Diet can lead to intermittent fasting patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
‘Type 2 diabetes is not necessarily a life-long disease,’ Professor Dongbo Liu, of China’s Hunan University, said in a press release. The study results show that intermittent fasting, especially CMNT can lead to remission of diabetes. .
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According to Healthline, intermittent fasting has become a viable weight loss strategy in recent years. It involves eating within specific time periods and fasting for a certain number of hours each day.
Causes of type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and occurs when the body develops resistance to insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas that allows glucose to enter cells and be used for energy. People usually develop type 2 diabetes later in life, around or after age 45, but it has recently become increasingly common in children and adolescents.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say other risk factors include:
• overweight
• A history of gestational diabetes, which occurs in pregnant women who have never had diabetes before.
• Do physical activity less than three days a week
• Genetic factors such as having a parent or sibling with type 2 diabetes.
According to the CDC, treatment protocols usually include checking your blood sugar frequently, developing a diet and exercise plan, and reducing stress.
Type 1 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is different from type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune reaction, notes Dr. Barbara Kepper, deputy chief of family medicine at Northwell Health in New York. It usually, but not always, occurs in early childhood and adolescence, and occurs when the body produces too little or not at all.
intermittent fasting
The Chinese researchers conducted the study over a three-month period and included 36 participants, all with type 2 diabetes, who practiced intermittent fasting. Some of the participants were taking blood sugar and insulin-lowering medications.
Dr Kabir says the curriculum included the following:
• Alternate fasting days of less than 500 calories for women and 600 calories for men
• Five days of regular eating habits with two days a week of reduced calorie intermittent fasting.
• Eat meals for a limited time between 10:00 and 17:00.
Intermittent fasting and reduced calorie intake have been shown to “induce what is known as ketosis during periods of fasting, causing the body to use its own fat breakdown to support normal functions, thereby causing weight loss.” “.
About 90% of the participants
Previous research, such as a 2020 scientific review of 41 articles, suggests that intermittent fasting is a way to lose weight and reduce obesity.
In the new study, data indicated that nearly 90 percent of participants reduced their intake of medications to control their diabetes, including those taking glucose-lowering agents and insulin.
More than 6 years
Of the participants, who had had diabetes for at least 6 years, 55% went into remission and stopped taking their medications, and the remission lasted at least a year.
The researchers believe the study findings contradict the idea that people can only recover from the disease if they’ve had the disease for a shorter period, less than six years, and believe that intermittent fasting could help patients lose weight and possibly recover from type 2 diabetes as a result.
