Here’s an amazing interview with a fantastic man. Dr. David Unwin is a UK family doctor, and as he got close to retirement age he felt a bit depressed, he did not feel he was really helping most of his patients.

Then his wife convinced him to try one last project. He would try to improve the lives of the patients he felt were his toughest challenge – overweight people with type 2 diabetes.

A few years later, he’s getting his patients off medications and making a true difference in their lives using low carb. He’s also won the ‘NHS innovator of the year’ award, and he’s giving advice to fellow health professionals about what he’s learned.

Being a doctor has become fun again.

Table of contents

  0:18  Journey to winning the NHS innovator of the year
13:56  Giving people information to help them revolutionize their health
17:56  Learning from mistakes
19:10  How can health professionals help change their patients’ behaviors?
21:52  Making a true difference in people’s lives
25:22  Saving money on drugs with low carb
28:28  What’s next?
31:58  Helping patients in just 10 minutes
34:37  Where can one find out more about Dr. Unwin?

Transcript

About the video

Recorded in Breckenridge, Colorado, February 2017. Published in July 2017.
Interviewer: Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt
Camera and sound: Giorgos Chloros and Simon Victor
Editing: Simon Victor