We’re back with Episode 79 of 'not ARTIFICIALLY Sweetened', THE podcast packed with unfiltered reflections on all thing’s diabetes!

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If you’re touched by diabetes in any way, whether personally or professionally, you're in the right place! Join us on this social learning journey as we grow together in understanding, insight, & self-awareness to change lives for the better. Our deliberations are always honest, challenging & thought provoking. Nothing is off the table as we meet real people, discuss their real issues & stories, & together discover real answers to many vexing practical issues in diabetes & its care.

Stan & Michael discuss World Diabetes Day activities, celebrating the growing work done by diabetes advocates, but lamenting the relative media silence that persists around diabetes.

An iconic South African Physician

This week we are joined in studio by Dr Adri Kok, an extraordinary Specialist Physician in private practice in Alberton, South Africa. Her diabetes clinic was established in 1996 with a team comprising of diabetes educators, ophthalmology group, podiatrists and dietetics practices. Dr Kok is also a busy intensivist physician, external examiner and honorary lecturer for Internal Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, and a researcher, author and speaker in multiple fields.

Dr Kok serves in leadership roles on the boards of numerous national and international Professional Societies including having served as the president of the International Society of Internal Medicine after serving on the executive committee from 2014 as the first women and first representative of Africa to achieve this distinction.

Adri shares with us

• Why she works as both an intensivist and a chronic care physician and integrating the two approaches
• How her degree in Theology and spiritual approach to medical and self-care puts “fuel in her tank”
• Her interventions to enhance diabetes care and patient agency in the hospital setting
• Her long-standing community, policy and health professional advocacy work for diabetes
• Her international perspectives applied to local diabetes care
• Her passion for a variety of sports and the importance physical fitness both for self-care and positive role modelling
• Planning for her retirement and the multiple handover processes she is engaged in

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Elré Clarence shares her inspirational insights on ‘Diabetes and Wellness’.

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Nearly time to say goodbye…

Barring an advocacy & listenership miracle to make the continued production of this show viable, ‘not ARTIFICIALLY Sweetened’ will cease production with our 80th Episode to be recorded at the end of November.

Until then, we want to hear from you!

Email your questions, suggestions, comments or contributions to ⁠Podcast@CDEDiabetes.co.za⁠

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