Drastic diet 'reverses' Type 2 diabetes

[Northerner]

It's a very small sample and I wonder if the restriction of calories means that the consequent restriction in carbs is a big contributory factor:

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/News_Landing_Page/Can-diet-alone-reverse-Type-2-diabetes/

 

[Blythespirit]

A very interesting report. I agree with your comments about reducing carbs Alan. As you say a very small number involved and you wonder if the 5 who didn't atain a reversal stuck to the regime or not. I wonder if the liquid meal replacements are similar to Liter Life or similar diets. I would certainly be interested in hearing more about further trials. XXXXX

 

[veganlass]

Just picked up this as well relating to it.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201106116017793

 

[lucy123]

My sons girlfriend just skyped me to say its okay all I have to do is eat 600 cals a day and I will be fine - diabetes will be gone!

I am struggling on 1300.😱

I do believe a good diet goes a long way towards getting good control though.🙂

 

[C*5_Dodger]

Interesting

I wonder if they did an OGTT?

 

[redrevis]

They've just reported this on Daybreak saying that for type 2's if they eat this extreme diet of 600 calories a day for six months it will force the body into producing it's own insulin again and therefore reverse the condition.

So all type 2's don't produce their own insulin any more then 🙄

 

[Mark T]

It would be interesting to read the research on this when it gets published.

Personally I would be sceptical and wonder if it only works for Type 2 that is predominately IGT/Insulin Resistance related.

 

[Andy HB]

Quite interesting results were reported, even if the sample was very small. I'd like to see who was included in the sample and how progressed their diabetes was.

From my perspective, I'm also not entirely sure that such a restrictive calorie diet is necessary to achieve the same effect. I was running probably an 1800-2000 calorie diet and could claim the same results (but obviously I didn't have all the additional tests re: pancreas function that this sample has had).

Also, increased my regular exercise quite a lot. I wonder what they did with their test subjects?

Andy 🙂

 

[bev]

Hi Northerner,

I think it would be worth a try - if it didnt work you havent lost anything - other than weight perhaps. I wonder if you started eating properly again whether it would put you at the same risk of becoming type 2.🙂Bev

 

[timbla]

this is excellent news. i am sure there will be some on here that take a very sceptical view on this research, but i for one totally buy into it. the chinese have been using food as medicine for thousands of years, through combining, reducing amounts, or cutting out certain things completely.

this also goes some way to possibly explaining the success seen by some diabetics who go down the raw food route. a massive reduction in calorie intake and a total eradication of cooked and/or processed food has been shown to be very effective in lowering BG levels and helping participants to reduce and, in some cases eradicate completely, the need for medical intervention.

bring it on i say.

 

[novorapidboi26]

It talks about the beta cells regaining control after fat levels diminished in the pancreas, but what good is all that insulin if you are resistant to it........as many type 2 individuals are, as opposed to having higher fat levels etc....

 

[Mark T]

It talks about the beta cells regaining control after fat levels diminished in the pancreas, but what good is all that insulin if you are resistant to it........as many type 2 individuals are, as opposed to having higher fat levels etc....

But what happens if you don't have huge amounts of Insulin Resistance and don't have huge amounts of fat?

 

[grahams mum]

they are talking about it on channel 5 now(the wright stuff)

 

[novorapidboi26]

But what happens if you don't have huge amounts of Insulin Resistance and don't have huge amounts of fat?

Then this might work out for you......

I suppose you could still have higher fat levels in the pancreas but still be of normal weight..........!

If you didn't have problematic resistance or problems with beta cell function, then you wouldn't be worrying about diabetes, would you?

 

[grahams mum]

the guest reading the article said this is about type 2 and not type 1

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

My hope is that FINALLY it will change those HCPs who still insist on dishin tou 'eat lots of starchy carbs'/'base every meal on starchy carbs' advice which is so disastrous for so many (who are simultaneously denied the strips that would allow them to see what is happening).

M

 

[novorapidboi26]

the guest reading the article said this is about type 2 and not type 1

Thats right....🙂

 

[Robster65]

The more they learn, the more it seems that diabetes affects people differently and maybe has a 'spectrum' of effects like some other disorders (autism, etc).

The interesting comments on the BBC website report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13887909 come from the professor at Bristol University, who said that it will probably just delay the onset and they will develop symptoms eventually anyway.

So once again, it may not be a reversal, merely a remission. Taking the body back into the 'normal' range gives the pancreas a chance to catch up and sticking to a healthier diet thereafter will avoid overloading it. For some but not all.

Rob

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Not the first time in recent months I've read about the importance of reducing the fat around the organs themselves.

 

[Mark T]

Then this might work out for you......

I suppose you could still have higher fat levels in the pancreas but still be of normal weight..........!

If you didn't have problematic resistance or problems with beta cell function, then you wouldn't be worrying about diabetes, would you?

This is partially why I would like to read the research 🙂

What this article and some of the ones linked off from it seems to suggest is that has your BG goes up you tend to cause Beta cell death at an accelerated rate. Even in a non-diabetic the beta-cells are dying, and at a faster rate then they are multiplying. The non-diabetic corpses they looked at seemed to suggest that they had lost about 50% of the beta-cell by death.

I've not seen anything that suggests accelerating the multiplication rate of the beta-cells - which in order to reverse diabetes would be needed.

The article I linked did suggest that it was possible to get back normal beta-cell operation of your remaining cells - but it all depends how many you had left of course.