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Joy of consulting and low-carb prescribing - Watch out for ‘pings’ says award-winning GP

Glen Davies at the NZPHA
GP of the Year Glen Davies at the 2021 New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora - an advocate for dietary reversal of type 2 diabetes

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Medtech GP of the Year Glen Davies talks to Fiona Cassie about his low-carb mission, the consultation, and being too accessible

Medtech GP of the Year Glen Davies hates the word pa­tient. “I don’t encourage any of my patients to be patient: I think every single one of them
References

1. Lean MEJ, Leslie WS, Barnes AC et al. Primary care-led weight management for remission of type 2 diabetes (DiRECT): an open-label, cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet 2018;391, 10120:541–51.
tinyurl.com/DirectDiabetes
2. Goldenberg JZ, Day A, Brinkworth GD, et al. Efficacy and safety of low and very low carbohydrate diets for type 2 diabetes remission: systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished randomized trial data. BMJ 2021;372:m4743.
tinyurl.com/LowCarbBMJReview