Episode 49: Food as prevention for diabetes (Part 1)

Dr Subhas Ganguli, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at McMaster University, presents on food as medicine for prevention and treatment of diabetes. This presentation was presented as part of the Canadian Plant-based Nutrition Conference held on June 1, 2019 in Toronto.Dr. Ganguli practices at St Joseph’s Hospital. After obtaining his MD at the University of Saskatchewan he did training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He then completed further training in Gastroenterology and obtained a Masters Degree in Health Research Methodology at McMaster. His interest in the topic of ‘Food as Medicine’ started three years ago after he learned that he was pre-diabetic and has led to the development of an evidence-based website (www.FoodasPrevention.com) as well as presentations at Medical Grand Rounds at St Joseph’s Hospital and Gastroenterology and Cardiology Rounds at McMaster University as well as International CME presentations.Don’t miss more talks from the conference in future episodes.This episode is presented in partnership with Plant-based Canada.LinksPlant-based CanadaYouTube link to the video recording for the conferenceThe Lifestyle Is Medicine podcast is produced by Pathways to Wholeness Lifestyle Medicine in Toronto, Canada. Pathways is a group of clinics in Toronto that prevents, treats and reverses disease using evidence-based lifestyle medicine. Pathways provides compassionate, evidence-based care at two clinics in Toronto: the North York Lifestyle Medicine Clinic and Junction Lifestyle Medicine Clinic. Learn more at: www.pathwaystowholeness.caMusic creditsPositiveAkashic Records