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Type 2 diabetes cannot be reversed - it can only be managed. Pre-diabetes can be reversed but once you have diabetes, it's permanent - until we figure out how
by brandonmenc 8y ago
Type 2 diabetes cannot be reversed - it can only be managed.
Pre-diabetes can be reversed but once you have diabetes, it's permanent - until we figure out how to regenerate beta cells in the pancreas.
- didgeoridoo 8y agoMedically-supervised fasting has been shown to reverse T2D, even in patients who have been on insulin for decades. Beta cells seem to be able to regenerate themselves: https://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/31/79 https://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/31/...
- brandonmenc 8y agoReverse diabetes, or just get people off of insulin? Can someone who has had their diabetes "reversed" via fasting then get normal glucose responses after eating sugar? The N=1 study you cited states that the subject still needs to take Metformin. i.e., he still has diabetes.
- brandonmenc 8y agoDownvote me all you want, but someone taking Metformin STILL HAS DIABETES.
- astura 8y agoBariatric surgery has been shown to reverse diabetes. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/34/Supplement_2/S361 http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/34/Supplement_2/S36... >It has been over 10 years since the resolution of type 2 diabetes was observed as an additional outcome of surgical treatment of morbid obesity. Moreover, it has been shown unequivocally that diabetes-related morbidity and mortality have declined significantly postoperatively, and this improvement in diabetes control is long lasting.
- brandonmenc 8y agoThis falls under "figuring out how to regenerate beta cells."