Indeed but you seem to have discounted overproduction of insulin combined with insulin resistance which is what most T2's seem to have.
It's not beta cells not working but working too hard.. the body has simply become "immune" to insulin production therefore it doesn't have the required effect hence blood glucose rises.
Beta cell dysfunction is I believe a symptom of T1 and its similar types LADA MODY etc and not T2.
"Type 2 diabetes is characterised by too much sugar in the blood when the body is unable to produce enough of the hormone, insulin, which should control blood sugar levels, and cells throughout the body stop responding effectively to the insulin they do receive."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ains-revolutionary-discovery-change-life.html
The article is from Porf. Roy Taylor, it's strikes me as very self promotional. Taking time to reference his book, but also Mosley's book. To be fair, Mosley has played a big role in promoting Pro.Taylor's ideas and work. He also creates a bit of an image that he alone is coming up with ground breaking work and ideas as though he only has the answers. He is a good salesman imo.
Importantly. There is no focus on carb content, which is the hallmark of success like what we've seen with low carb diets including keto or carnivore. If he is going to sell this to the NHS (I believe the NHS has already said yes) as the way to go then he is smart enough to stay away from discussing carbs and focus on what the NHS and so many others blindly believe in which is calorie counting. And this is the big flaw imo.
His diet plan, includes eating stuff like wholegrain bread. Which appears to be a part of returning to normal eating. That will please the NHS and the food industry. Processed junk is clearly part of his diet plan when you see the contents of the commercial shakes and soups.
He also makes this comment ,
"if you eat too much and exercise too little" when talking about fat accumulation. This strikes me as playing the blame game, not unusual for people who adhere to dietary advice from diabetes specialists etc to keep gaining weight (for obvious reasons - eat your carbs, you need carbs) and then they blame the patient for not losing weight when the person has followed instructions and label them as non compliant.
I do agree with things he has said about fat in the pancreas and liver and too much glucose in the body, but he doesn't mention what causes too much glucose. We know it's the one thing t2's are highly intolerant too. He doesn't discuss how the pancreas and liver become this way. How they become full of fat. He believes T2 is caused by too much fat in the liver and pancreas. That's the cause. End of discussion.
I haven't read a lot of his work. So, I may have some bias there, but from what I've seen I just come to the conclusion he's a salesman with a calorie counting method that works, but the catch is you have to starve people for a long period of time to get the result. It's not hard to understand that if you starve people they will lose weight. I don't think people understand that in doing so they are also losing muscle mass. Not good. However, the implication is you are just losing body fat. Seems like a sales pitch to me.
The success of LC and Keto and various amounts of carbs for low carbing has been incredibly successful. The direct study of Prof.Taylor's isn't even finished yet and it's been lauded as magic. Well, he is promoting it as ground breaking. It just doesn't even come close to the success of carbohydrate restriction or limiting. Yet, somehow, an extreme crash diet takes precedent over LC where no such starvation is required. You can eat healthy (Yet another difference) and not have to endure such a restrictive approach.
I can see why the NHS would love this idea. It enables them to carry on with their calorie counting nonsense and keep pushing the same basic dietary advice. Low fat, eat carbs. Food industry is happy too. And nothing will change, the public will continue to get sicker, but the money will keep rolling in.