Grant Brinkworth - The CSIRO Low-carb Diabetes Diet and Lifestyle Solution

PROFESSOR GRANT BRINKW ORTH AND DR PENNIE T AY LOR

P A R T P A R T P A R T P A R T P A R T TYPE 2 DIABET ES: A 21ST CE NTURY EPIDEMIC

4 TH E CS IRO L OW-C ARB DIABET ES DI ET & LIF ESTY LE SO LUTION PROFESSOR GRANT BRINK WORTH Professor Grant Brink worth is a Senior Principal Researc h Scientist at CSIRO Health and Biosecurity . He has a PhD in nutrition science and e xerc ise physiolog y and more than 20 y ears e xperienc e leading larg e-scale clinical studies ev aluating th e effects of diets, foods, e xerc ise and lifestyle int erven tions on human health, performance and functionality in health y and clinical populations. Prof essor Brinkw orth s res earch inte rests inclu de dev eloping, testing and tr anslating e ffective nutrition, lifestyle and t echnology solutions for the management of obesity , metabolic health and type 2 diabetes and understanding the ro le of low er-carboh ydrate dietary patterns for health and disease-risk management. He has published o v er 100 scientific papers and is the co-author of the number-one bestselling book The CSIRO L ow-c arb Diet , as well as CSIRO Lo w-carb Ev ery Day , CSIRO Lo w-carb Diet Quick & Easy and CSIRO Protein Plus . Profess or Brinkw orth is an A djunct Re search Pr ofessor at the Unive rsity of South Austr alia and R esearch A ffiliate with the Unive rsity of Sydney , and has supervised more than 10 pos t-gradua te students in the ar eas of nutrition, ex erci se and metabolism. Prof essor Brinkw orth also has a Mas ter of Business Ad ministra tion degree with s trong int erests in innov ation and the commerci alisation of science outc omes, technolog ies and lifestyle pr ogram s for large-scale community adoption and impact. DOCTOR PENNIE T AYL OR Dr Pennie T a ylor is an A ccred ited Pra ctising Dietitian (APD) and Researc h Scientist at CSIRO Health and Biosecurity . She has a PhD from the Univ ersity of Adelaide , School of Medicine ex ploring dietary facto rs and the integra ted role of emer ging health te chnologies including Real Ti me Continuous Glucose Monitori ng (RT -C GM) for obesity and type 2 diabetes and lifes tyle management. With more than 20 ye ars experi ence wo rking in the health and researc h industry , she has ex tensive clinical nutrition ex pertise in diet and specialised food design for c omplex clinical trials and the dev elopment of community we ight management and chronic disease pr ogram s, specialising in obesity , type 2 diabet es and metabolic w eight-los s sur gery . Dr T a ylor has published ov er 30 pe er-rev iewe d scientific papers and is co-author of the number-one bestselling book The CSIRO L ow-c arb Diet , as well a s CSIRO Low-c arb Every Da y , CSIRO Lo w-carb Diet Quick & Easy and CSIRO Healthy Gut Diet . Dr T a ylor wo rks closely with industry and gov ernment p artners to translate science into clinical and community outc omes with str ong inte rests in utilising diabetes te chnology and nov el foo ds for optimising self-management strategi es for impro ved health and wellbeing acr oss all li fe and health stages. Dr T a ylor con tinues to pra ctise privat ely at Ev olvME t o maintain a close understanding of curre nt health practic es and challenges with the focus on the patient-clients health needs.

ABOUT T HE AU THORS CON TR I BUTORS DOC TOR N ATA LI E L US COM BE -M ARSH Dr Natalie Luscombe-Marsh is a Senior Re search Scientist at CSIRO Health and Biosecurity . She has a PhD in nutrition and disease and e xpertise in designing clinical and community- based trials in acco rdance w ith International Conferenc e on Harmonisation Good Clinical Pr actice guidelines. Dr Luscombe- Marsh also has ex pertise in conducting high-quality sy stematic revi ews to provi de evidenc e for gener al le vel health claims on food packaging. Her collective researc h has contribute d substantially to kno wledge about the effects of foods/ di etary patterns, particularly those high in pr otein a nd low in carbohyd rate on outcomes includi ng appetite, body c omposition, phy sical function, hospitalisations, card io-metabolic risk and quality of life, in y oung an d older adults. Dr Luscombe-Marsh has authore d more than 63 peer-re viewe d papers and three book chapt ers, and has re ceive d sev eral award s in reco gnition of the nov elty and impact of her work. She is pas sionate about c ontributing her expertise to assist industries to inno vate and is a vo luntary board member of Meals on Wheels South Austr alia. P RO F ESSOR C A MPBE LL THOMPSO N Professor Campbell Thompson heads the Ac ute Medicine Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital wher e he also w orks in the outpat ients department as a senior consultant managing patients with obesity and diabet es. He tra ined in Sydn ey and Oxf ord in the ar eas of kidne y medicine and gener al medicine and has ov er 30 y ears e xperienc e performing clinical metabolic r esearc h examin ing fat deposition and muscle metabolism in health and disease. Currently w orking at the Univers ity of Adelaide , he has published ov er 200 resear ch articles and supervised o ver 20 PhD and masters s tudents in the areas of nutrition and metabolism. DOC TOR TO M WYC HER LEY Dr T o m Wy cherle y is a senior lectur er in e xerc ise science at the Univ ersity of South Austra lia in Adelaide . Dr Wy cherle y is an A ccred ited Exe rcise Scientist , holds a PhD in nutrition and a master s degr ee in epidemiology . T o m has over 10 year s exper ience in ev aluating the effects of diet and ex erci se based progra ms on weight los s and cardio- metabolic disease risk facto rs. He has authored mor e than 40 academic manuscripts on nutrition, ph ysical ac tivity and cardio-metabolic health.

INTRODUCTION This high-quality re search co ntinues to challenge and inform clinical nutritional guidelines for managing type 2 diabetes. Betw een 2012 and 20 14, the CSIRO conducted a decis ive r esearc h study funded by Austral ias national gov erning health body , the National Health and Medical Researc h Council of Austr alia (NHMRC), into the effects of a lo w-carb d iet, the results of which ha ve had extr emely positiv e impli cations for people living with type 2 diabete s. Participants who adopted a lo w-carb d iet repr esenting an ener gy-con trolled, nutritionally complete eating plan, low er in carboh ydrate with higher proportions of pr otein a nd healthy fa ts combined with a tailor ed ex erci se progra m, wer e able to reduce their relianc e on diabetes m edication by an averag e of 40 per cent, substantially impr ove t heir blood sugar contro l, and achiev e signif icant weight los s. Furthermore , the low -carb diet achiev ed gr eater blood glucose contr ol, diabete s medication reduction and impr oveme nts in heart health, compare d with the traditionally r ecommend ed higher- carbohyd rate (u nrefined), moder ate-pr otein, low-fat diet. This low-carb diet and lifestyle approach has since been published as The CSIRO Low-carb Di et , in a series of three books, all of them bestsellers. Now, the CSIRO has adapted this popular diet and eating plan in a book specifically for individuals at risk of or living with type 2 diabete s. This alre ady repr esents so man y in society tod ay and co ntinues to gro w r apidly . The CSIRO L ow-c arb Diabetes Diet & Lifest yle Solution is a plan designed to help individuals with pre -diabetes and type 2 diabete s understand the condition, and tak e pra ctical steps t o compre hensively improv e their h ealth and wellbeing thr ough a co mplete diet and e xerc ise solution that has been scientifically dev eloped a nd pro ven. FOR MORE THAN 2 0 YEA RS, THE CS IRO HAS BEE N CONDUCTING R ESEARCH INTO UNDERSTA NDING THE ROLE OF NUTRITIONAL F ACT ORS AND THE EFFECT S OF HIGHER PROTEIN, LOWERC ARBOHYDRAT E DIETA RY APPROAC HES FOR WEIGHT AND HEALT H MANAGEM ENT, INC LUDING TY PE 2 DIABET ES.