Dr. Ben Bikman

Yeah.

Well, in fact, I'll start with that last part of your question, which is how quickly can it turn around?

We published a clinical report.

So working, collaborating with a local clinic in Utah, we took 11 women with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

And their A1C was 8.9%, so very much diabetic range.

And the physician, who's very much on board, had given these patients two options.

And he said, you can leave the office with a prescription for an anti-diabetic drug like metformin, or you can meet with a nutritionist and go through this lifestyle, nutrition counseling.

And in just 90 days, their A1C went down.

The average A1C, the average was 8.9 and it went to 5.6.

So no sign of diabetes whatsoever after just 90 days without a pill popped or a needle injected.

So I have often taken that 90-day span as a very reasonable amount of time to reverse insulin resistance.

Now, depending on the scope of the problem, it may take a little longer to get rid of all of the consequences of the insulin resistance.

But I think 90 days is a very reasonable time.

justified timeline again i say justified based on our own evidence now what did we tell them that could sort of segue into the first part of your question we gave them in fact just three pieces of advice based on the three macronutrients and i've actually kind of already alluded to this which the first one is control carbs and that was simply this admonition to eat whole fruits and vegetables

You don't even need to count it.

Just whole fruits and vegetables.

But in the case of these type 2 diabetics, we said try to be mindful of the most sugary fruits or the starchy fruits and vegetables.

So the tropical fruits, we said please be careful with, like bananas, pineapples, mangoes.

And then the starchy, if the vegetable grows in the ground,

Eat less of it relatively, but all other fruits and vegetables, and that's still a lot, enjoy liberally.