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Just curious if this is true - I read somewhere that during WW2 long-term starving people (months) were able to cure their diabetes. There was also some paper a
by bitL 12y ago
Just curious if this is true - I read somewhere that during WW2 long-term starving people (months) were able to cure their diabetes. There was also some paper about a drastic diet that allows pancreas to regenerate itself and resume normal insulin production. Can someone please shed light on this? Does this work on some subset of diabetes? Or is it just a hoax/unknown?
- svsaraf 12y agoIt isn't true. Insulin was discovered in the early 1900s, but before it was used, starvation would extend the lifespan post-diagnosis from weeks to months, if that. After that, the patient would die of starvation.