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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas

British doctor pioneers low-carb diet as cure for obesity and type 2 diabetes

Dr David Unwin and two female patients, all seated in his surgery
Dr David Unwin with patients Audrey Jones, left, and Marcia Mawdsley, right, at his Norwood Surgery in Southport. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer

A red-brick surgery in the seaside resort of Southport in the north-west of England is on the frontline of one of the biggest questions facing the NHS: what’s the best fix for our growing obesity crisis?

Dr David Unwin thinks he has the answer. He has championed a low-carb lifestyle that not only helps patients lose weight but also, in more than half of his patients who were on the diet, has even managed to reverse type 2 diabetes, once thought to be an irreversible and progressive disease.

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