Dr David Unwin
The Reformer
Changing the system from inside it, principle turned into change.
Dr David Unwin reads as The Reformer because he changed medicine from inside the institution rather than against it. Within his own NHS GP practice, he used low-carbohydrate dietary guidance to reverse type 2 diabetes in patients the system had written off as chronic.
“I should have done. Jen's a great believer in cold turkey. Like, what is the thing? Sop it. I wasn't man enough for that, and it took me a whole year. So the first thing is be honest, truth, be honest with yourself, even if you can't tell other people. Be honest with yourself. Is there an addictive potential there?”
“Yes, yes, it does it does. So that's right. But you have the hormone insulin to defend you from poor dietary choices, so the question is what does insulin do with the sugar you just ate? And here's the answer Insulin, the hormone insulin produced by pancreas gland, which It pushes the sugar.”
“Exactly. It's no longer holding hands. Perfect. And that is broadly what, and you're not alone because didn't I make that error? Isn't that what the lady in twenty twelve? That's what she was so furious that I was making. So here we are, senior partner of a large practice.”
“What's difficult though is not to become confused. Because you have the newspaper saying eggs are good, eggs are bad. And then you have this expert who's saying this and another expert saying the other.”
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