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That's why reasearch and trials are so important. So someone linked last year's paper for me, and from reading that, the TL;DR version is.. Previously it was thought that the effects on pancreatic beta cells was permanent/irreversable. But following on from the ND, it looks like function's restored in the 'responders' group, potentially with the reduction in pancreatic fat. If the wider study shows the same thing, then it looks like it's reversable in some T2 diabetics, but presumably only if a 'healthy' diet is maintained to prevent fat accumulation and the cycle starting again.
If that proves to be the case then the non responders would, logically, have to follow a strict lower carb diet for life rather than risk further damage needing medication etc. This tells me that ND may prove to be another weapon in the arsenal and should, therfore not be ruled out so quickly before longer term studies have been done.