Introducing Three ways to prevent diabetes with Professor Naveed Sattar from ZOE Science & Nutrition.

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In today’s episode, we’re talking about a disease so widespread that it touches nearly every family in some way: type 2 diabetes. It’s not just a health issue, it's a rapidly expanding crisis. And many people don’t know that they have it. 

In the U.S. alone, 100 million people have prediabetes, and more than 37 million have type 2 diabetes, a chronic condition with life-altering effects.

Prof. Naveed Sattar joins us to shed light on preventing, treating, and potentially reversing type 2 diabetes. 

Naveed is a medical doctor and Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences at the University of Glasgow. He’s one of the world’s top 1% most cited clinical scientists, and he’s worked on many clinical trials of lifestyle changes and drugs to prevent and manage diabetes. 

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Timecodes:

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Topic introduction

02:28 Quick fire questions

05:33 What is blood sugar and why does it matter?

07:15 What is insulin and what is its relation to blood sugar and diabetes?

08:48 Why doesn't the body allow sugar to increase in the blood?

10:45 What happens when somebody gets pre-diabetes or type 2?

14:34 What is HBA1C?

17:08 Why has there been such an increase in diabetes?

23:05 How does muscle mass have any impact on diabetes?

24:54 Are risks different between men and women?

27:08 How does ethnicity come into this?

31:04 What other personal risk factors are there?

32:29 What are the symptoms of diabetes?

33:53 When do these symptoms begin?

35:09 What should you do if you have concerns?

36:33 How to find out your own likelihood of risk

38:34 How can we avoid getting diabetes?

42:10 How can we combat genetic risk factors?

44:26 Is it possible to lower blood sugar and reverse the effects of diabetes?

47:18 What is the science behind the new drugs coming on the market?

49:20 Summary

53:39 Outro

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