NYT: Hope for reversing type 2 diabetes

April 26 2016 by in Diabetes stories, Diabetes studies, New study

Is diabetes type 2 an incurable disease that gets worse with time? No. A new study shows that big lifestyle changes can result in long-term remission for many people, a reversal, potentially even a cure.

NYT: Hope for Reversing Type 2 Diabetes

None of this is any surprise for long-time readers of this site. Check out the resources below for how to do it.

Guide

How to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

Videos

How to Reverse Diabetes Type 2 – Dr. Jason Fung

Reversing Diabetes by Ignoring the Guidelines – Dr. Sarah Hallberg

LCHF for Obesity and Diabetes – Dr. Jay Wortman

The Cause of Obesity and Diabetes – Gary Taubes

The 2 big lies of type 2 diabetes – Dr. Jason Fung

Losing Weight and Reversing Diabetes – Maureen Brenner

Diet & Diabetes – How to Normalize Your Blood Sugar

How to Cure Type 2 Diabetes – Dr. Jay Wortman

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Thiago
April 26 2016 1
What sort of diet do they follow after 8 weeks of very low calorie diet?
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Gregory
April 26 2016
Dr. Taylor, the lead researcher, answered some questions on Reddit a while ago. He only indicates that the maintenance diet should be about "2/3s of previous amounts."

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/47psga/iama_hi_im_newcastle_un...

He also indicates that the method of losing weight is not crucial, as long as the person loses about 15% bodyweight. The low-cal diet was chosen because it was fast and actually easier than other diets.

This related site explains more of the practicalities:
https://thebloodsugardiet.com/

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BobM
April 26 2016
I doubt that. Low calorie diets suck. They have an incredibly high failure rate. A high fat diet is much, much easier to follow, as you can eat more and still have lower insulin responses. Even better is combining high fat with intermittent fasting. That might be too radical for a lot of people, though.

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Gregory
April 26 2016
I totally agree; the LCHF diet is much easier than the crash VLC diet. Maybe the researchers chose it because it mimics the post-bariatric diet (Taylor's research was inspired by the remission of diabetes in bariatric patients).
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Douglas
April 27 2016
I found it interesting that they started doing what Dr. Atkins had done over 20 years ago and what Drs. Stephen Phinney, Jason Fung, and Eric Westman already do. They act surprised that it worked. The patients will still have to keep the weight off. All diets work to some degree, but LCHF seems to work for more people.