Dr. Jaime Uribarri is a physician and clinical investigator. He was born in Chile and received his medical degree from the University of Chile School of Medicine. He did all his postgraduate training in the United States. He has been in The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC, since 1990, where he is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Renal Clinic and the Home Dialysis Program at the Mount Sinai Hospital.

In this exclusive interview transcript, Dr. Jamie Uribarri discusses his research into Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs) in food, the role they play in overall health, and how to achieve lower AGE diets through food choices and cooking techniques.

In this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Jamie Uribarri talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2017 Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA about  his research into AGEs (Advanced Glycation Endproducts) in food, how AGEs affect health and contribute to diseases like diabetes,  and how people can lower AGEs in their diets through food choices and cooking techniques.

In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, Jamie Uribarri talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2017 Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA about the compounds called Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGE) in food, and the benefits of a low AGE diet.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Jamie Uribarri talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2017 Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA about low AGE versus high AGE diets, and why cooking methods are key to avoiding foods with a high AGE.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Jamie Uribarri talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2017 Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA about high AGE foods and how dietitians can help teach patients cooking strategies to minimize AGE.

In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Jamie Uribarri talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2017 Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA about how some ethnic cooking methods may be factors in high AGE diets.

In part 5 of this Exclusive Interview, Jamie Uribarri talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2017 Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA about high AGE diets and kidney disease, and the limitations of clinical research.

In part 6 of this Exclusive Interview, Jamie Uribarri talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2017 Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA about whether there is any medication that helps lower AGEs.

In part 7 of this Exclusive Interview, Jamie Uribarri talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2017 Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA about advancements in dialysis technologies and why the pace of change is slow.