A low-carb diet for reversal of type 2 diabetes – Dr. Sarah Hallberg

March 25 2019 by , medical review by in Diabetes, Dr. Sarah Hallberg, Low Carb Denver, Presentations, Virta Health

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Two weeks ago, the Low Carb Denver 2019 conference came to an end. Here’s our third posted presentation, after Gary Taubes’ and Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, and this one is with the amazing Dr. Sarah Hallberg.

What is the best approach to type 2 diabetes reversal? In this presentation, Sarah takes us on a deep dive into the matter and she puts studies and evidence under the microscope.

Don’t miss this insightful and inspiring video.

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Dr. Sarah Hallberg:  So our primary outcomes were body weight metabolic syndrome criteria which again is what we’re going to be reporting on in our pre-diabetes paper and type 2 diabetes status. So here it is, two years.

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What happened? We sustained the results. We sustained the results. I mean this is very exciting. So we reversed type 2 diabetes and we were able to keep people in reversal. We went from 60% at two years to 54%. Over half of the people in the trial maintaining diabetes reversal.

That’s huge. Just for one moment imagine that was a drug. Right? Do we need another drug? Come on, we need food, we need proper food. It works. And the medication reductions… They are staying incredibly robust. So these are people who are maintaining a lower A1c and still staying off drugs.

And I’ve got to tell you something so exciting, and that is in the last six months… so this is three years after these people started, I have taken three people who have a diabetes duration of 15 to 20 years off insulin. Three years.

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A low-carb diet for T2D reversal – Dr. Sarah Hallberg

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