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- Type of diabetes
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I did follow the Newcastle diet, dropped 40 lbs in three months, blood sugars plateaued at 6.9, had amazing energy, but found it too difficult to keep for eating that way for ever.
I am afraid that in spite of all the claims diabetes cannot be cured it can just be managed and controlled. The fact of the matter is that it will be a life long commitment to its managementI know it's a hard question, but does anyone know what percentage of diagnosed type 2's have reversed their condition?
I know it's a hard question, but does anyone know what percentage of diagnosed type 2's have reversed their condition?
to the posters saying diabetes cannot be reversed, I disagre. With the right lifestyle cages you can get to the point of not needing medications and keep your glucose in the normal range.
to the posters saying diabetes cannot be reversed, I disagre. With the right lifestyle cages you can get to the point of not needing medications and keep your glucose in the normal range.
http://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/20/5-steps-to-reversing-type-2-diabetes-and-insulin-resistance/
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There appears to be a lot of confusion between controlling and reversing.
You haven't reversed your diabetes if you cannot eat a lot of Carbs without losing control of your BG.
It's very easy to devise a diet that allows you to control the disease, but unless you can eat anything and everything you cannot possibly claim to have reversed the disease.
Doesn't "reversing" mean going backwards, going in the opposite direction? If you stop the progression of diabetes, recover from the symptoms, show no signs of the disease, surely you have reversed it. Your challenge is then to remain in that place, not to engage forward gear. Not eating carbs is hardly difficult. If I were allergic to shell fish, I wouldn't eat them, I wouldn't claim to be constantly suffering from nausea, when I clearly wasn't, just because a chance encounter with a prawn might put me out of circulation for couple of days.
To me, denying the concept of reversal is negative thinking, depressing for newbies. Sure, yes, you have to change a few things in your life, but so what, life is like that. Get a grip of the new circumstances, feel better than you have for months and get on with life.
Sally
I would say that you can reverse T2 diabetes, but, sadly, according to NHS statistics, most people choose not to ("I couldn't possibly give up chips" etc) or don't realise that they can reverse it, accepting the "progressive" prognosis.
If a T2 starts out with a range of symptoms (high blood sugars, thirst, blurry vision etc), but then stops eating the food which is making them ill and the signs, symptoms and evidence of diabetes all go away and they have new found energy and zest for life, they have reversed diabetes. They will still be carb intolerant, but many people have low tolerance of carbs, it's not an illness, just something that doesn't suit you, like banging your head against a brick wall.
To attempt to answer the OP's question, I would say less than 10%, probably much less.
Sally