Low carb diets

General Practitioner Marcus Hawkins and Dietitian/Researcher Caryn Zinn discuss therapeutic low carbohydrate dietary interventions to optimize health in primary care.

Topics

Intro
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describing a low carb diet simply to a patient
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Audit looking at low carb diets in primary care
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Why do audits not get published?
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Study Results
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How did you fund seeing patients more often?
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How do these results compare with the literature?
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Therapeutic carbohydrate reduction in general practice
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early interventions - it's never too late!
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Patient groups that can benefit from carb reduction
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Research project about prediabetes and T2D in primary care
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Carbohydrate-reduction nutrition guidelines
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Take-home messages
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Take home messages

Have an open mind.
Carb reduction is safe, efficacious and should be considered for anyone with insulin resistance.
Encourage your patients to be curious.
Parameters will improve (lipid profiles, weight, blood pressure, etc.)

Resources

The application of carbohydrate-reduction in general practice: A medical audit Journal of metabolic health
Were warriors once low carb? Journal of Primary Health Care
Low carbohydrate, healthy fat eating Journal of Primary Health Care

Patient Resources

Presenter

Marcus Hawkins

General Practitioner

Marcus is a GP who works at the Botany Doctor Medical practice in Auckland. Marcus is a passionate advocate of dietary interventions to optimize health in primary care. Marcus has published on this topic.

Presenter

Caryn Zinn

Dietitian & Associate Professor

Caryn is a NZ Registered Dietitian and has a PhD from AUT. She is an Associate Professor at AUT. She is a Co-Director of Sports Performance Research Institute, she is also the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Metabolic Health. Caryn’s research focus is on the application of a whole food carbohydrate-reduction approach in the context of metabolic health and sports performance, and on food quality.