Intermittent fasting can reverse type 2 diabetes (study)

After an intermittent fasting diet intervention, patients achieved complete diabetes remission, defined as an HBA1C level (average blood sugar) of less than 6.5% at least one year after suspending medicationFor diabetes, according to a new study published in the 'Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & AMP;Metabolism ', of the American endocrine society.

Intermittent fasting diets have become popular in recent years as an effective method to lose weight.With intermittent fasting, you only eat for a specific period of time.Fasting for a certain number of hours a day or eating only one meal a couple of days a week can help your body burn fat.Research shows that intermittent fasting can reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease.

"Type 2 diabetes is not necessarily a permanent, for life.Hunan, in Changsha (China).

"Our research shows that an intermittent fasting, Chinese medical nutritional therapy (TNMC) can lead to the remission of diabetes in people with type 2 diabetes, and these findings could have a great impact on the more than 537 million adultsOf all the world suffering from this disease, "he adds.

The researchers carried out a dietary intermittent fasting intervention of 3 months among 36 people with diabetes and discovered that almost 90% of the participants, including those who took hypoglycemic and insulin, reduced their consumption of diabetes medications after intermittent fasting.55% of these people experienced a diabetes remission, stopped taking medication and kept it for at least a year.

The study calls into question the conventional opinion that the remission of diabetes can only be achieved in people with short-term diabetes (0-6 years).65% of the participants in the study that achieved the remission of diabetes had a diabetes for more than 6 years (6-11 years).

"Diabetes medications are expensive and suppose an obstacle to many patients trying to effectively control their diabetes. In our study it was observed that medication costs decreased by 77% in people with diabetes after intermittent fasting," says Liu.