There are people who preach on street corners who proclaim the end is near. Others don tinfoil hats and say aliens are in Area 51.

It’s all just another day in America.

Then sometimes, we hear things we tell ourselves must be conspiracy theories because we don’t want to believe them to be true.

So when someone suggests there was a corporate conspiracy to shape the modern American diet, you, as a rational person, dismiss it out of hand.

But this time. It’s actually true. And it doesn’t come from an obscure group of mentally unstable people...

No, this actually comes from, ironically enough, the American Medical Association. In the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Internal Medicine, they found internal documents from Big Sugar that suggested lobbyists had actually influenced scientific consensus - https://drvarner.com/sugar-industry-against-fat/.

Nina Teicholz observes conflicts of interest at Novo Nordisk

https://twitter.com/bigfatsurprise/status/1333248594984448007 - Nina's Tweet

85% of Novo Nordisk's business = diabetes treatments (drugs, devices)

In 2014, Dr Alan Moses, chief medical officer of Novo Nordisk, wants to cure diabetes even if it

"...meant the dissolution of Novo Nordisk, that'd be fine." -

Dr Alan Moses leaves @novonordiskus for @virtahealth because Keto Dieting + Phone App w/ Doctors is "unmatched...while eliminating medications...transformational potential"

“The health outcomes Virta delivers for people with type 2 diabetes are unmatched in the absence of medications or surgery, and particularly noteworthy for the level of control achieved while eliminating medications," said Dr. Alan Moses, new Virta advisor and former Senior Vice President and Global Chief Medical Officer of Novo Nordisk. “What is even more exciting is that Virta’s care delivery model has transformational potential for a variety of conditions beyond diabetes.”

Novo Nordisk founded the World Diabetes Foundation

Novo Nordisk founded the World Diabetes foundation to save the lives of those affected by diabetes in developing countries and supported a UN resolution to fight diabetes, making diabetes the only other disease alongside HIV / AIDS to have a commitment to combat at a UN level.[22]

Diabetes treatments account for 85% of Novo Nordisk’s business. Novo Nordisk works with doctors, nurses, and patients, to develop products for self-managing diabetes conditions. The DAWN (Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs) 2001 study was a global survey of the psychosocial aspects of living with diabetes. It involved over 5,000 people with diabetes and almost 4,000 care providers.[23] This study was designed to identify barriers to optimal health and quality of life. A follow-up study completed in 2012 involved more than 15,000 people living with, or caring for, those with diabetes. In response to UK findings, a National Action Plan (NAP) was developed, with a multidisciplinary steering committee, to support the delivery of individualized person-centered care in the UK. The NAP seeks to provide a holistic approach to diabetes treatment for patients and their families.[24]

The i3-diabetes programme is a collaboration between the King's Health Partners, one of only six Academic Health Sciences Centres (AHSCs) in England, and Novo Nordisk. The programme is a five-year collaboration designed to deliver personalised care that will lead to improved outcomes for people living with diabetes, and more efficient and effective ways of caring for people with diabetes.[25][26]

https://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/

to develop products for self-managing diabetes conditions.

is the ketogenic diet a product? No. Therefore it will not be used by Novo Nordisk, funders of the World Diabetes Foundation.

Anything useful on https://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/ ??? Post anything you find in the comments but I couldn't find anything.

Africa

https://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/i-wish-i-knew-20-years-ago-%E2%80%93-james-bangizi

Ugh of course - importance of diet -> eat vegetables, have a FRUIT PARTY to replace meat (why?), fried rice(yay), sodas(yay).

Mexico

The Crux

https://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/projects/mexico-wdf10-510

Why won't Novo Nordisk endorse a low carb diet approach?

Meanwhile, Virta’s peer-reviewed two-year study published in June 2019 revealed sustained diabetes reversal—reducing HbA1c below the diagnostic threshold for T2D while eliminating diabetes-specific medications—in 55% of two-year completing patients. Insulin use declined by 81% from baseline across the population.

versus

Diabetes treatments account for 85% of Novo Nordisk’s business. Novo Nordisk works with doctors, nurses, and patients, to develop products for self-managing diabetes conditions.

What about Novo Nordisk's website? Surely they care about what is true?

Type 2 diabetes is a complex chronic disease that occurs when the body cannot make enough insulin or use it effectively. People living with type 2 diabetes need treatment in order to keep their insulin and blood sugar levels under control.

Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that controls the amount of glucose in the blood. Too little insulin means the body cannot absorb glucose from the food we eat. When this happens, blood glucose levels rise, and over time, these increased levels can damage blood vessels and reduce the supply of oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the body’s organs and nerves.

People living with type 2 diabetes, whose bodies do not respond well, or are resistant to insulin, may need treatment to help their bodies better process glucose. This can help prevent long-term complications.

Every day, we are working to improve treatment options for people living with type 2 diabetes. From more effective medicines to the way they are taken, we leave no stone unturned. https://www.novonordisk.com/disease-areas/type-2-diabetes.html

I highlighted the important part - that the treatment is about processing glucose, not restricting it's consumption. Notice that? As soon as the whole point of treatment is just adding a bandaid to the chronic carbotoxicity - then Novo Nordisk has revealed that they don't understand the fundamental problem. Then - they lie and say "no stone is unturned" Sounds like a good phrase to me.

#LeaveNoStoneUnturned - let's use this hashtag and push Novo Nordisk to turn over the ketogenic diet treatment stone. By addressing the root of the problem, we can dam the river at the source - the carbohydrates - and begin to fix our broken and amputated societies.

Recent Investor Presentation

https://www.novonordisk.com/content/dam/nncorp/global/en/investors/irmaterial/investor_presentations/2020/20203011-ESG-conference-call-presentation.pdf