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Food as Medicine for Type 2 Diabetes Remission
This Food as Medicine course session offers a comprehensive exploration of how food can be utilized as medicine in the treatment, and potential remission of type 2 diabetes and reversal of insulin resistance. Through a combination of didactic lecture and case studies, participants will delve into the efficacy and clinical application of commonly used clinical guidelines as well as review nutrition therapy practices and strategies. Furthermore, the course reviews how the food as medicine dosing intensity impacts clinical outcomes and medication deprescription needs for patients with type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance.
This course expires August 12th, 2027, at 11:59 PM PST.
Course Format
This course consists of 1 module and 3 hours of content.
Target Audience
This course is applicable for interprofessional healthcare team including physicians, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physician associates, registered dietitians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, other health professionals working with chronic disease prevention or treatment, certified health coaches, and clinicians in training.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Review commonly utilized clinical guidelines and nutrition therapy practices for diabetes.
- Describe evidence that nutrition therapy is an effective strategy for the treatment of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, sometimes resulting in complete remission of the disease.
- Discuss nutrition guidelines for treatment and remission of type 2 diabetes and reversal of insulin resistance.
- Discuss the role of medication deprescription.
- Explore application of food as medicine for treatment and remission of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance.
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Arti Thangudu, MD, DipABLM
Dr. Arti Thangudu is a highly skilled, triple board-certified physician who specializes in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. She is a passionate patient advocate. She believes her duty is to provide patient-centered care with a strong doctor-patient relationship. Her practice blends her medical expertise with optimization of lifestyle to achieve health for her patients who suffer with obesity, diabetes, thyroid problems, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and other metabolic and hormonal disorders.
Dr. Thangudu’s commitment to better care, relationships and outcomes in endocrinology led her to found two healthcare companies. Her first, Complete Medicine, is a direct specialty care clinic in endocrinology. She then launched HeyHealthy, an outcomes driven company that helps self-insured businesses who want to save money and time on employee healthcare by providing accessible, supportive diabetes and hormonal care to employees so they can be healthy, stay out of the hospital and have renewed energy and productivity
Dr. Thangudu’s bachelor’s degree is in Journalism from Northwestern University, she received her MD from UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, residency in Internal Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine and fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is board certified in Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Lifestyle Medicine - a field that focuses on maximizing our health through nutrition, exercise, stress management, emotional and mental well-being, sleep and cessation of unhealthy habits.
Dr. Thangudu worked in one of the busiest endocrinology practices in the nation after her training where she learned about the traditional healthcare system before she ventured into physician entrepreneurship.
Dr. Thangudu is married to an ICU physician and adores being mama to an eight-year-old girl and six-year-old boy.
Brenda Davis, RD
Brenda Davis, registered dietitian, is a plant-based trailblazer and an internationally acclaimed speaker. Brenda has been a featured speaker at medical, nutrition, and dietetic conferences in 25 countries on 6 continents. As a prolific nutrition writer, Brenda has authored/co-authored 13 books with nearly a million copies in print in 15 languages. Her most recent works include Plant-Powered Protein (2023), Nourish: The Definitive Plant-based Nutrition Guide for Families (2020), Kick Diabetes Essentials (2019), The Kick Diabetes Cookbook (2018), Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition (2014) and Becoming Vegan: Express Edition (2013). Brenda has also authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She was the lead dietitian in a diabetes randomized controlled trial in the Marshall Islands. Brenda was the 7th recipient of the Plantrician Project’s Luminary Award in 2022. She lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Accreditation Statement, Disclosure Information and Credit Designation Statements
Joint Providership Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by RUSH University Medical Center and American College of Lifestyle Medicine. RUSH University Medical Center is Jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing medical education for the healthcare team.
Disclosure Information
Unapproved Uses of Drugs/Devices: In accordance with requirements of the FDA, the audience is advised that information presented in this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please refer to the FDA approved package insert for each drug/device for full prescribing/utilization information.
It is the policy of the Interprofessional Continuing Education office at RUSH to ensure that its CE activities are independent, free of commercial bias. Therefore, we manage all financial relationships associated with accredited continuing education activities. RUSH asks everyone who has the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity to disclose information about all of their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months.
An ineligible company is an entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no minimum threshold; individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of relationships to education. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any potential conflicts of interest prior to the planning, implementation, or evaluation of the continuing education activity. If a financial relationship is identified for the person in control of content, conflict mitigation strategies will be used to mitigate the financial relationship before they assume their role.
Individuals in control of content for this activity have the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose and all financial relationships have been mitigated.
- Rohit Moghe, PharmD, MSPH, CDCES: Member, Speaker's Bureau - Novo Nordisk
All other individuals in control of content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Available Credit
- 3.00 AAFP Prescribed
The AAFP has reviewed Food as Medicine for Type 2 Diabetes Remission and deemed it acceptable for up to 3.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 8/13/2025 to 8/13/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. .
- 3.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participation completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
- 3.00 ABLM MOC
The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine has approved 3.00 maintenance of certification credits (MOC) for this learning activity.
- 3.00 ABS Accredited CME
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
- 3.00 ACPE Pharmacy
Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacists.
- 3.00 ACPE Technician
Rush University Medical Center designates this knowledge-based Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 contact hour(s) for pharmacy technicians.
- 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Rush Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.00 ANCC
Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 nursing contact hour(s).
- 3.00 APA
Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for 3.00 CE credits in psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship in the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
- 3.00 ASWB
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Rush University Medical Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved continuing education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 3.00 general continuing education credits.
- 3.00 Attendance
Successful completion of this course activity, including active participation in the evaluation component, entitles the learner to receive a participation certificate from ACLM. Please note that this certificate is offered solely in recognition of engagement, and no academic or professional credit is awarded.
- 3.00 CPEU
This Enduring material has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Completion of this activity awards 3.00 CPEUs.
- 3.00 NBC-HWC
The National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) has approved 3.00 continuing education credits for this learning activity: CEA-000305-1.
- 3.00 Occupational Therapy CE
Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for 3.00 continuing education credits.
- 3.00 Participation (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for non-MDs)
Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.00 Physical Therapy CE
Rush University Medical Center is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000378) and occupational therapy (224.000220) by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Rush University Medical Center designates this Enduring material for 3.00 continuing education credits.
Price
ACLM member and category discounts are applied at checkout.
| Non-member | ACLM Members |
|---|---|
| $120 | Physician/Doctor: $90 Non-Doctoral Health Professional: $67.50 Student/Trainee: $45 |
Access to online material is granted through the term of approval, which ends August 12, 2027.
Participant User Agreement (Terms of Use and Copyright)
Before registering for a Continuing Education/Continuing Medical Education Course (“Training”) for the first time, carefully review the following conditions of usage at https://lifestylemedicine.org/terms-of-use-and-copyright/
Registering for an American College of Lifestyle Medicine Course indicates your acceptance of the Participant User Agreement and its terms and conditions.
Required Hardware/software
This course can be viewed on desktop or tablet using a modern browser and most mobile devices. Speakers or headphones are required for this course.