Must be if you have diAbetes if it was still producing I would not have diabetes it must not be producing enough insulin
Actually this is where the decades of misinformation and misdirection begins...the surprising reality for obesity related T2D could not be further from the truth...we constantly live with too much insulin in our system. That is why we have difficulty burning off our fats.
Because we have severe insulin resistance, we do not produce enough insulin to overcome the insulin resistance needed to clear the glucose from our system even when we may be producing 2-3x the normal amount...this results in accelerated and eventual beta cells loss...
Increasingly we are beginning to realize that reducing our daily insulin load will help to maximize and preserve our remaining beta cells.
So we have the options of very low calorie diet, low carbs high fats diet, low carbs diet, plant based diet, various types of fasting and high intensity exercise. All these helps to lower insulin/glucose load to reduce/eliminate our need for medication.