know not only the doctor I've become, but also the woman, daughter, and mother who learned through pain and love to never stop studying and seeking solutions that go beyond the surface.
👉 If you're curious about diets for autoimmune diseases, integrative cancer treatments, lifestyle, and chronic disease prevention, press play and join me!
Don't forget to like, comment, subscribe to the channel, and share this video with anyone who needs to hear that there is, indeed, another possible path in medicine—based on evidence and, above all, respect for the patient.
✅ Questions answered in this video:
Why can the ketogenic diet help autoimmune diseases?
Is there a metabolic treatment for cancer? Does it work?
What is the relationship between diet and chronic diseases?
How does traditional medicine fail in the care of chronic patients?
What is integrative medicine and how does it work?
What is the role of supplementation in serious illnesses?
What tests indicate inflammation and autoimmunity?
Is morphine dangerous for cancer? And when should it be used?
Is the ketogenic diet just a fad, or is there scientific evidence?
What did I learn from my father's illness and death?
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I'll talk about my life since arriving in Brazil, my travels and adventures around the world, my work at the SUS (Unified Health System), how I discovered Low Carb and started changing lives. And more stories I haven't revealed yet.
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I'm an endocrinologist in Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil, and my mission is to help as many people as possible avoid diseases (obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer, cardiovascular disease) that have killed so many people in our society today. I love metabolism and promote a healthy lifestyle, with proper nutrition and a functional approach, based on quality and responsible science.
Dr. Janaina Koenen - Endocrinology and Metabolism, CRM-MG 39.049 RQE 33648
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