• Type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed 'can be reversed'
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[release] [B]An extreme eight-week diet of 600 calories a day can reverse Type 2 diabetes in people newly diagnosed with the disease, says a Diabetologia study.[/B] Newcastle University researchers found the low-calorie diet reduced fat levels in the pancreas and liver, which helped insulin production return to normal. [B]Seven out of 11 people studied were free of diabetes three months later, say findings published in the journal.[/B] More research is needed to see whether the reversal is permanent, say experts. Type 2 diabetes affects 2.5m people in the UK. It develops when not enough insulin is produced in the body or the insulin that is made by the body doesn't work properly. When this happens, glucose - a type of sugar - builds up in the blood instead of being broken down into energy or fuel which the body needs. The 11 participants in the study were all diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes within the previous four years. They cut their food intake drastically for two months, eating only liquid diet drinks and non-starchy vegetables. After one week of the diet, researchers found that the pre-breakfast blood sugar levels of all participants had returned to normal. MRI scans of their pancreases also revealed that the fat levels in the organ had decreased from around 8% - an elevated level - to a more normal 6%. Three months after the end of the diet, when participants had returned to eating normally and received advice on healthy eating and portion size, most no longer suffered from the condition. [B]Professor Roy Taylor, director of Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre at Newcastle University and lead study author, said he was not suggesting that people should follow the diet.[/B] [B]"This diet was only used to test the hypothesis that if people lose substantial weight they will lose their diabetes.[/B] "Although this study involved people diagnosed with diabetes within the last four years, there is potential for people with longer-standing diabetes to turn things around too." Dr Ee Lin Lim, also from Newcastle University's research team, said that although dietary factors were already known to have an impact on Type 2 diabetes, the research showed that the disease did not have to be a life sentence. "It's easy to take a pill, but harder to change lifestyle for good. Asking people to shift weight does actually work," she said. However, not everyone in the study managed to stay free of diabetes. "It all depends on how much individuals are susceptible to diabetes. We need to find out why some people are more susceptible than others, then target these obese people. We can't know the reasons for that in this study," Dr Lim said. Professor Edwin Gale, a diabetes expert from the University of Bristol and world-class buzzkill, said the study did not reveal anything new. "We have known that starvation is a good cure for diabetes. If we introduced rationing tomorrow, then we could get rid of diabetes in this country. "If you can catch people with diabetes in the early stages while beta cells are still functioning, then you can delay its onset for years, but you will get it sooner or later because it's in the system." But Keith Frayn, professor of human metabolism at the University of Oxford, said the Newcastle study was important. "People who lose large amounts of weight following surgery to alter their stomach size or the plumbing of their intestines often lose their diabetes and no longer need treatment. [B]"This study shows that a period of marked weight loss can produce the same reversal of Type 2 diabetes. [/B] "It offers great hope for many people with diabetes, although it must be said that not everyone will find it possible to stick to the extremely low-calorie diet used in this study." Dr Iain Frame, director of research at Diabetes UK, which funded the study, said the diet was not an easy fix. "Such a drastic diet should only be undertaken under medical supervision. Despite being a very small trial, we look forward to future results particularly to see whether the reversal would remain in the long term."[/release] [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13887909"]Source[/URL]
I will hope they diagnose it early on me when I inevitably get diabetes.
God damn it, my dad's had it since 03 and just now they find out it's reversable?
I lost my best friend to Type 2. Wish they figured this out earlier
[QUOTE=GameDev;30686933]I lost my best friend to Type 2. Wish they figured this out earlier[/QUOTE] Apparently they have known about this for quite awhile. My dad was recently diagnosed with Type 2. :smith:
I thought it was insanely unhealthy to starve yourself like that, now they're encouraging it?
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;30687641]I thought it was insanely unhealthy to starve yourself like that, now they're encouraging it?[/QUOTE] It's either that or starving yourself from a huge variety.
Too bad I've had type 1 for ten years. :(
So type two appears when you are older, correct? If that is the case, what preventative measures are there, other than not eating stuff filled with fats and sugars?
[QUOTE=MasterG;30689655]Type 1 = born with it. Type 2 = develop it during your life. They have different causes, treatments and symptoms though.[/QUOTE] You're not born with type 1, but you're sort of born with a vunerability to it, which can be triggered by a bunch of things
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;30687641]I thought it was insanely unhealthy to starve yourself like that, now they're encouraging it?[/QUOTE] Better than having diabetes I guess.
so the cure to being obese... is to lose weight?!?! wow absolutely eye-opening
[QUOTE=cccritical;30690024]so the cure to being obese... is to lose weight?!?! wow absolutely eye-opening[/QUOTE] You dont need to be obese to get diabetes.
[QUOTE=cccritical;30690024]so the cure to being obese... is to lose weight?!?! wow absolutely eye-opening[/QUOTE] Do you even know what diabetes is?
[QUOTE=AaronM202;30690140]You dont need to be obese to get diabetes.[/QUOTE] you need to have an incredibly unhealthy imbalance in inside-goo to get type 2 diabetes and that imbalance is typically created by being a chubby fuck [release]Obesity has been found to contribute to approximately 55% of cases of type 2 diabetes[/release] that's coming from the CDC
wHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
[QUOTE=cccritical;30690254]you need to have an incredibly unhealthy imbalance in inside-goo to get type 2 diabetes and that imbalance is typically created by being a chubby fuck [release]Obesity has been found to contribute to approximately 55% of cases of type 2 diabetes[/release] that's coming from the CDC[/QUOTE] Yeah thats half, that doesnt mean that you have to be obese.
[QUOTE=cccritical;30690254]you need to have an incredibly unhealthy imbalance in inside-goo to get type 2 diabetes and that imbalance is typically created by being a chubby fuck [release]Obesity has been found to contribute to approximately 55% of cases of type 2 diabetes[/release] that's coming from the CDC[/QUOTE] This was my friend. [img]http://gyazo.com/8a8b585298fb07814ad2442beda4f4e5.png[/img] Does he look obese to you?
They haven't found one for type 1 diabetes though, which father suffers.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;30690310]Yeah thats half, that doesnt mean that you have to be obese.[/QUOTE] I didn't say you had to be obese to cause diabetes, I was speaking about the majority of people with type 2 diabetes. It was a joke about how nobody should be surprised that losing weight is healthy for you. Christ, people. [QUOTE=GameDev;30690317]This was my friend. [img]http://gyazo.com/8a8b585298fb07814ad2442beda4f4e5.png[/img] Does he look obese to you?[/QUOTE] Well, the picture won't load so I have no idea. I wasn't trying to be a jerk to you or laugh at anyone that's died of type 2, sounds like you think I was though.
My roomie has Type 2. Honestly, he isn't fat at all, mainly just muscle. Still sucks though. [editline]24th June 2011[/editline] Wait, nevermind. He just told me he had Type 1.
Wow. That is a brutal treatment. But at least it works.
600 calories? So the cure is to be anorexic? [QUOTE=Wikipedia]The average caloric intake of a person with anorexia nervosa is 600–800 calories per day[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=BALLSANDASHWALL;30692304]600 calories? So the cure is to be anorexic?[/QUOTE] Fighting a Physical Disease with a Mental Disorder? That's insane.
It's not fighting it with a mental disorder. It's just starving yourself. There's a difference.
[QUOTE=cccritical;30690254]you need to have an incredibly unhealthy imbalance in inside-goo to get type 2 diabetes and that imbalance is typically created by being a chubby fuck [release]Obesity has been found to contribute to approximately 55% of cases of type 2 diabetes[/release] that's coming from the CDC[/QUOTE] Are you retarded? [editline]24th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=BALLSANDASHWALL;30692304]600 calories? So the cure is to be anorexic?[/QUOTE] And are you?
[QUOTE=cccritical;30690254]you need to have an incredibly unhealthy imbalance in inside-goo to get type 2 diabetes and that imbalance is typically created by being a chubby fuck [release]Obesity has been found to contribute to approximately 55% of cases of type 2 diabetes[/release] that's coming from the CDC[/QUOTE] "You NEED x to get y" In the same post "x is the cause of y half the time"
Prescribe some Adderall is all you need to do then. That shit will make you forget that food even exist.
[QUOTE=Glock Samson;30697641]Prescribe some Adderall is all you need to do then. That shit will make you forget that food even exist.[/QUOTE] I need a wheelbarrow of it
I hope they will come up with a way to reverse type 1 in my lifetime
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