Type 2 diabetes can be reversed through diet. The evidence comes from medical practitioners and scientists, not from quacks making outlandish claims (although they exist too).
Some links:
The Diabetes Code by Jason Fung: This is a best-selling book by a Canadian Nephrologist (care and treatment of kidney disease) that explains type 2 diabetes in detail and recommends diabetics switch to a low-carb diet.
Counterweight Plus low-calorie diet plan: This diet was run as part of a scientific trial and showed promising results for obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Nearly half of the 300 patients in the trial reversed their diabetes. Note: the diet was run under the supervision of medical professionals and is not suitable for everyone:
https://www.nhs.uk/news/diabetes/radical-low-calorie-diet-may-help-reverse-type-2-diabetes/
The Truth about Carbs: this is a BBC documentary from earlier this year which is unfortunately no longer available to watch on the BBC website. It featured NHS doctors who ran a two-week low-carb diet plan with type 2 diabetic patients. All patients reported improvements to their health, but the most impressive result was a patient with type 2 diabetes for 17 years who was now in part-remission.
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Type 2 diabetes can be reversed through diet. The evidence comes from medical practitioners and scientists, not from quacks making outlandish claims (although they exist too).
Some links:
The Diabetes Code by Jason Fung: This is a best-selling book by a Canadian Nephrologist (care and treatment of kidney disease) that explains type 2 diabetes in detail and recommends diabetics switch to a low-carb diet.
Counterweight Plus low-calorie diet plan: This diet was run as part of a scientific trial and showed promising results for obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Nearly half of the 300 patients in the trial reversed their diabetes. Note: the diet was run under the supervision of medical professionals and is not suitable for everyone: https://www.nhs.uk/news/diabetes/radical-low-calorie-diet-may-help-reverse-type-2-diabetes/
The Truth about Carbs: this is a BBC documentary from earlier this year which is unfortunately no longer available to watch on the BBC website. It featured NHS doctors who ran a two-week low-carb diet plan with type 2 diabetic patients. All patients reported improvements to their health, but the most impressive result was a patient with type 2 diabetes for 17 years who was now in part-remission.
Here is a thorough write-up of the programme: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/in-depth/truth-about-carbs-bbc-1-review/
A clip from the programme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKQWFJmCWZE
10 things you may not know about carbs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4DfZMpv7BYJ3kGXdHxdxkKp/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-carbs
Just to re-iterate, the examples above all refer to types 2 diabetes, not type 1 diabetes.