
Diabetes BREAKTHROUGH: Type 2 'can be REVERSED in weeks by following THIS diet'
Scientists say lifestyle driven Type 2 - a condition that almost 12 million Britons are thought to be at risk of developing - is caused by excess fat in the liver and pancreas.
Findings due to be presented today have given fresh hope that the debilitating disease need not to a life sentence.
They reveal that even if sufferers have been blighted for years the condition can be brought under control by sensible eating.
Professor Roy Taylor, from Newcastle University, said: “The good news for people with Type 2 is our work shows that even if you have had the condition for 10 years you are likely to be able to reverse it by moving that all important tiny amount of fat out of the pancreas. At present, this can only be done through substantial weight loss.”
The good news for people with Type 2 is our work shows that even if you have had the condition for 10 years you are likely to be able to reverse it by moving that all important tiny amount of fat out of the pancreas
Nine in 10 Type 2 sufferers are overweight or obese and do not produce enough insulin, or the insulin they produce does not work properly.
Professor Taylor, who has spent 40 years studying the condition, will deliver his research to an international collaboration of experts at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Lisbon.
He will claim 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.
He says losing less than 1 gram of
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