
Marcus Hawkins
New Zealand GP and author of 'The Food Fix'; advocates therapeutic carbohydrate reduction for metabolic disease reversal
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Jun 12, 2026
The Food Fix: Why we cannot drug our way out of the Type 2 diabetes pandemic
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Marcus HawkinsGUEST
i would say that there's no real well there's probably no real issue there but one has to look at a That's a bit of a blanket statement, but trying to basically say, hold on a minute, let's just look at the information first rather than get panicked about it.

Marcus HawkinsGUEST
So, I mean, really what you're looking at, the metabolic health side of things, right? You kind of...

Marcus HawkinsGUEST
should ignore the total cholesterol, unless it's above 10, perhaps, arguably.

Marcus HawkinsGUEST
But more importantly, what you're looking at is your triglycerides and your HDL, high-density lipoprotein.

Marcus HawkinsGUEST
Because you take the ratio of triglycerides to HDL, and that gives you a really good idea of how you are metabolically in terms of insulin resistance and potential risk for heart disease.
11 MINS LATER

Graham PhillipsHOST
Because I think it's a microcosm of the entirety of what we've got wrong in humanity, not just from a food aspect, but also from a social demographic aspect