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The Science and Practice of Low-Carb Diets {Duke University Office Hours}

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The Science and Practice of Low-Carb Diets {Duke University Office Hours}

Duke University’s Dr. Eric Westman answers viewer questions about the Atkins diet during a live “Office Hours” webcast interview, January 19, 2012. Westman is the director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine program and co-author of “The New Atkins for a New You.” Moderating is James Todd from Duke’s Office of News and Communications. Learn more at http://www.dukeofficehours.com.

DRF 17: Science and Practice of Low Carbohydrate, High Fat “Keto” Diets

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Eric Westman, MD, MHS
Director, Duke Lifestyle
Medicine Clinic
Associate Professor of Medicine

William Yancy, MD, MHS
Director, Duke University Diet and Fitness Center
Associate Professor of Medicine Research Associate, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care VAMC

In this video series, Dr Hallberg goes over the underlying causes of type 2 diabetes, how to reverse type 2 diabetes through nutritional ketosis, and most importantly, what the research says.

In this chapter, Dr. Hallberg explains the history of nutritional ketosis in medicine and the research on the safety of nutritional ketosis.

Learn more at https://www.virtahealth.com/thevirtatreatment

Watch chapter 6 here: https://youtu.be/FUezkLOU8fg

Start the series from the beginning here: https://youtu.be/ESL3_7sdCwU

Read an evidence-based guide to reversing type 2 diabetes here: https://blog.virtahealth.com/reversing-diabetes-101-truth-about-carbs-and-blood-sugar/

Dr. Sarah Hallberg is a Medical Director at Virta Health, as well as the Medical Director of the Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program at Indiana University Health Arnett, a program that she created. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Obesity Medicine, and Clinical Lipidology and also a Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist from the ACSM. She also developed the non-surgical weight loss rotation for Indiana University School of Medicine where she is an adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine.