An extreme eight-week diet of 600 calories a day can reverse Type 2 diabetes in people newly diagnosed with the disease, says a Diabetologia study.
Newcastle University researchers found the low-calorie diet reduced fat levels in the pancreas and liver, which helped insulin production return to normal.
Seven out of 11 people studied were free of diabetes three months later, say findings published in the journal.
More research is needed to see whether the reversal is permanent, say experts.
Type 2 diabetes affects 2.5m people in the UK. It develops when not enough insulin is produced in the body or the insulin that is made by the body doesn’t work properly.
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There is an interesting story about Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan and his diabetes. He was a long-standing patient of it when Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV suggested to him to use homeopathic medicines. Zafrullah Khan was sceptical but he tried it – and was cured. His professor in London did not quite belief it and asked him whether he would be so kind as to spend one day in his hospital for a check-up. He complied.
When resting in the hospital bed in the hospital’s night gown a new nurse came on duty. She said to him slowly: “Mr. Khan, do you speak English?”. Zafrullah Khan replied with a smile “Just a little”. In the afternoon when the Professor came around on his tour together with all the students and explained to his entourage who this patient was and why he was here the nurse became very embarrassed, however, Zafrullah Khan told her that of course he did not take any offense…