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LEIPZIG, Germany — For patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, nutrition therapy is highly effective at achieving remission. "The greater the reduction in body weight, the higher the chances that blood sugar levels will normalize," said Diana Rubin, MD, at the fall press conference of the German Diabetes Society (DDG). Rubin is conference president and chief physician of the Center for Nutritional Medicine and Diabetology at the Vivantes Humboldt Hospital and the Spandau Hospital, Berlin, Germany.
Because of the development of modern medicines, nutrition therapy has increasingly been pushed into the background over the past 50 years. However, nutrition therapy and weight reduction can effectively delay diabetes for years, said Rubin. The patients are healthy, without being healed.
Nevertheless, the remission is rarely permanent. Most of the patients develop type 2 diabetes again after 5 years.
Modern research in nutrition therapy has shown that patients with diabetes should receive personalized treatment. However, this idea is not taken into consideration in current diabetes training programs, which are the only forms of nutrition therapy covered by statutory health insurance companies.
Instead, nutrition information is mostly conveyed through group training sessions. Individuals do not necessarily find each other again. What's more, these sessions are seldom led by nutrition experts. "It is rarely helpful to use a 'one size fits all' approach, as is often the case with these group training sessions," said Rubin.
The DiRECT study, in which patients reduced their weight by 15 kg and achieved remission rates of almost 90%, is an example of how nutrition therapy can be highly effective. This is especially true if the aims and methods are determined on an individual basis and if there is frequent contact with a therapist. German and international guidelines, including the DDG's best practice guides from 2022, highlight the importance of personalized nutrition therapy.
www.medscape.com
Because of the development of modern medicines, nutrition therapy has increasingly been pushed into the background over the past 50 years. However, nutrition therapy and weight reduction can effectively delay diabetes for years, said Rubin. The patients are healthy, without being healed.
Nevertheless, the remission is rarely permanent. Most of the patients develop type 2 diabetes again after 5 years.
Personalized Nutrition Therapy
It is not just developments in medicine that have pushed nutrition therapy into the background. Another contributing factor is that statutory health insurance companies do not cover personalized nutrition counseling as standard, said Rubin.Modern research in nutrition therapy has shown that patients with diabetes should receive personalized treatment. However, this idea is not taken into consideration in current diabetes training programs, which are the only forms of nutrition therapy covered by statutory health insurance companies.
Instead, nutrition information is mostly conveyed through group training sessions. Individuals do not necessarily find each other again. What's more, these sessions are seldom led by nutrition experts. "It is rarely helpful to use a 'one size fits all' approach, as is often the case with these group training sessions," said Rubin.
The DiRECT study, in which patients reduced their weight by 15 kg and achieved remission rates of almost 90%, is an example of how nutrition therapy can be highly effective. This is especially true if the aims and methods are determined on an individual basis and if there is frequent contact with a therapist. German and international guidelines, including the DDG's best practice guides from 2022, highlight the importance of personalized nutrition therapy.
Personalized Nutrition Therapy Promotes Diabetes Remission
Nutrition therapy can be highly effective, especially if the aims and methods are determined on an individual basis.
www.medscape.com