The Reversing Type 2 Diabetes and Insulin Resistance with Lifestyle Medicine course presents the epidemiology, risk factors, scientific literature, and current medical approach for type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. Most importantly, the application of lifestyle medicine methods, guidelines, tools, and monitoring standards will be explained in order to enable health care practitioners to successfully apply lifestyle medicine techniques in their practices for the purpose of treating, reversing and preventing type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance.
Learning Objectives:
• Discuss the role of nutrition and particularly whole food plant-based nutrition in the prevention, treatment and reversal of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance
• Discuss the role of physical activity, sleep and other essential characteristics in the prevention, treatment and reversal of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance
• Review the key metabolic disturbances and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, type 1 diabetes and type 1.5 diabetes
• Review the current literature and considerations around medication de-prescribing for type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance reversal
• Review the definitions and success rates of the reversal of type 2 diabetes insulin resistance
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