Type 2 diabetes really can be REVERSED by losing weight: Effects last five years, trial confirms

Type 2 diabetes really can be REVERSED by losing weight: Effects last five years, trial confirms A soup and shake diet being rolled out on the NHS can reverse type 2 diabetes for at least five years, new research has shown.

Almost a quarter of people in remission from diabetes two years after starting a low-calorie diet were still free of the condition three years later.

Experts say it is further evidence that lifestyle changes rather than medication can help beat the disease, described last week as a ‘rapidly escalating crisis’ in the UK. The Daily Mail

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• Weight loss can put type 2 diabetes into remission for at least 5 years, direct study reveals Diabetes UK