"Live long & strong: expert tips" podcast interview with Professor Nick Wareham. Key things about diabetes prevention and diagnosing, practical impact of the latest research on diabetes. Actionable tips from the leading UK expert and practitioner how to stay diabetes free. What to do if you have been diagnosed with hypertension and at risk of developing diabetes.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:40 Nick's background
4:28 How to prevent pre-diabetic and diabetic conditions with lifestyle changes
8:00 Does intermittent fasting help to address diabetes?
11:10 Major recent scientific breakthroughs related to diabetes.
14:00 Impact of GLP-1 agonists on diabetes treatment
18:00 What is the real story of Metformin as an anti-aging molecule
23:30 Link between hypertension and diabetes, practical advice
36:00 Practical steps to prevent diabetes: specific case analysis
45:00 What is the key thing Nick would change in perception of diabetes
Professor Nick Wareham is the Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit and co-Director of the Institute of Metabolic Science. He is also the Director of the new national research network Population Health Improvement UK. His principal research interests are the aetiology and prevention of obesity and diabetes, and he co-leads the Aetiology and Mechanisms of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders of Later Life programme. He is an Honorary Consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. Nick was formerly a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Science in Cambridge. He qualified in medicine from St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London, and trained in epidemiology and public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, Harvard University, Boston, USA and at the University of Cambridge. Nick was Chair of the NICE Programme Development Group on the prevention of prediabetes. In 2009 he was a member of the WHO Expert Group on the classification and diagnosis of diabetes.
Dr. Chong He received her PhD in Biochemistry from Peking University. She then conducted the molecular biology of aging research at the Buck Institute in the US, where she successfully discovered ibuprofen, a common over-the-counter drug used to relieve pain and fever, extended the lifespan in lab animals. She is now working at a pharmaceutical company as a lead scientist on several biotherapeutic drug development projects.
Dr. Dmitri Konash is a Computer Science PhD and former Intel Corp executive. He is a founder of the blood pressure app BreathNow and @breathnow_app YouTube channel which helps users to lower anxiety and blood pressure with natural tools. Dmitri is an active master athlete and multiple Ironman race finisher.
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