TYPE 2 DIABETES IS REVERSIBLE BY LIFE STYLE CHANGES

Prof Dr,DRAM,HIV /AIDS,HEPATITIS ,SEX DISEASES & WEAKNESS expert,New Delhi,India, +917838059592

Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body doesn’t produce enough insulin to function properly, or the body’s cells don’t react to insulin. This means that glucose remains in the bloodstream and isn’t used as fuel for energy and excreted in urine leading to all kind of complications of atherosclerosis on Heart,eye, limbs,kidney,brain beside weakness ,infections,nerve paralysis,metabolic syndrome.90 per cent of adults with diabetes have type 2, and it tends to develop later in life but once developed very hard to be reversed and lead to a chronic condition.

                     But Recently it has been established that if we do lifestyle changes of doing more exercise and cutting fat to a marked level by taking low calorie diet,reducing obesity in few first year after it emerges as per Professor Roy Taylor at Newcastle University, UK.He proposed that Type 2 diabetes is caused by Excess calories leads to excess fat in the liver,as a result, the liver responds poorly to insulin and produces too much glucose.Excess fat in the liver is passed on to the pancreas, causing the insulin producing cells to fail and thus Type 2 diabetes emerges.Losing less than 1 gram of fat from the pancreas through diet can re-start the normal production of insulin, reversing Type 2 diabetes,This reversal of diabetes remains possible for at least 10 years after the onset of the condition.

                The Counterpoint study which was published in 2011, confirmed that if excess food intake was sharply decreased through a very low calorie diet, all these abnormal factors would be reversed.The study showed a profound fall in liver fat content resulting in normalisation of hepatic insulin sensitivity within 7 days of starting a very low calorie diet in people with type 2 diabetes. Fasting plasma glucose became normal in 7 days. Over 8 weeks, the raised pancreas fat content fell and normal first phase insulin secretion became re-established, with normal plasma glucose control.The Counterbalance again study published in 2016, demonstrated that Type 2 diabetes remains reversible for up to 10 years in most people, and also that the normal metabolism persists long term, as long as the person doesn’t regain the weight.

      In a canadian study,Type 2 diabetes can be reversed in just four months by cutting calories, exercising and keeping glucose under control, a trial has shown.Although the condition is considered to be chronic, requiring a lifetime of medication, Canadian researchers proved it was possible to restore insulin production for 40 per cent of patients.The treatment plan involved creating a personalised exercise regime for each trial participant and reducing their calories by between 500 and 750 a day. The participants also met regularly with a nurse and dietician to track progress and continued to take medication and insulin to manage their blood sugar levels.

   A further study in general practice, the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) funded by Diabetes UK is now underway to determine the applicability of this general approach to routine Primary Care practice with findings due before the end of the year.