Eleven people with diabetes took part in the study, which was funded by Diabetes UK. They had to slash their food intake to just 600 calories a day for two months. But three months later seven of the 11 were free of diabetes.Link here. Full study here.
"To have people free of diabetes after years with the condition is remarkable – and all because of an eight-week diet," said Roy Taylor, professor at Newcastle University, who led the study. "This is a radical change in understanding type 2 diabetes. It will change how we can explain it to people newly diagnosed with the condition. While it has long been believed that someone with type 2 diabetes will always have the disease, and that it will steadily get worse, we have shown that we can reverse the condition."
Here's hoping that further study reveals this as an effective and statistically significant source of treatment. That said, I imagine this treatment will have to be monitored in a hospital setting, as I imagine many sufferers of type 2 diabetes lack the willpower to restrict their diets so drastically.
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