Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Dr Tom Dover Endocrinologist
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Dr Tom Dover is a Endocrinologist and Obstetric Physician in both the public and private sector whilst also doing outreach to Indigenous communities. Impressively he is also a dietitian and an exercise physiologist (what a dude...). He practices what he preaches and is a marathon runner having run 20 marathons around the world including in North Korea.
Today we have a great conversation about type 2 diabetes including:
- Prevalence
- Pathophysiology and insulin resistance
- Diagnosis
- Lifestyle treatment = low calorie programs, ketogenic diets, Mediterranean and whole food plant based approaches, fasting, personalised medicine, movement and briefly sleep/stress
- Oral medications
- Initiating insulin
He has no conflicts of interest to declare.
Enjoy friends!
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