How to lower A1C and blood sugar, according to the evidence.

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Dr. Gardner is a professor of Medicine at Stanford University who has spent decades leading randomized nutrition intervention trials. He is well known for his study on the ketogenic and Mediterranean diets for controlling blood sugars (Gardner, 2022). He is regarded as one of the top nutrition scientists in the world due to his scientific contributions.
Dr. Tobias is an obesity and nutritional epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Her research is dedicated to identifying dietary and lifestyle risk factors and underlying mechanisms for the prevention of obesity-related chronic diseases, particularly Type 2 diabetes and cancer.
Dr. Kalwaney's specialty is helping patients make changes to their diet to improve their health. She also educates other physicians on how to introduce those skills to their practice.
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Most people are given vague instructions on what not to eat.
The myths, settled
Why it is not just sugar
What your numbers mean
The Mediterranean way
Where to start
Every claim cited
Social media content about insulin resistance is full of diets that pick a side.
Evidence first
No cold turkey
No extremes
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Dr. Paul N. Hopkins, MD, MSPH, FNLA
Dr. Hopkins received his medical training at the University of Utah and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester Minnesota.
He is board certified in Public Health and Preventive Medicine as well as Clinical Lipidology.
Dr. Hopkins has been involved in efforts to promote greater understanding and prevention of premature, familial coronary artery disease (CAD) with the Cardiovascular Genetics (CVG) group since 1978. He has been a Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Investigator for numerous NIH grants focused on the genetics of CAD, hypertension, lipids, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Dr. Hopkins is currently Co-Director of Cardiovascular Genetics at the University of Utah and Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Clinic.
From 1998 to 2004 Dr. Hopkins was International Chair for the MEDPED program (Make Early Diagnoses to Prevent Early Death), started by the late Dr. Roger Williams to find, educate, and help prevent premature CAD in persons with FH. Dr. Hopkins served as an NIH grant reviewer and continues to be a reviewer for numerous medical journals. He teaches at the University of Utah School of Medicine, is an active lecturer, and serves as a statistical consultant for the Center for Clinical and Translational Studies statistics group at the University of Utah.
