Posted on 04/24/2023 7:33:04 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
New findings have revealed that nearly a quarter (23%) of participants who were in remission from type 2 diabetes at two years in a clinical trial remained in remission at five years.
The participants no longer needed to use diabetes medications to manage their blood sugar levels. Those who were still in remission had an average weight loss of 8.9kg at five years.
The original DiRECT trial of a weight management program for people with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes within the last six years. The landmark trial was the first to show that remission from type 2 diabetes is possible through a dietary intervention in primary care, with almost half (46%) of people in remission at one year, and 36% at two years.
In the extension study, to understand the longer-term benefits of the program, 95 intervention group participants of the original two-year DiRECT study (48 of whom were in remission at the start of the extension).
During the three-year extension, 82 participants from the original DiRECT control group—who originally received best type 2 diabetes care according to guidelines—were advised to lose weight.
Of the 48/85 participants who were in remission at the start of the extension period, 11 (23%) were still in remission at five years, with an average five-year weight loss of 8.9kg.
Data, available from 82 participants of the original DiRECT control group, showed an average five-year weight loss of 4.6kg, with 3.4% in remission.
Overall, the intervention group saw greater improvements in blood pressure and blood sugar levels, and fewer needed medication, compared to the control group.
The number of "serious adverse events" (events resulting in hospital admission) in the intervention group was less than half that in the control group.
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Some years ago I did Atkins and exercised like crazy...for about 10 months.I lost almost 40 pounds and was then taken off my diabetes meds and all but one of my blood pressure meds.
I’ve lost 75 pounds, I no longer use insulin before meals, and the amount of long acting insulin I need keeps dropping. Oh yeah, my A1C is 5.4.
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This article doesn’t tell the whole truth. An intensive diet and exercise program resulting in weight loss does not reduce cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in people with longstanding type 2 diabetes, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The real problem with diabetes is not the illness itself, but the problems related to the disease. People don’t die from diabetes.
The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study tested whether a lifestyle intervention resulting in weight loss would reduce rates of heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular-related deaths in overweight and obese people with type 2 diabetes, a group at increased risk for these events.
Researchers at 16 centers across the United States worked with 5,145 people, with half randomly assigned to receive an intensive lifestyle intervention and the other half to a general program of diabetes support and education. Both groups received routine medical care from their own health care providers.
“Look AHEAD found that people who are obese and have type 2 diabetes can lose weight and maintain their weight loss with a lifestyle intervention,” said Dr. Rena Wing, chair of the Look AHEAD study and professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University. “Although the study found weight loss had many positive health benefits for people with type 2 diabetes, the weight loss did not reduce the number of cardiovascular events.”
Because this risk is so high, cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of death in people with diabetes.
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Once that you are obese the chance of becoming normal again is less than one percent.
>> Weight loss puts type 2 diabetes into remission for five years, finds research
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The weight loss is a side effect of the improved dietary behavior.
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I did not see the claim of a cure in this article. Your Nomex fire suit is a great example. It does not put out the fire but helps preventing burns and buys you time.
“Some years ago I did Atkins and exercised like crazy...for about 10 months.I lost almost 40 pounds and was then taken off my diabetes meds and all but one of my blood pressure meds.”
All this is long known by the ‘diabetes community’ but, for some reason, they’d rather not have patients know it. But the word is getting out, anyway.
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