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Dr David Unwin

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Dr David Unwin

@lowcarbGP

All diets and drugs have risks:Do we weigh up the pros and cons of drugs & lifestyle choices properly BEFORE making choices?Starch is concentrated sugar

Joined September 2015

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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Jun 30, 2025
My most popular Tweet of all time over 1 MILLION impressions!! Learn how carbs put your blood sugar up 😊
Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
May 26, 2021
1/7 My 7sugar infographics are back! They help people with T2D predict the glycaemic consequences of dietary choices. Carbs are the main drivers of blood sugar. Here I reinterpret the glycaemic load as approx. 4g teaspoons of table sugar. Freely available phcuk.org/sugar/
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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
May 26, 2021
1/7 My 7sugar infographics are back! They help people with T2D predict the glycaemic consequences of dietary choices. Carbs are the main drivers of blood sugar. Here I reinterpret the glycaemic load as approx. 4g teaspoons of table sugar. Freely available phcuk.org/sugar/
Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Jul 24, 2021
We did it! ONE HUNDRED CASES OF DRUG FREE #T2D REMISSION in a UK NHS practice 😊 Saving £58,000pa on drugs for diabetes 20% of our entire diabetic population🥂Happy patients Proud docs @DocRunner1 @jen_unwin By cutting the sugar and starchy carbs that put up blood sugar #simples
Giles Sheldrick
@ExpressGilo
Jul 24, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Meet the NHS GP who has got 100 Type 2 diabetic patients off medication and into remission by prescribing low-carb diets AGAINST NHS guidelines, which state meals should be based on potatoes, bread, rice, pasta & other starchy carbs @lowcarbGP @DrAseemMalhotra
Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Mar 30, 2019
NEWS! NICE have just endorsed my 7 teaspoon of sugar infograms as suitable to be a resource to support the UK guidelines for type 2 diabetes in adults. & shortlisted for a National prize! Find and download here: nice.org.uk/guidance/ng28/… @MattHancock & @tom_watson Like them too!
Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Jan 3, 2025
AT LAST 🥳 tonight 6 minutes of low carb magic on prime-time National TV to celebrate 150 yes ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY cases of drug-free remission of T2 Diabetes in a single UK NHS clinic (mine!) Just choose foods that don’t put your blood sugar up! itv.com/news/2025-01-0…
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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Sep 17, 2025
Today is my Birthday, I’m 67 years old When I was 55 I thought my tiredness, big belly and raised BP were all ‘just normal’ ageing, I’m 12 years older and they are all gone!! It was my diet!! 👍😁
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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Aug 30, 2023
WE DID IT ! The highest ever Altmetric score for any paper in @BMJNutrition So a paper about low carb is the most popular paper they have EVER published. I am so proud and happy Thanks to fellow authors @jen_unwin @DocRunner1 @ChrisDLDN and Prof Roy Taylor nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/…
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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Nov 3, 2020
PUBLISHED! We wanted to showcase what a low-carb approach could achieve for people with #T2D in UK NHS general practice Our @BMJNutrition paper published today. Open access PLEASE read it nutrition.bmj.com/content/bmjnph… HUGE thanks to patients and staff @nnedpro Hurrah!
Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Jul 14, 2024
As a doctor specialising in T2 Diabetes I get REALLY annoyed when unnecessary SUGAR is added to products. Sometimes it’s hidden in unexpected foods Dear Marks and Spencer PLEASE CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT your coleslaw, pate, prawn salad There is even extra sugar in your roast
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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Jul 17, 2021
HURRAH! OUR #LOWCARB #T2D PAPER JUST WON AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD🥇🥂’for its impact in the field of nutrition education’ #proud #nnedpro2021 @bmj_latest Read the paper nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/… @martyn_kathy @domcro
Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Jan 3, 2023
What predicts drug free remission of T2D on a low carb diet and what happens to those who don’t achieve remission? We publish today here nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/… 97% of participants who chose low carb improved their diabetic control 51% achieved drug free remission #hope 😊
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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Apr 9, 2023
British doctor pioneers low-carb diet as cure for obesity and type 2 diabetes | Obesity | The Guardian HURRAH that’ll be me and ⁦@LoCarbFreshwell⁩ @DocRunner1⁩ Our latest paper is featured too 😊nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/… theguardian.com/society/2023/a…
What predicts drug-free type 2 diabetes remission? Insights from an 8-year general practice service...
From nutrition.bmj.com
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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Jan 10, 2023
So our low carb diet paper is featured in today’s Times. Nearly a full page Progress!! About 50% of our #T2D patients who chose a low carb diet achieved drug free remission Also improved cardiovascular risk nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/…
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Dr David Unwin
@lowcarbGP
Aug 13, 2023
EGGS I am asked so many times if its OK to eat them? YES, YES, YES! As this meta analysis concludes 'eating more than one egg per day, on average, was associated with a DECREASED likelihood of coronary artery disease (approximately 11%)' Just eat real food!
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