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VLCD diet intervention is associated with improvement in glycaemia control in patients with Type 2 Diabetes. It does not mean it heals from diabetes. If fastin

VLCD diet intervention is associated with improvement in glycaemia control in patients with Type 2 Diabetes. It does not mean it heals from diabetes. If fasting was a solution, Muslims would experience less diabetes. Yet the prevalence of diabetes in several countries with large Muslim populations appears to be similar to the rates observed in western countries and increasing by 10% per year as a result of urbanization and socioeconomic development. https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/27/10/2306/23219/A-Population-Based-Study-of-Diabetes-and-Its https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/27/10/2306/23219/A...

Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago
>It does not mean it heals from diabetes. >>Studies with therapeutic dosing typically used very low energy diets (600-1100 kcal/day) with a weighted mean remission rate of 49.4%, If by "heal" you mean something else that is not remission, then you should not have taken issue with "isn't that obvious" as "that" was reffering to remission. >If fasting was a solution, Muslims would experience less diabetes. see Table 2 of your linked study: type 1 type 2 Food intake More 206 (20.3) 2,025 (18.6) Less 234 (23.1) 3,284 (30.1) Same 574 (56.6) 5,594 (51.3) Fluid intake More 228 (22.5) 2,210 (20.3) Less 214 (21.1) 3,312 (30.4) Same 573 (56.5) 5,356 (49.2) Sugar intake More 237 (23.4) 2,452 (22.7) Less 211 (20.8) 2,677 (24.7) Same 565 (55.8) 5,688 (52.6) Weight changes No change 562 (62.5) 5,286 (54.1) Gain 161 (17.9) 1,861 (19.1) Loss 176 (19.6) 2,628 (26.9) Value of weight change (kg) Overall population 332 (0.12 ± 3.79 ) 4,367 (−0.25 ± 3.25 ) Patients who fasted at least 1 day 235 (−0.51 ± 3.23 ) 4,152 (−0.32 ± 3.08 ) Patients who reported weight gain 159 (+3.24 ± 2.71 ) 1,811 (+2.78 ± 2.49 ) Patients who reported weight loss 173 (−2.74 ± 1.92 ) 2,556 (2.39 ± 1.61 ) Critically, the ramadan fast is not a very low calorie diet. It isn't a diet at all. A very low calorie diet is not a fast. So your whole point is invalidated.

Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago

>It does not mean it heals from diabetes. >>Studies with therapeutic dosing typically used very low energy diets (600-1100 kcal/day) with a weighted mean remission rate of 49.4%, If by "heal" you mean something else that is not remission, then you should not have taken issue with "isn't that obvious" as "that" was reffering to remission. >If fasting was a solution, Muslims would experience less diabetes. see Table 2 of your linked study: type 1 type 2 Food intake More 206 (20.3) 2,025 (18.6) Less 234 (23.1) 3,284 (30.1) Same 574 (56.6) 5,594 (51.3) Fluid intake More 228 (22.5) 2,210 (20.3) Less 214 (21.1) 3,312 (30.4) Same 573 (56.5) 5,356 (49.2) Sugar intake More 237 (23.4) 2,452 (22.7) Less 211 (20.8) 2,677 (24.7) Same 565 (55.8) 5,688 (52.6) Weight changes No change 562 (62.5) 5,286 (54.1) Gain 161 (17.9) 1,861 (19.1) Loss 176 (19.6) 2,628 (26.9) Value of weight change (kg) Overall population 332 (0.12 ± 3.79 ) 4,367 (−0.25 ± 3.25 ) Patients who fasted at least 1 day 235 (−0.51 ± 3.23 ) 4,152 (−0.32 ± 3.08 ) Patients who reported weight gain 159 (+3.24 ± 2.71 ) 1,811 (+2.78 ± 2.49 ) Patients who reported weight loss 173 (−2.74 ± 1.92 ) 2,556 (2.39 ± 1.61 ) Critically, the ramadan fast is not a very low calorie diet. It isn't a diet at all. A very low calorie diet is not a fast. So your whole point is invalidated.