There have been a few small scale trials in the UK where type II people are put on diet of around 600 to 700 calories a day for a couple of months. Indications

There have been a few small scale trials in the UK where type II people are put on diet of around 600 to 700 calories a day for a couple of months. Indications are for about 40% of those who took part they returned to normal levels - i.e. no longer had diabetes. Anecdotal but a 50ish year old friend had Type2 and went to stay with relatives on a farm for a few months. He spent 10-12 hours a day helping out and when he came back he'd lost weight and also was no longer diabetic.