
New UK Study Ties Remission of Type 2 Diabetes to Weight Loss
possible to reverse Type 2 diabetes through a low calorie diet program, without any help from medications.
The study, which was funded by Diabetes UK, was led by Professor Roy Taylor from Newcastle University and Professor Mike Lean from the University of Glasgow. They presented their findings at the International Diabetes Federation Congress in Abu Dhabi on December 5.
The study is published in The Lancet.
A Deadly Condition
In 2011, Isobel Murray, 65, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, a bodily condition that causes sugar levels to rise higher than normal.
“I was on various medications which were constantly increasing and I was becoming more and more ill every day,” Murray said in a statement.
Murray is one of millions suffering from Type 2 diabetes. According to 2015 figures released by Diabetes.org, among adults 20 years or older in the U.S., approximately one in every 10 has diabetes. Among seniors, 65 years or older, one in every four has diabetes. Between 90 to 95 percent of people diagnosed with diabetes have Type 2 diabetes.
Although preventable and curable, Type 2 diabetes can be deadly when left unmanaged. The condition can often lead to cardiovascular diseases, kidney disease or stroke. It is expected that a person with Type 2 diabetes may live 10 years less than a person without the condition. In 2015, diabetes was ranked as the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S.
In 2014, after suffering from this deadly condition for two to three years, Murray was asked by her general practitioner (GP) to take part in a two-year Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (
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