A new research suggests that people can reverse their Type 2 diabetes by keep their weight down through diet.
According to Science 2.0, the study has shown that even if they have had it for up to 10 years, Type 2 diabetes is reversible. The new research is part of a growing body of evidence that buy losing weight people can successfully reverse Type 2 diabetes.
The latest study has been published in Diabetes Care. According to the research team, the reversal of the medical condition is possible because insulin production is returning to normal once fat is removed from the pancreas.
Professor Roy Taylor at Newcastle University published in 2011 a previous study showing that a very low calorie diet could reverse diabetes. The new study aimed to answer the question whether the diabetes once reversed would stay away.
The new research reunited 30 volunteers with Type 2 diabetes following the same low calories diet of only 600 to 700 calories a day. During the study participants lost on average just over 2 stone or 14 kilograms and they did not regain any weight over the next six months.
Many people participating in the study were patients with longer duration diabetes, ranging from more than 8 years to up to 23 years. Among the group of participants 12 patients who had had diabetes for less than 10 years were able to reverse their condition and to stay diabetes free six months later.
While remaining overweight or obese, the volunteers enough lost weight to allow normal insulin production by removing the fat out of the pancreas. Taylor declared that the findings of the study demonstrate the possibility to reverse diabetes, even for those patients who "have had the condition for a long time, up to around 10 years."
The new study also answered the question whether it is possible to stay free of diabetes if you lose the weight and keep the weight off. The good news is that the answer to this question is yes. This gives new hopes to people suffering of Type 2 diabetes.
