Diabetes Treatment: Is Compliance more Important than Research?
I was speaking with Revolution Health expert Dr. Zach Bloomgarden about advances in diabetes care, and I suddenly realized that enhancing compliance with lifestyle measures is more important than researching treatments. In other words, we have the power to cure many cases of type 2 diabetes already – without any new research/treatments. The challenge is sticking with diet and exercise programs. Perhaps the same could be said of many diseases.
I thought I’d share this audio clip of Zach explaining that we already have the tools to radically improve diabetes outcomes and virtually eliminate this disease.
I hope that the new community groups at Revolution Health will help us all work together to get to a healthier place. I’m still struggling along with my diet team. I’m proud of those who have had great success already!This post originally appeared on Dr. Val’s blog at RevolutionHealth.com.
Only scientists can further research, and they should not dilute their efforts.
Compliance is the responsibility of the individual.
I keep trying to (gently, I hope) get that through my mom and brother’s heads. Neither are great, though are better than a year ago, at sticking to their diets.