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Diabetes remission diet also lowers blood pressure and reduces need for medication

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New research has shown that if people achieve and maintain substantial weight loss to manage their type 2 diabetes, many can also effectively control their high blood pressure and stop or cut down on their anti-hypertensive medication.

A weight management programme, developed by researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Newcastle for the Diabetes UK-funded DIabetes REmission Clinical Trial (DIRECT), has proved effective at lowering blood pressure and reducing the need for anti-hypertensive medications, as well as bringing remission of type 2 diabetes.

The programme involves an initial 12 weeks on a nutritionally complete formula diet (low calorie soups and shakes) which will induce weight loss of over 15 kg (over 2 stones) if followed fully. Diabetes and blood pressure drugs were stopped at the start, and only re-started if blood sugar or blood pressure rose.

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Diabetes remission diet also lowers blood pressure and reduces need for medication

New research published in Diabetologia has shown that if people achieve and maintain substantial weight loss to manage their type 2 diabetes, many can also effectively control their high blood pressure and stop or cut down on their anti-hypertensive medication.
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Seems obvious 🙄
 
Anyway, worked for me. Losing enough weight to zap my T2D also zapped my hypertenson.
 
I hope this becomes more common knowledge, several people on the low carb forum had falls, one a bad one, thorough being warned not to stop taking their medication without permission.
 
My BP was measured today and is down from 145/85 to 126/80 with low carb diet and nearly 4 stone weight loss/exercise over the last 10 months 🙂 I did read that for each 1kg lost the Systolic Blood pressure result can drop by 1 point which is approximately what's happened with me. I am sure the exercise of 10k steps a day helped too.
 
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