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 MythsVegetarian & vegan diets protect against Obesity & Type 2 DiabetesDr Neal Barnard's 74 week Randomised Controlled Trial with Type 2 diabetics and a low at plant based dietAncel Keys & the Mediterranean DietDoctor's For Nutrition website

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