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Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience

A Sneak Peak of the Plant-Based Comedy Plant B with Bassem Youssef – E49

Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience

Mastering Diabetes

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.6656 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience! Egypt’s most famous comedian Bassem Youssef gives insight into the upcoming comedy-and-documentary series Plant B. In this series, you’ll learn how Bassem is transforming nutrition education in the middle east doing what he does best – making fun of himself while adding evidence-based nutrition information. For more information on Bassem Youssef, please visit: http://bassemyoussef.net For more information on how to get the Mastering Diabetes Summit All-access Pass, please visit: https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/summit/. To get on the waiting list for the Mastering Diabetes Program, please visit: http://www.masteringdiabetes.org/coaching/. Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss future episodes! Please leave us a review on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher to ensure that the Mastering Diabetes message reaches as many people living with diabetes as possible. Thanks for listening.

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A lot of people made fun of me and everything and said, you know what, I'm fine with this because

0:04.5

here's the thing. Because within the hate and within the making fun of everything, now you've

0:10.0

started a conversation. In the same day that I posted that picture on Instagram, with all the

0:15.0

hate mail I got and all of the people like attacking me and even writing whole articles saying

0:20.0

that like I'm misleading

0:21.4

the people.

0:23.0

Vegan search in Google for one day, search 300%.

0:27.1

Welcome to the Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience, where we teach you how to sit in the driver's seat of your diabetes health for the rest of your life.

0:48.3

We'll teach you how to reverse insulin resistance, achieve your ideal body weight, gain energy, and get your best A1C following

0:55.7

more than 85 years of evidence-based research in the Mastering Diabetes Program.

1:02.1

Our program teaches you how to reverse pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, and how to simplify

1:08.2

your life with type 1 diabetes by maximizing your insulin sensitivity

1:12.3

using food as medicine. We're on a bold mission to reverse insulin resistance in one million

1:19.2

people. We're glad to have you joining us. Today we have an awesome episode of the Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience.

1:31.2

We have an exclusive interview with Basim Youssef, who's one of the most famous human

1:34.8

beings in the entire Middle East, who was a heart surgeon for many years.

1:39.7

And he grew increasingly frustrated with the rising political tension in Egypt. So he decided to create

1:47.6

a comedic series. And he posted videos on YouTube and became an instant internet sensation,

1:54.6

gaining millions of views and millions of followers all around the planet. He grew so popular that he was interviewed by John Stewart here in the United States.

2:06.1

And when he returned to Egypt, he had become such a controversial figure that he actually had

2:13.1

to flee Egypt and move back to the United States in order to remain a free ban.

2:18.9

Now, what does this have to do with plant-based nutrition and diabetes?

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