Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Dr Neal Barnard

We can reverse Type 2 diabetes. In Episode 58 I sit down with Dr Neal Barnard, one of the pioneers of lifestyle medicine, and break down the process by which people become insulin resistant and how we can eat to avoid or even reverse Type 2 Diabetes.


In this episode we cover:


Neal's journey into medicine
His family connection to farming and animal slaughter
His personal transition to a plant based diet
His clinical experience with Type 2 Diabetes
The clinical trials on Type 2 Diabetes and Nutrition he has run and published (low fat plant based diet versus the conventional recommended Diabetes diet)
The idea of reversing Type 2 Diabetes
Cheese and disease
Carbohydrates and sugar (thermic effect)
Intramyocellular Lipids
Coconut & Palm Oil
Nutrition to manage & reverse insulin resistance
Lifespan of people with Type 2 Diabetes and complications
Atkins/Ketogenic/Low carb diet and Type 2 Diabetes
Calcium as a nutrient of importance
Supplements
Mediterranean Diet - Ancel Keys
Added Oils
Transitioning patients to a low fat plant based diet & monitoring their medications
and much more


Resources:
Does Sugar cause diabetes?
Diabetes Myths
Vegetarian & vegan diets protect against Obesity & Type 2 Diabetes
Dr Neal Barnard's 74 week Randomised Controlled Trial with Type 2 diabetics and a low at plant based diet
Ancel Keys & the Mediterranean Diet
Doctor's For Nutrition website


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Simon Hill
Creator of Plantproof.com - your FREE resource for plant based nutrition information