Nicola Guess, RD, MPH, PhD
Nicola Guess, RD, MPH, PhD, is a dietitian based in London specializing in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.
She is currently an associate professor at the University of Westminster, Research Fellow at King’s College London, and Head of Nutrition Research at the Dasman Diabetes Institute in Kuwait. She also runs her own private clinical practice.
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She is the lead investigator on multiple dietary studies including on low carb and uses a low-carb approach with many of her patients. To name just a few:
Al Ozairi E, Alsaeed D, Taliping D, Jalali M, El Samad A, Mashankar A, Taghadom E, Guess N, Gill JMR, Sattar N, Gray C, Welsh P, Gray SR. Protocol for a randomised controlled trial to investigate the effect of home- and gym-based resistance exercise training on glycaemic control, body composition and muscle strength. Trials. 2020 Jun 22;21(1):557.
Chakravarthy MV, Waddell T, Banerjee R, Guess N. Nutrition and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Current Perspectives. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2020 Mar;49(1):63-94.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32033765/
Dyson P, McArdle P, Mellor D, Guess N. James Lind Alliance research priorities: what role do carbohydrates, fats and proteins have in the management of Type 2 diabetes, and are there risks and benefits associated with particular approaches? Diabet Med. 2018 Sep 27.
Guess N. Dietary Interventions for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in High-Risk Groups: Current State of Evidence and Future Research Needs. Nutrients. 2018 Sep 6;10(9). Review.
Shafique M, Russell S, Murdoch S, Bell JD, Guess N. Dietary intake in people consuming a low-carbohydrate diet in the UK Biobank. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2018 Apr;31(2):228-238.