Diet Doctor Podcast #88:
Reversing diabetes
Dr. Bhakti Paul, MD, was taught that treating type 2 diabetes meant increasing insulin until the patient suffered a complication. Fortunately, she realized it didn’t have to be that way. She set on a path to do better — to treat and reverse type 2 diabetes in all of her patients.
She combines low-carb nutrition with continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to provide instant feedback to her patients and allows them to see the success they can and should expect.
But she was never taught to practice this way. She had to go on her own journey of discovery. Why doesn’t everyone practice this way? Many challenges exist for clinicians and patients adopting this style of practice. Dr. Paul shares her experience and her advice to help us overcome those challenges.
After listening to this episode, you’ll be inspired to stop “managing” your type 2 diabetes. Now, it’s time to reverse it. And if your doctor doesn’t see it this way, we have advice for how you can change that!
About the video
Virtual podcast recorded in November 2021, published in January 2022.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Producer: Hari Dewang
Table of contents
00:00 Introduction
01:57 Welcome, Dr. Bhakti Paul, MD
07:25 Educating patients about diabetes
14:40 A ketogenic diet and diabetes reversal
22:02 The major hurdle for clinicians from an ideal diabetes practice
32:42 About the “hyperfocus” on CGM
37:15 Weight loss and diabetes reversal
43:52 Exercise and physical activities
Dr. Bhakti Paul, MD, was taught that treating type 2 diabetes meant increasing insulin until the patient suffered a complication. Fortunately, she realized it didn’t have to be that way. She set on a path to do better — to treat and reverse type 2 diabetes in all of her patients.
She combines low-carb nutrition with continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to provide instant feedback to her patients and allows them to see the success they can and should expect.
But she was never taught to practice this way. She had to go on her own journey of discovery. Why doesn’t everyone practice this way? Many challenges exist for clinicians and patients adopting this style of practice. Dr. Paul shares her experience and her advice to help us overcome those challenges.
After listening to this episode, you’ll be inspired to stop “managing” your type 2 diabetes. Now, it’s time to reverse it. And if your doctor doesn’t see it this way, we have advice for how you can change that!
About the video
Virtual podcast recorded in November 2021, published in January 2022.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Producer: Hari Dewang
