
Reversing Diabetes through Nutrition: Is it even possible? [Study 249, 250]
Physionic
Mar 6, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Cycle between 800-calorie diet and maintenance for diabetes remission
Diabetes remission was achieved by cycling between 2-4 weeks of an 800-calorie diet and 4-6 weeks of maintenance calories, repeated multiple times over a year.
Recognize low personal fat threshold in normal-weight diabetes risk
Some normal-weight individuals develop type 2 diabetes due to a low 'personal fat threshold,' where their liver and pancreas become overburdened with fat even at a low body weight.
Recognize remission as partial recovery from diabetes
The study showed that a specific diet could reverse diabetes to prediabetic levels, but it did not demonstrate a complete return to a healthy, non-diabetic state.
Act quickly to achieve diabetes remission before pancreatic damage progresses
The likelihood of achieving complete diabetes remission is inversely related to how long you've had the condition due to progressive damage to the pancreas.
Utilize advanced markers FGF 21 and GDF 15 for liver health assessment
Beyond blood sugar, the research also looked at specific liver health and senescence markers like FGF 21 and GDF 15 to assess metabolic health.
Prioritize 800-calorie target over macronutrient distribution for remission
The speaker speculates that for this low-calorie diet, hitting the 800-calorie target is far more important for results than the specific distribution of macronutrients.
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