@steven: What happens when a doctor stops treating symptoms and starts questioning the entire system? Dr David Unwin has spent decades working with patients inside the healthcare system, and over time he began noticing something that changed the direction of his career. Many of the people he was treating weren’t getting better long-term. They were being prescribed more medication, while the root causes of their health problems were often left untouched. David is a GP known for his work helping patients improve conditions like type 2 diabetes through changes in nutrition and lifestyle. His work has challenged assumptions around food and how we think about chronic disease. One thing that becomes clear very quickly is how little most of us really understand about food and long-term health. And for David, that understanding came from years of seeing patients improve when they changed the way they ate. I wanted to know: * Why are rates of metabolic disease continuing to rise? * What role does insulin resistance play in long-term health? * Can food choices reduce the need for medication? * Why do so many diets fail long-term? * What actually happens to the body when blood sugar constantly spikes? * There are moments in this episode where I’m genuinely shocked by how little most of us understand about the food we eat. I talk about people I know, intelligent and successful people, who still don’t know whether pizza, pasta, cereal or fruit snacks are actually healthy. And honestly, it gave me a huge amount of empathy for how confusing this has become. At one point I found myself thinking about what it would feel like to receive a diagnosis and realise some of the small choices I made every day had contributed to it. Because in that moment, I don’t think any Mars bar or sugary drink would feel worth it. If you want to better understand what your food is really doing to your health, this episode is worth your time. #podcast #health #fat #sugar #doctor

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