Health
Australian of the Year says dietary guidelines letting down millions with diabetes – Sydney Morning Herald
Dr James Muecke rued the government’s aversion to a sugar tax, saying sugar was directly linked to type 2 diabetes and a levy would save the healthcare system $2…
“Isn’t it your right to know type 2 diabetes doesn’t have to be a progressive life sentence?” he said.
Instead, Dr Muecke said we were being let down by “flawed” national dietary guidelines and a lack of understanding from experts that type 2 diabetes did not have to be a lifelong condition.
Television presenter and journalist Dr Michael Mosley told the National Press Club he was able to reverse his own type 2 diabetes in 2012 by losing weight, despite his doctor telling him he needed to begin taking…
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