: Episode 911 – Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Gary Fettke (@FructoseNo)Â joins Vinnie today. The two talk about nutrition as the key to reversing Type 2 diabetes, and avoiding the complications of Type 1. They also talk about the resistance Dr. Fettke experiences from the medical community.
GARY FETTKE
- Dr. Fettke advocates for a low carb diet
- Highly trained medical professional
- Hails from Tasmania
- However, he has received some opposition
- Thus, website now run by his wife
- Given gag orders by Australia
- Sugar + polyunsaturated food oils = inflammation within our blood vessels
- Makes all ailments much worse
- Sugar, particularly fructose, is very addictive
- Inflammation at the bottom of our diseases
- Diabetes is only made worse via a bad diet
- Had to amputate many diabetic limbs
- got sick of it
- Realized diet just made this worse
- Began “nutrition of life” clinics
- Refined sugars, the biggest culprit
- Childhood diabetes increasing by the year
- Long term affects of diabetes linked to poor blood glucose level control
- Gary has many patients say his philosophy changed them for the better
- Yet, received anonymous complaint
- Even after diabetes org backed him
- reduction in medication requirement
- improvements in blood lipid profile
