Virta Health, a company with the mission to reverse Type 2 Diabetes, has published the one year results of a study ongoing for 2.5 years. The purpose of the clinical trial is diabetes reversal. One of their main interventions was having the subjects follow a ketogenic diet - a high fat very low carbohydrate diet.
As per one of their communications:
"Our one year diabetes reversal outcomes from our ongoing (now 2.5 years in length) clinical trial were just published in Diabetes Therapy, and demonstrated that results not only last, they actually improve at one year." [source]
Here is a summary of the results so far:
- 60% of the patients reversed their T2D
- 94% reduced or eliminated insulin usage (that's very significant!)
- 83% compliance so far
- ~1.3% reduction in A1C (from 7.6% baseline to 6.3% at one year)
- ~30 lbs (~13kg) average weight loss at one year
- and more.
In this study enrolled 349 adults suffering from Type 2 Diabetes, with a mean of 54 years of age and a mean of 116 kg of weight - 92% of them being obese. Their diet was very low in carbohydrates and high in fat. They had to consume no more than 30g of carbohydrates per day to achieve and maintain nutritional ketosis (0.5 - 3 mmol/L).
Their blood ketones and blood glucose levels were measured daily with a dual glucose-ketone meter. Protein intake was set at a reference level of 1.5g per kg ideal body weight and they were advised to consume fat to satiety.
Tables with very thorough biomarker analyses at baseline and 1 year are in the paper for those who are interested in reading the full details of this clinical intervention.
In my view, probably one of the most common sense interventions for people suffering from a condition of impaired carbohydrate metabolism is to restrict carbohydrate. Even though I'm tempted to, I'll refrain from making further commentaries. You can read the full paper below:
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My father has diabetes and uses insulin :/ .. thank you for this pleasant news
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Thank you, @cristi for this post! I heard about ketogenic diet but I didn’t know it works for diabetics as well. Fiecare zi este o adevarata provocare pentru cei cu diabet. Am si eu in familie persoane cu tipul2.
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Din punct de vedere rational, nu e normal ca sa intervii prin restrictie de carbohidratii la o boala caracterizata de metabolismul deficitar al carbohidratilor?
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Thank you for this informative post, we have to take care about our health.
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Damn this is promising... slowly but surely, we are conquering diseases that in the past would accompany one throughout one's life. I wonder what we'll have cured in 10 years more...
Resteemed!
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thank you!
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My father has T2D, my grandfather has T2D and use insulin. I hope not to be the next one, so I gave up meat and carbohydrates. And other change. (Cand am spus carbohidrați ma gândesc la carbohidrați simpli. Si fara grăsimi trans. )
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Pai la carne de ce ai renuntat?
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Cu carnea de orice fel nu ma simt bine și îmi cade greu. Am stat o perioadă fără carne și am văzut că mă simt mult mai bine. Apoi am citit și Studiul China și sunt convins ca e mai bine fără carne.
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Hey man, are you romanian?
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Yes. Are you on the discord channel?
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I don't like so much discord...
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Ok :)
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Unfortunately it's too late for me reading this post..I have already lost someone very important to me who had diabet..
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I'm sorry to hear that Gabi. It's never too late to take preventive measures though.
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Indeed ..
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My girlfriend is diabetic too but the bad thing is that in my country insulin is not obtained and we have to buy it at whatever price
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Type 1 or Type 2?
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Type 1 Cristi.
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woi really cool, I hope you can vote me and I invite you to come to me to vote have me!! Awesome upvote?
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Informasi yang bagus
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woi really cool, I hope you can vote me and I invite you to come to me to vote have me!! Awesome upvote ?
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Biohacking, the natural and sensible way.
Thanks for sharing this, I think I am going to learn how nutrition works from you :)
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Virta Health nutritional ketosis approach
Dr Roy Taylor's very low calorie approach
Dr Valter Longo Fasting Mimicking Diet
Dr Satchinpanda's Time Restricted Eating
There are many ways which will help to lower our insulin needs and regenerate our T2D exhausted pancreas.
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