A special ‘soup and shake’ diet has such dramatic effect on weight loss that it can reportedly permanently reverse type 2 diabetes. According to The Times, research into the 800-calorie-a-day diet showed that the improvements weren’t temporary.
The latest result from the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT), funded by Diabetes UK, found that patients with type 2 diabetes can go into remission if they follow an intensive weight-loss plan. It also found if people stuck to the 800-calorie-a-day diet for three months, then kept the weight off, were free from symptoms five years later and no longer needed medication.
The break through could bring hope for permanent change to hundreds of thousands of people with Type 2 diabetes - and save the NHS money on treatment. Dieting guru Michael Mosley has spoken about the diet previously.
