#115 - Dr. David Unwin - Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, The Truth About Food Addiction & Why Our Health System is Broken

25 Sep 2025 • 99 min • EN
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Dr. David Unwin is an award-winning NHS GP and a clinical expert in Type 2 Diabetes. He has pioneered a low-carb lifestyle approach that has reversed the condition for many of his patients and saved the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds on medication. We discuss: – The global pandemics of Type 2 Diabetes & fatty liver disease  – Why junk food is scientifically designed to be addictive  – How to reverse Type 2 Diabetes through diet alone  – Why weight gain is not a simple failure of willpower or discipline  – The truth about Ozempic and other 'fat jabs'  – Dr. Unwin's personal health transformation & past regrets as a doctor  – The system that profits from making you sick, then from medicating you  – How your food choices directly impact your future health CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - me@petermccormack.com › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH DR. DAVID UNWIN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/lowcarbGP SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:02:37 - Willpower vs. Junk Food Addiction 0:05:41 - How Diet Chooses Your Future 0:07:47 - Lifestyle Changes vs. Lifelong Medication 0:12:50 - The Patient Who Changed Everything 0:18:41 - Dr. Unwin's Personal Lifestyle Change 0:22:42 - Type 2 Diabetes 0:23:21 - The Global Pandemic of Diabetes 0:26:33 - The Silent Pandemic of Fatty Liver 0:29:11 - Diagnosing Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes 0:33:09 - The Body as a Dual-Fuel Engine 0:40:04 - Thoughts on Ozempic (Fat Jabs) 0:51:41 - How Modern Lifestyles Have Changed 0:54:05 - The World Health Organisation's Stance 0:56:49 - The System That Profits from Sickness 1:04:36 - Lifestyle Change vs. A Diet 1:07:04 - Understanding Your Metabolic Age 1:10:00 - Practical First Steps to Change 1:13:32 - The Spectrum of Food Addiction 1:15:00 - Engineering Addictive Foods 1:24:53 - Unconscious Eating Habits 1:29:23 - Burning Fat vs. Burning Sugar 1:32:13 - The Six-Month Challenge 1:33:21 - Low-Carb Resources  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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