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Keighley woman loses 8st on low-carb diet to reverse diabetes
72-year-old is part of GP-led programme that has had 'fantastic results' since 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Sue Myerscough, 72, from East Morton, near Keighley, used to weigh 19 stone before taking part on the Type 2 diabetes "reversal programme" at her surgery.
The eating plan, which involves cutting out foods like potato and pasta, is different to the standard NHS programme, which is based on a low-calorie approach.
Dr Jackie Craven, who has helped almost 600 patients at the Modality Practice since introducing the low-carb programme six years ago, said they'd seen "fantastic results".
Mrs Myerscough has been living with Type 2 diabetes for 27 years and was struggling with mobility and pain when she began the course in February 2022.
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The NHS has said its [low calorie] programme is "effective" and can work "successfully to improve people's diabetes control".
However, Dr Craven said in her experience low-calorie diets "do work" but can be difficult to maintain because it is a "starvation diet".
"With the low-carb approach they feel fuller for longer with a high protein, high-fat diet", she said.
Dr Craven said the patients on their programme were closely monitored and the higher levels of fat in the diet had not led to problems.
"On average, patients' cholesterol levels were staying the same or reducing - and when we look at those patients whose levels had risen, the 'bad fats' have significantly reduced."
