Open Future Health
Author John Veitch

Each choice builds the health you will experience in the future.

Category: Banting Diet

  • Time to Catch Up

    Time to Catch Up

    “In view of the rapid growth of evidence around carbohydrate restriction and Type II Diabetes, and the global guideline adoption, we simply ask why NZ is not at least including a carbohydrate restriction approach in its guidelines, alongside other dietary approaches, to manage Type II Diabetes.” We now call upon NZ to catch up and…

  • Dr David Unwin

    Dr David Unwin

    “British general practitioner, Dr David Unwin used carbohydrate reduction to reverse/remit T2DM; of 199 patients with T2DM, 46% achieved drug-free remission, with enormous cost savings from reduced diabetes medication.” What predicts drug-free type 2 diabetes remission? Insights from an 8-year general practice service evaluation of a lower carbohydrate diet with weight loss. BMJ Nutr Prev…

  • NZ Ministry of Health

    NZ Ministry of Health

    “New Zealand (NZ) does not endorse carbohydrate reduction as a viable option for individuals, but rather cautions against it. The NZ Society for the Study of Diabetes states in their guidelines ‘meta-analyses show that the benefits of ketogenic diets are unlikely to be sustained’ (5,6) and the Ministry of Health states ‘Very low carbohydrate diets: Not…

  • American Diabetes Association

    American Diabetes Association

    “An ADA 2019 consensus report concluded: ‘reducing overall carbohydrate intake for individuals with diabetes has demonstrated the most evidence for improving glycemia and may be applied in a variety of eating patterns that meet individual needs and preferences’. This report was included in the 2020 ADA Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes update. (3) “ (3)…

  • Dietary Guidelines

    Dietary Guidelines

    “Global dietary guidelines have been updated to align with scientific evidence. The American Diabetes Association (ADA), The British Diabetes and Dietetic Associations, Diabetes Canada and Diabetes Australia have included carbohydrate reduction (CR) in their official T2DM dietary guidelines.(1,2)” While the above statement is true, there are still reservations about the long-term viability of very low…

  • Control Without Measuring

    A basic principle of management is that you can’t manage what you can’t measure. But the trap is that when we have a simple, cheap and easy measure we often use that as a proxy for the measure we would like but don’t have. This is the root of many problems. The body has many…

  • Food Companies Control Health Information!

    Food Companies Control Health Information!

    Part of a Blog hosted by Dhru Purohit Published on 20th January, 2023. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Calley Means to discuss his viral Tweet stating that he “saw inside the room” of Coca-Cola’s tactics to ensure sugar-sweetened beverage taxes failed and that soda was permitted in government-funded nutrition programs.…

  • Ketones are a Fuel that your Mitochondria Need

    Ketones are a Fuel that your Mitochondria Need

    Dr Phillips is trialing a radical but simple new treatment approach: using metabolic therapies such as fasting and very low carbohydrate Ketogenic diets. The aim is to restore mitochondrial function, which he sees as the foundation for health.

  • The Best Human Diet?

    The Best Human Diet?

    The human gut is more like the gut of a dog than any other creature. That should give us a clue to what we are designed to eat. The fact that we can eat and survive on a much wider range of foods is a tribute to our adaptability.

  • Jason Fung – What to Eat.

    Jason Fung – What to Eat.

    Dr. Joason Fung is a kidney specialist, who discovered that if he corrected a patient’s obesity their kidney problems usually healed without surgery.