The MHI Foundation and Sun Life come together to reverse type 2 diabetes
Diabetes: a 21st century epidemic
Diabetes, one of the main risk factors for heart disease, is rapidly on the rise worldwide.
Heart disease is the main complication and main cause of death for people with type 2 diabetes. Hyperinsulinemia and chronic hyperglycemia damage blood vessels which, in the long term, can damage the heart.
At the heart of innovation
The Sun Life Diabetes Prevention Clinic is dedicated to the early detection of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, halting disease progression, and improving patients’ metabolic health until they achieve remission.
The Clinic’s program is unique in Canada. Its approach is based on changing lifestyles and is supported by a multidisciplinary team of experts – physicians, nurses, nutritionists, and kinesiologists – who support patients in order to change the course of their condition.