2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
A low calorie diet can reverse type 2 diabetes and save the lives of millions suffering from the condition. It can be prevented, studies show.
Eating between 825 and 850 calories a day for three to five months puts the disease in remission in almost half of the patients in the new study.
The diabetic clinical remission test, called DiRECT, looked at 300 adults aged 20 to 65 who had been diagnosed with the disease in the past six years. The data showed that volunteers who were on a restricted diet for six months, and for the next six increased their rations by no more than 100 calories per month, lost more than 10 pounds, and separately maintained remission without antidiabetic drugs.
The researchers say their findings show that no expensive and painful procedures are needed to achieve remission. According to them, diet and exercise can help us stay healthy.
In their study, researchers at the University of Newcastle were able to prove that excess calories lead to obesity in the liver, which begins to produce too much glucose. Excess fat then goes to the pancreas, causing insulin-producing cells to cause diabetes.
Studies have shown that the loss of even one gram of fat from the pancreas can resume insulin production, causing the disease to go into remission.
Today, most doctors focus on overcoming the symptoms of diabetes by lowering blood sugar levels with the use of therapies and medications. They are not trying to counteract the disease by fighting its main cause - obesity, said study author Professor Roy Taylor, who has dedicated the last four decades of his life to it.
Diet and lifestyle are often mentioned when it comes to diabetes, but remission due to a sharp reduction in calorie intake is rarely mentioned. Fortunately, this has changed in recent years and more and more people with diabetes are starting to limit calories as a way to combat the dangerous condition, he said.
Worldwide the number of people with type 2 diabetes has quadrupled in the last 35 years. From 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014, it is expected to reach 642 million by 2040. The disease affects almost one in ten adults in Europe and costs governments about 14 billion euros a year.
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