313: The crucial role of nutrition in reversing Type 2 Diabetes

<div>The <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes">World Health Organization</a> says there are four-times as many people with Type 2 Diabetes today than there were just 30 years ago.<br> <br> Type 2 Diabetes is often called a “lifestyle disease”, with inactivity and an unhealthy diet greatly increasing the risk of developing it.  <br> <br> Food is a central part of the cause and appears to be a major part of the solution.     <br> <br> So what role has the <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/article/fsa-food-and-you-2-consumer-food-habits/">food industry</a> played in the huge rise in cases, and what role it might be able to play in bringing them down?<br> <br> This episode also delves into the advice given to people to avoid developing Type 2 Diabetes and looks at the work being done to reverse the condition in those who have it.<br> <br> For both of the above, we ask: Is general advice applicable to everyone, or do we need to adopt a more <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/podcast/personalised-nutrition-looking-at-the-impact-of-different-interventions-food-podcasts/">personalised approach</a>?<br> <br> Listen to the full episode to find out what happens deep within someone's body when they go intro remission, how much is known about diabetes in people in all populations, and where anyone worried about Type 2 Diabetes can go for <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-2-diabetes/">support and advice</a>.<br> <br> <strong>Roy Taylor, Professor of Medicine, Newcastle University<br> </strong><br> Roy Taylor qualified in medicine at the <a href="https://www.ed.ac.uk/">University of Edinburgh</a>, and is Professor of Medicine at <a href="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/">Newcastle University</a>. He was formally Professor of Medicine at <a href="https://www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk/">Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust</a>. He founded the <a href="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/">Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre</a> in 2006 to develop innovative research techniques ‘looking’ at structure and func