A 2008 Duke University has shown that standard diabetes education fails to reduce high blood sugar, high blood pressure, obesity and heart attacks. But what about non-standard education? Listen – 30 Minutes
Standard diabetes education gets an “F,” according to a 2008 study led by Duke Cardiologist Kristen Newby. The study suggests that diabetes education isn’t worth it, and we should switch even more to managing the disease with medications. But what if the problem isn’t education? What if the problem is that standard diabetes education teaches the wrong things? We’ll hear about that from Ron Rosedale, author of The Rosedale Diet, and Mary Vernon, author of the Atkins Diabetes Revolution and former president of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, a group of MDs board certified in weight management.
This feature first broadcast on KGNU
