Reversing Diabetes: The Promise of Lifestyle Medicine With Dr. Meagan Grega

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Type 2 diabetes affects over 37 million Americans — but what if our standard treatment paradigm is all wrong?

In this episode, Dr. Meagan Grega shares the science and strategy behind lifestyle medicine, a fast-growing movement that uses food, sleep, movement, stress reduction, and social connection to treat and even reverse chronic disease.

Dr. Grega is the co-author of the first-ever Clinical Practice Guideline on Lifestyle Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes and a lead author of ACLM’s Expert Consensus Statement on lifestyle medicine in primary care. She co-founded the Kellyn Foundation, where she helps families across Pennsylvania access fresh food, grow gardens, change lifestyle and improve their health together.

You’ll learn:

  • How fat in your muscles causes insulin resistance — and how to reverse it
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Keywords
DiabetesChronic ConditionsLifestyle Medicine