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<blockquote data-quote="merlo" data-source="post: 1703778" data-attributes="member: 468879"><p>When we (Virta Health) talk about reversal, we mean reducing A1c to non-diabetic levels AND removing diabetes meds other than metformin. If you want to read more about why, you can check out this page on <a href="https://www.virtahealth.com/reversediabetes" target="_blank">Reversing Diabetes</a> and this one explaining our <a href="https://blog.virtahealth.com/one-year-clinical-trial-outcomes-provide-evidence-for-changing-the-way-we-care-for-patients-with-type-2-diabetes/" target="_blank">one-year clinical trial results.</a></p><p></p><p>And, last, from a post Dr. Phinney wrote on this (<a href="https://blog.virtahealth.com/reversing-type-2-diabetes-with-nutritional-ketosis/" target="_blank">Reversing Diabetes)</a>: </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>What does the term “diabetes reversal” mean?</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We are calling this “reversal” because <strong>most*</strong> people can maintain blood glucose values below the diabetes range as long as they maintain a ketogenic diet. However in <strong>most*</strong>cases, if they return to a carbohydrate-rich diet, their diabetes will return. Thus this is a state of reversal, not a cure.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We use the term “reversed” if average weekly fasting blood glucose values remain below 126 mg/dl, or if HbA1c remains under 6.5% off all diabetes medications except metformin. We exclude metformin from this medication list because there is no reason to stop it in most people whose diabetes has been reversed. That’s because it has been shown in humans to prevent progression from prediabetes to diabetes, and because it also has been shown in animals to extend life and health.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">While there are many reports of groups of cases with dramatic improvements in diabetes control with short-to-intermediate-term use of ketogenic diets, there are none that report rigorous follow-up of a successful cohort out to a year. Our Virta Health/Indiana University Health Study will be reporting these results at 1 year, 2 years, and then 5 years.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="merlo, post: 1703778, member: 468879"] When we (Virta Health) talk about reversal, we mean reducing A1c to non-diabetic levels AND removing diabetes meds other than metformin. If you want to read more about why, you can check out this page on [URL='https://www.virtahealth.com/reversediabetes']Reversing Diabetes[/URL] and this one explaining our [URL='https://blog.virtahealth.com/one-year-clinical-trial-outcomes-provide-evidence-for-changing-the-way-we-care-for-patients-with-type-2-diabetes/']one-year clinical trial results.[/URL] And, last, from a post Dr. Phinney wrote on this ([URL='https://blog.virtahealth.com/reversing-type-2-diabetes-with-nutritional-ketosis/']Reversing Diabetes)[/URL]: [SIZE=4][B]What does the term “diabetes reversal” mean?[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]We are calling this “reversal” because [B]most*[/B] people can maintain blood glucose values below the diabetes range as long as they maintain a ketogenic diet. However in [B]most*[/B]cases, if they return to a carbohydrate-rich diet, their diabetes will return. Thus this is a state of reversal, not a cure. [*]We use the term “reversed” if average weekly fasting blood glucose values remain below 126 mg/dl, or if HbA1c remains under 6.5% off all diabetes medications except metformin. We exclude metformin from this medication list because there is no reason to stop it in most people whose diabetes has been reversed. That’s because it has been shown in humans to prevent progression from prediabetes to diabetes, and because it also has been shown in animals to extend life and health. [*]While there are many reports of groups of cases with dramatic improvements in diabetes control with short-to-intermediate-term use of ketogenic diets, there are none that report rigorous follow-up of a successful cohort out to a year. Our Virta Health/Indiana University Health Study will be reporting these results at 1 year, 2 years, and then 5 years. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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