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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NathonalCoalBoard71" data-source="post: 2602086" data-attributes="member: 570965">I don't think it is nationally available yet.   I think they rolled out in places with high rates of diabetes first but I am sure this will follow. The Direct study is the evidence base behind the 800 kcal diet and they've just reported 23% remission rate at 5 years.  This is comparable to Virta Health (keto).  The difference is keto doesn't require nutritional deprivation and starvation!   Yes it works but the other implication of dropping calories is that Prof Taylor et al believe you would then need to eat a fairly moderate calorie total for life or you will regain both body fat and diabetes.The method isn't so much about losing weight but is about the loss of the fat around the pancreas and liver though it could be argued that the maker of visceral fat is a high carb diet (nothing to do with calories other than that if you eat 800 calories you're going to be low carb de facto if you are not just eating crumpets!)For those that aren't overweight but are type 2 the next research is the Retune research which is hoping to show that a less drastic version of the Newcastle diet will be effective!</blockquote>

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