What is it about?
Weight loss of around 33 pounds can be achieved by a widely acceptable method. In a group of people who did this and achieved non-diabetic blood sugar levels, the pancreas gradually returned to normal maximum function over 2 years.
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Why is it important?
We have shown that type 2 diabetes is a simple state of having more fat inside liver and pancreas than an individual can bear. This personal fat threshold explains why the disease can occur at any weight, although more commonly at higher weights. It is so important that individuals recognise that they can return to full health long term, free of medication. This is true of recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes, although after 10 years the chance of complete remission of diabetes is lower. Overall, this is a profound change in understanding of this devastating condition.
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This page is a summary of: Time Course of Normalization of Functional β-Cell Capacity in the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial After Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Care, February 2020, American Diabetes Association,
DOI: 10.2337/dc19-0371.
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Resources
How to reverse type 2 diabetes and the underlying mechanisms
Website for people with type 2 diabetes, their families and their doctors
Public lecture on Reversing Type 2 Diabetes (2014)
Public lecture which describes the break through in understanding of type 2 diabetes which laid the basis for the subsequent large DiRECT study and adoption of the programme by the NHS.
Understanding type 2 diabetes and its reversal in 2020
This is a short, up to date (2020) summary of the main points of what causes type 2 diabetes and why the weight loss programme can achieve complete remission of the condition.
Life Without Diabetes: The definitive guide to understanding and reversing type 2 diabetes
Book written for anyone who wants to understand type 2 diabetes and learn how it is possible to escape from its clutches - long term.
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