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Prof Peter Brukner OAM

Medical Doctor, Specialist Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician
Professor Peter Brukner OAM is the founder of Defeat Diabetes and not-for-profit organisation SugarByHalf. He is a world-renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher, formerly the chief medical officer for the Australian Men’s Cricket team and has held similar roles at Liverpool FC, Melbourne and Collingwood AFL clubs, the Socceroos and the Australian Olympic Athletics team. Peter is currently Professor of Sports Medicine at La Trobe University, Victoria.

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How Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) remission sounds impossible, but is achievable and endorsed by Diabetes Australia in their "Type 2 Diabetes Position Statement" October 2021, and The compelling and beneficial impact of introducing a low carb dietary intervention to patients with T2D, rather than surgery or prescribing more drugs.

How Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) remission sounds impossible, but is achievable and endorsed by Diabetes Australia in their "Type 2 Diabetes Position Statement" October 2021, and The compelling and beneficial impact of introducing a low carb dietary intervention to patients with T2D, rather than surgery or prescribing more drugs.

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