David Unwin

Hidden Glucose in Everyday Carbs Is Driving Fatty Liver and Diabetes

NHS GP David Unwin argues that type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease often begin years before diagnosis, driven in many patients by carbohydrate-heavy diets that are misunderstood as low in “sugar.” In a Diary of a CEO interview, he makes the case for earlier metabolic testing, clearer food literacy around starch and glucose, and lower-carbohydrate “real food” interventions where appropriate. His broader claim is that medicine has too often waited for late-stage disease, then blamed patients for failing advice that did not address insulin resistance, hunger, or food addiction.