Dr. Nicola Guess is a senior lecturer (associate professor) at the University of Westminster, research fellow at King’s College London and head of nutrition at Dasman Diabetes Institute in Kuwait. She holds a PhD from Imperial College London. Her primary research interests are in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes. She is a recognised world-expert in the effect of nutrition on the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Dr Nicola Guess is a 2018 National Institute of Clinical Excellent (NICE) scholar investigating meal provision for inpatients with diabetes; a member of the NICE expert committee; a member of the Diabetes UK Clinical Study Group, which sets the agenda for research for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes in the UK; a Winston Churchill Travel Scholar investigating approaches to type 2 diabetes prevention in the UK and China; a Diabetes UK Academic Health Partnership Fellow investigating the role of diet in the prevention of type 2 diabetes; a member of the NICE guidelines committee for type 2 diabetes prevention in the UK; and the director of Kings College London courses on diet and diabetes. City Dietitians Website Nicola's Twitter Nicola's Instagram Nicola's Research Gate Profile In this episode we cover: Nicola's reason for getting into diabetes research What type 2 diabetes is and what causes it The role of beta-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance in diabetes The role of insulin in health and maintaining blood glucose Different risk rates of diabetes in different populations Lifestyle factors which can contribute to type 2 diabetes The difference between remission and reversal of diabetes Low-carbohydrate diets and their potential in the management of diabetes How rate of weight loss may be important for restoring beta-cell function