Type II diabetes cure without medication?

Type II diabetes cure without medication?

09.08.2011

Even without medication, diabetes can be cured. This is what British scientists at Newcastle University say. A study with type II diabetes patients has shown that an eight-week diet can temporarily cure the metabolic disease.

About one in ten adults suffers from diabetes in Germany. A good 90 percent of patients are affected by type 2. In the metabolic disease, the blood sugar is insufficiently absorbed by the body's cells. While type 2 is acquired in the course of life, type 1 is congenital in most cases. Here the production of insulin is disturbed that is produced in the pancreas. While patients with diabetes type 1 have little influence on the progression of their disease, type II patients can no longer influence progress and complaints by actively moving and changing their diet. There is already overwhelming consensus in the professional world.

British researchers have now carried out a mini-study on diabetics suffering from type II. The typical symptoms of the disease include elevated high blood sugar levels, many times there are fatty liver and the vast majority of patients suffer from obesity. To cure the metabolic disease, the high intake of food must be stopped, said study director Roy Taylor in the medical journal „Diabetologia“.

Prescribed 600 calorie diet
During the study, a radical diet was prescribed to the 14 participating subjects. All participants were overweight, weighing on average 103 kilograms and having an increased BMI of 33. The caloric intake of all study participants was reduced to a daily diet of 600 calories. 510 kilocalories were taken in the form of an oral nutrient solution. The remaining 90 calories were consumed by fresh vegetables. This very strict specification could not be kept by all participants. After only a few days, three subjects left the project. The eleven remaining patients kept the diet regulation. Seven of eleven participants showed no diagnostic signs of diabetes after stopping the diet.

Overall, the diabetes diet in all patients could bring about a significant improvement in the general condition. The fasting blood sugar level developed positively already in the first weeks. The effect of insulin on the liver had also improved significantly in all subjects. During a subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a significant decrease in fatty liver was measured. Thus, the diet had successfully reduced the obesity of the pancreas and liver. Here Research Manager Roy Taylor sees the main reason for the study success. Whether success persists depends in all likelihood on the future lifestyle of patients. Other studies had already proven that a lifestyle change can trigger positive effects. However, most studies also found that many are more likely to accept a long-term intake of medicines than to completely change their way of life.

At the onset of diabetes, most people initially experience symptoms that are not clearly attributed to diabetes. At the beginning suffer affected by tiredness, blurred vision and an accumulation of infections. For this reason, a clear diagnosis is usually made very late. (Sb)

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