What does the science say about type 2 diabetes reversal?
I read that reduced fat in the liver and pancreas can reduce insulinresistance and make your t2 improve? I've scrolled NCBI/medline but I'd like to get your views and experiences.
Remission, yes. "Cure", no.
I was diagnosed in 1996. Once I learned how, I kept my blood sugar mostly within normal parameters through food choices and exercise.
...and then...
In 2019, I fell and sprained both needs. My walking routine became impossible for months. As I was healing enough to get up and down the steps into my home, and was trying to restart my walking, COVID-19 hit and we were on lock-down. I was “allowed” to walk for a limited time in my neighbourhood, but I couldn’t return to my favourite walking park. By then, of course, I had developed many, many sedentary hobbies and opted to be lazy.
I still walked a fair bit in the course of errands because I don’t have any personal transport, but I never returned to my ambitious walking routine.
Then lock-downs and masks were over, and of course, I caught COVID19. That was “just” a flu like condition for me, But the post viral syndrome (Long COVID today, yuppie flu last time I had it in the ‘90s) was no picnic. For 13 months, just my normal household chores took all day and every bit of energy I had. I managed the 400 metres to the green grocer once a week, but I had to recover for the next 5 days. No ambitious walking schedule for me.
To accommodate, I tried cutting my carb lower and lower. It didn’t help much. I went from the 5% club to readings of 7.0-9.0 with FBG of 10 or 11 sometimes. My doctor finally acknowledged that I do indeed have diabetes. (win?) and for the first time in all these years, I started to develop complications, such as retinopathy.
I knew all along that I needed to get back to my more active lifestyle, and I was working a long walk in as often as I conveniently could, but it wasn’t enough. Neither was a keto diet. (It works well for many people, but keto seemed to make my hypothyroid worse and started to cause my energy levels to flat line.)
The shorter version – 23 years of “remission” erased in a few years of failing to care for my health adequately. So here I am, back again to learn all that has been discovered since my last foray into the diabetes UK forums and to get reminders of why those 45 minute walks are more important than almsot any "urgent" matter that might tempt me to skip them.