A ground breaking new study in Diabetologia proved that, indeed, type 2 diabetes can be reversed through diet changes, and, the study showed, this can happen quickly: in 1 to 8 weeks. This is the best news in a long time and gives hope to all type 2 Diabetics everywhere.

What did the research show?

Reversing Diabetes: Can it Be Done in a Week?

The study, entitled Reversal of Type 2 Diabetes: normalization of beta cell function in association with decreased pancreas and liver triglycerides, showed that a dramatic diet change (protein shake, low glycemic load, plant-based low-calorie diet but no exercise) in diabetics reversed most features of diabetes within one week and all features by eight weeks. That’s right, diabetes was reversed in one week. That’s more powerful than any drug known to modern science.

We know from gastric bypass patients that with rapid changes in diet right after surgery, within just a few days, without significant weight loss, diabetes goes away—fatty livers heal, cholesterol levels plummet. Some theorized it was because of changes in the stomach hormones related to the gastric surgery. Others, including the researchers of this new study surmised that maybe it was just the drastic change in diet. So they went about studying just the diet change without surgery.

They studied 11 people with diabetes and compared them to a control group. Through very sophisticated techniques including MRI imaging, they measured their blood sugar and insulin responses, cholesterol levels and fat in the pancreas and liver (some of the hallmarks of diabetes) before and after diet changes at 1, 4 and 8 weeks.

What they found was revolutionary. The beta cells—the pancreas’ insulin producing cells—woke up, and the fat deposits in the pancreas and liver went away. Blood sugars normalized in just one week, triglycerides dropped in half in one week and reduced 10-fold in eight weeks. The body’s cells became more insulin sensitive and essentially, in just 8 weeks, all evidence of diabetes was gone and the diabetic patients looked just like the normal controls on all the testing.

What does this mean for you if you are a Type 2 Diabetic or pre – Diabetic?

Based on the above research, we believe that with proper nutritional intervention, combined with Strategic Intervention Counselling, sugar and insulin balancing nutritional supplements, and exercise at the appropriate time, you may be able to completely reverse your type 2 diabetes, resulting in more energy, better sleep, and improved sexual function.

What a lot of us don’t realize is that pre-diabetes and diabetes dramatically increase the risk of heart attacks, stroke, cancer, infertility, sexual dysfunction, depression and dementia. You don’t have to get diabetes to be at risk for all those problems.

You may be at risk if you have:

• extra belly fat
• a family history of diabetes
• gestational diabetes
• are in at risk ethnic group (Asian, Hispanic, African American, Native American, Middle Eastern)
• have high triglycerides (> 150 mg/dl) or a low HDL (< 50 mg/dl) or
• high blood pressure.

If any of these apply to you or you have other cause for concern, here is what to do.

How to Reverse Your Type 2 Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes Condition

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1. The best type of diet for burning belly fat is a low carbohydrate diet. Low fat diets are not highly recommended because whilst they burn fat they also burn muscle tissue and this will decrease the metabolism of your body.
2. Eat a balanced diet: Avoid processed foods, particularly those high in sugar. Try to increase the intake of nutrient fibre rich foods, such as; vegetables, fruits, oatmeal, and whole grain. These healthy unprocessed foods maintain our insulin levels as well as control our blood sugar levels. It will also help us to control our hunger and consequently we will lose belly fat faster.
3. Avoid junk food: Eating junk food is one of the main reasons why people develop excess fat particularly around the tummy, because it enhances our appetite and makes us want to eat more than is required. It is also extremely unhealthy.
4. Drink lots of Water: This is absolutely vital if you want to lose weight around your belly.
5. Try and Avoid or limit Alcohol consumption as it contains a lot of empty calories, and impacts our body’s sugar levels.
6. Avoid Stress as high stress levels can cause the production of a hormone known as ‘Cortisol’ in our body. This hormone has the tendency to increase body weight, so try to relaxation exercises as soon as you begin to feel excessively stressed.
7. Get enough sleep: This will stop us from overeating and thus will help us to lose body fat. When an individual is tired they tend to overeat in order to gain more energy. A good sleep will also ensure that you stay more active during the daytime and you will burn more fat as you are being more energetic.
8. Have a balance of a fat burning nutritional meal plan mixed with fat burning daily activity. We recommend a 20 minute daily cardio workout mixed high/low intensity interval training. Research shows this can reduce more fat by approximately fifty percent. Research also proves that high intensity interval training also burns belly fat more than other areas of the body
9. Try and exercise every morning, specifically an hour prior to eating your breakfast. Going for a job or a brisk walk for thirty minutes is a good idea. Exercise done early in the morning is the best because it keeps us active for the entire day and is one of the best ways to lose belly fat.