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Posted on 06/24/2011 12:25:31 AM PDT by Mount Athos
Eating an ultra low-calorie diet can cure Type 2 diabetes in just eight weeks, dramatic new research has shown.
Even people who have suffered from the condition for years found the drastic diet could jump-start their body’s production of insulin.
The breakthrough is good news for the nearly 2.5 million people in Britain who have this type of diabetes, which is caused by the pancreas not producing enough insulin to break down glucose in the blood.
It could revolutionise the treatment of what has always been seen as a lifelong problem.
Professor Roy Taylor, of Newcastle University, who led the research, said: “To have people free of diabetes after years with the condition is remarkable – and all because of an eight-week diet. For many years it has been assumed that Type 2 diabetes is a life sentence. It’s chronic, it’s progressive, people need more and more tablets, and eventually they need insulin. It’s a downhill slope. However, we have been able to show that it is in fact reversible.
“We have been able to put diabetes into reverse by a very low-calorie diet over a short period of time.
“What is really important and very new is the changes in the body that go along with this. Specifically, the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas have gone to sleep in Type 2 diabetes, they are not really doing very much.
“As the level of fat in the pancreas has reduced, we have seen these insulin-producing cells come com- pletely back to normal, and that is truly remarkable.”
He added: “This represents a radical change in our understanding of the condition. Insulin cells, if they are exposed to fat, don’t work. If they are protected from the fat they perform normally. It is quite possible that we may be able to devise medicines that block the effect of fat and allow normal function.”
He warned patients, however, not to try the new wonder cure without close medical supervision.
Patients in the clinical trial had their food intake cut to just 600 calories a day for two months.
Professor Taylor said: “People ought to think about cutting down what they eat by perhaps a half. On average, someone with a Body Mass Index of 30 will get diabetes. If they got down to a BMI of 19-25, which is the healthy range, it would dramatically improve or even reverse their diabetes.
“A diet of 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day would achieve weight loss in most people.”
Dr Iain Frame, director of research at Diabetes UK, also urged caution. “We welcome the results of this research because it shows that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed, on a par with successful surgery without the side-effects,” he said.
“However, this diet is not an easy fix and Diabetes UK strongly recommends that such a drastic diet should only be undertaken under medical supervision.”
Type 2 diabetes, which can cause strokes, heart attacks and blindness, normally develops during middle age as a result of obesity or an unhealthy lifestyle. The Type 1 version is genetic.
In the trial, 11 patients ate a “meal-replacement” milkshake of 150 calories three times a day.
This was supplemented with three portions of non-starchy vegetables including cabbage, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, cucumber and lettuce.
After just one week, their pre-breakfast blood sugar levels had returned to normal and an MRI scan revealed that the fat levels in the pancreas were also normal, down from around eight per cent to six per cent.
The pancreas also regained the normal ability to make insulin and as a result, blood sugar levels after meals steadily improved.
The volunteers returned to eating normally but received advice on portion size and healthy eating. Three months later, seven remained free of diabetes.
The research, published in the journal Diabetologia, suggests a dramatic drop in calories has a direct effect on reducing fat accumulated in the pancreas, which in turn prompts insulin cells to “wake up”.
The findings are consistent with the belief that a lack of insulin secretion, which is vital for blood sugar control, is due to accumulation of fat in the liver and pancreas.
It has long been known that people who restrict their calorie intake and remain slim live longer than those who eat freely.
A low-calorie diet is also thought to slash the risk of developing cancer, heart disease and stroke, while staving off age-related degeneration of the brain and nervous system.
You are so right! I can’t believe anyone would recommend this. Anorexia kills faster than diabetes does. And how many people can endure this starvation diet? What a miserable way to live.
Not only that, but it could be that dieting is what sets people up for weight gain later on. The body becomes efficient at conserving fat once someone has dieted or been deprived of food for any length of time.
I’ve gone from being misdiagnosed as type 1 in the hospital about 3 months ago, having a reading above 747 and a a1c of 13.5 “was 169 pounds 5’7 “ from day one I avoided there diet of to many carbs per day i kept it under 150 carbs for weight loss and slowly got a bit better then i lowered it to the under 50 carbs for fat burning and got a bit better readings currently i’m on the 600 cal a day diet under 50 carbs a day and only 2 meals a day no snacks with a good 24 hour fast once a week to break through the liver dumping effect/weight loss wall that happens when your body gets used to higher numbers it also lowers over all readings and repairs the body. currently my morning reading sits at 81 and after meal readings return to low 80’s fast i’m on nothing but supplements and currently 147 pounds. I will try this for the full 2 months to cut the organ fat down.
starvation and Anorexia happen when you have no body fat left to burn for fuel, your body is made to run on fat when needed
Also, stop eating ALL white rice.
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>> “Eating an ultra low-calorie diet can cure Type 2 diabetes in just eight weeks, dramatic new research has shown.
Even people who have suffered from the condition for years found the drastic diet could jump-start their body’s production of insulin.” <<
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Bullshit Alert!
Shortage of insulin is never an issue for type 2 diabetes. The fact is that a large part of the damage from diabetes is the large amount of insulin in the blood, caused by the cells inability to metabolize the sugar.
To cure type 2 diabetes requires re-growing new cells throughout your body with animal oils and saturated vegetable oils, instead of fake and polyunsaturated vegetable oils, alowing them to be pervious to water.
That process takes from 6 months to a year to accomplish, during which no sugar or processed starch should be consumed.
Well, who does? I don't see anything at your link that says! :(
later
I am doing this from memory and reserve the right to be off. The article I saw said that the patient(s) were able to decrease or eliminate their oral meds almost immediately after the surgery prior to any weight loss. They were not sure of the causality, but they did notice a correlation. They also said that further long term studies needed to be done.
I would also like to hear more. I tried the Shallanbergers and it did nothng for me.
Private mail me if you like.
>Well, who does? I don’t see anything at your link that says! :(<
The link you tried was posted in 2011. Here’s a direct link to the pertinent information:
http://blog.trackyourplaque.com/2008/09/the-diabetes-gold-rush.html
Thanks!
So. Much so that when a diabetic pt has gastric bypass surgery we send them home a couple of days later off all diabetic meds. That would seem to be too soon for just calorie limitation to be responsible, so there is another piece to the puzzle we have yet to find
My brother has type 2 as well. I’ll be passing this along to him!
That is not true. The liver and cells absorbing insulin is the problems with type II. I don’t know where you get your information but it is completely wrong.
“We *need* fat in our diets... “
Yes, we do need fat in our diets, but it needs to be the right fat...coconut oil.
Twenty-five very overweight or obese adults, most in their 60’s, were documented over a 17 week period. All participants began with a full medical check-up. Health problems included diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, elevated triglycerides, urinary tract infections, fibromyalgia and gout.
All gave up processed foods. Instead they ate fresh natural foods including ‘unhealthy’ butter and raw milk. The test subjects took cod liver oil and magnesium and a dessert spoon of coconut oil before each meal. They also engaged in moderate exercise.
So what happen to these 25 elderly people at the end of their 17 weeks as guinea pigs? Again, they were given a full medical check-up. Overall health was greatly improved. Weight loss ranged up to 38 pounds. Most were able to discontinue all drugs. Notably, blood fats had normalized, something no other eating plan had been able to achieve.
It’s not rocket science – but it works. Fresh nutrient dense foods, healthy fats (such as coconut oil), and moderate exercise can change lives. This means we can overcome many of the health problems we see today and we can stop the obesity epidemic right now.
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