Dr. David Unwin, MD

Dr. David Unwin, MD, is an award-winning general practitioner (or family doctor) known for pioneering the low-carb approach in the UK. Through the years, Dr. Unwin has been highly recognized for his work within his field.

In 2015, Dr. Unwin was made a UK Royal College of General Practitioners expert clinical advisor in 2015 for his dedicated efforts within the areas of patient communication and type 2 diabetes.

Then, in 2016, Dr. Unwin won the prestigious NHS Innovator of the Year award for his work with diabetes patients.

From 2017 to 2018, his practice saved £57,000 on drugs for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and other conditions by offering patients a dietary alternative to medications.

Also in 2018, Dr. Unwin was named the ninth most influential general practitioner in the UK by GP magazine Pulse. Moreover, he is a clinical expert in Diabetes at Fellowship of the UK Royal College of General Practitioners where he was elected as a Fellow back in 2008.

Additionally, Dr. Unwin is the medical advisor at the popular Low Carb Program and is doing his best to spread knowledge about low carb among doctors, dietitians, and nurses.

Dr. Unwin has also written several peer-reviewed papers to strengthen the science behind low-carb diets.¹

Dr. Unwin’s work has been covered by BBC, New Scientist, Daily Mail, and The British Medical Journal.

In collaboration with Dr. Unwin, we have created a free video course for doctors with practical tips about using low carb with patients. Dr. Unwin has also published a free and popular 20 minutes long Royal College of General Practice screencast about the management of type 2 diabetes in adults.

Make sure to check out Dr. Unwin’s Twitter, where he has over 50,000 folllowers.

Low carb for doctors video course

Interviews

Can low carb make it fun to be a doctor?
36:47
Dr. Unwin about getting his patients off medications and making a true difference in their lives using low carb.
Motivating people to change their lives
51:45
How do you help and motivate people to start and stay on a low-carb diet?
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Presentations

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Treating patients with low carb – workshop for doctors
33:29
In this video Dr. Campbell Murdoch and Dr. David Unwin hold a workshop for other doctors.

Medically reviewed articles

The science and art of hopeful medicine
Signs and symptoms of diabetes (type 1 and 2)

Potential conflicts of interest

Updated August 11, 2019.

Dr. Unwin has been on a low-carb diet since 2012 and worked as a UK NHS General Practitioner since 1986. He has other unpaid, voluntary roles for:

Royal College of General Practitioners (UK), as a clinical expert in diabetes.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diabetes (UK), an ambassador.
The Public Health Collaboration, a charity working towards better public health, an advisor.
Queenscourt Hospice, Southport UK, Trustee.
NNEdPro Cambridge (Need for Nutrition Education / Innovation Programme), senior Collaborator
Diabetes.co.uk, an advisor.

No other potential conflicts of interest.

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Journal of Holistic Healthcare 2019: A simple model to find patient hope for positive lifestyle changes: GRIN

British Journal of General Practice 2019: Adapting diabetes medication for low carbohydrate management of type 2 diabetes: a practical guide

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019: Substantial and sustained improvements in blood pressure, weight and lipid profiles from a carbohydrate-restricted diet: an observational study of insulin-resistant patients in primary care

JMIR Diabetes 2018: Outcomes of a digitally delivered low-carbohydrate type 2 diabetes self-management program: 1-year results of a single-arm longitudinal study

Journal of Insulin Resistance 2016: It is the glycaemic response to, not the carbohydrate content of food that matters in diabetes and obesity: the glycaemic index revisited

British Medical Journal 2015: A patient request for some ‘deprescribing’

Practical Diabetes 2014: Low carbohydrate diet to achieve weight loss and improve HbA1c in type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes: experience from one general practice ↩