dietary interventions in type two diabetes patients are bernard received from the george washington university school of medicine is the author of several books including the twenty one day weight loss kick start and breaking the food seduction joins me now in the studio and also dr bernard's. program for reversing diabetes this is the one i find fascinating welcome to the program thank you it's great to be here thanks for joining us what made you get into this what what drew you into diet and the most most physicians it's you know here's the pills yeah it is i have to say what i'm doing now is exactly the opposite of how i grew up i grew up in fargo north dakota come from a long line of cattle ranchers every day of my life. in corn except for special occasions when i was roast beef potatoes and peas but what actually happened to me the year before i went to medical school i was working in a hospital as the autopsy assistant and when somebody would die in the hospital i would help in the examination of the body and there was nothing like seeing atherosclerosis the hardening of the arteries and smelling and so fo