Type 2 diabetes can be reversed by going on a low calorie diet, new research shows.
Consuming just 600 calories a day for eight weeks can save the lives of millions of sufferers of the preventable condition.
Newcastle University scientists said that excess calories lead to a fatty liver, which causes the liver to produce too much glucose.
The excess fat is then passed to the pancreas, which causes the insulin-producing cells to fail and thus causing diabetes.
Losing less than one gram of fat from the pancreas can re-start insulin production, reversing type 2 diabetes, the researchers found.
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After two days on 600 calories I'd be very cranky.
ReplyDelete600 calories a day?!!!??? WTF?!?! This would likely only work if you were admitted to a hospital and put under general anesthesia for the time that this diet is take place, then woken up after that allotted time.
ReplyDeleteI guess cranky is better than diabetes.
ReplyDeleteA low carb lifestyle will also 'kill' diabetes and heart disease...I'll stick with low carb.
ReplyDeleteI found I was diabetic, became vegan, cut all sugars, consumed probably 600-1000 calories a day. I've lost 36 lbs and back to normal levels. It really wasn't that hard.
ReplyDeleteI'd recommend everyone research how bad meat/dairy is for your body.
What's greater than God,
ReplyDeleteMore evil than the Devil,
The rich want it,
The poor have it,
And if you eat it, your will die?
I need to lose 30 pounds but just can't get it together with the stress of my high priced health insurance premiums.
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September 20, 2017 at 11:35 AM:
A 600 calorie per day diet is getting pretty close to nothing.