Ardbeg
Im not medically trained etc etc but my understanding was that the diet is designed to mimic the extreme weight loss experienced by bariatric surgery patients who lose a large amount of weight initially, from this weight loss their diabetes dissappears, this is a repeatable provable phenonemen apparently.
The eight week period was to shock the body into mobilising the visceral fat around our organs and in our livers which seems to be the main reason we are predisposed to type 2.
After the eight weeks the people on the trial were given an eating program to follow after the eight weeks, as staying on such an extreme diet for extended periods could be counter productive.
If its any help Im going to try to utilise a low carb diet but with elements of the newcastle diet, mainly shakes at work for breakfast and dinner and maybe veg and meat for tea or salad and meat or cheeses but in sensible portions for two reasons:-
Maintain my bgs for the long term
Maintain my weight loss until i reach my goal of 13 1/2 stone which for me will be enough tbh due to my body shape
I think in reality we will forever have to have a modified diet if we want to really control the diabetes, how many times have we dieted then put more back on, but i have to say this has been the easiest diet i have followed and my body actually does not crave things like it has in the past, i also think i have trained my very small brain to understand what goes in has a direct affect on my illness, therefore be careful what you put in lol.