Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
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Re: Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
#2Makes sense, it is a diet related illness, so it should have a diet related treatment. Instead of treating the symptoms, treat the cause.
Re: Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
#3Losing a lot of weight with very low calorie diets is hard, but not regaining it over the next couple of years is next to impossible.
Your body will try all the tricks in the book, it will reduce your metabolism to way below that of the person of the same weight, it will amp up your hunger hormones so much that you will think and dream about food 24/7.
Only 5 to 7% of people that lose a large amount weight are able to keep it off successfully in the medium and long term. Hope there is more research into this mechanism.
Re: Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
#4Calories are not the core problem - carbohydrates are. The research from VirtaHealth.com makes this clear. They are getting T2 diabetics off of insulin within a week, while still giving patients the satiety they want from meals.
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#5Losing a lot of weight with very low calorie diets is hard, but not regaining it over the next couple of years is next to impossible. Your body will try all the tricks in the book, it will reduce your metabolism to way below that of the person of the same weight, it will amp up your hunger hormones so much that you will think and dream about food 24/7. Only 5 to 7% of people that lose a large amount weight are able t…
Type II diabetes is a diet-related illness. If you cure the illness with diet, then switch back to what you were eating before - of course, diabetes will come back. These dietary changes need to be seen as new habits, not temporary changes.
Re: Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
#6Losing a lot of weight with very low calorie diets is hard, but not regaining it over the next couple of years is next to impossible. Your body will try all the tricks in the book, it will reduce your metabolism to way below that of the person of the same weight, it will amp up your hunger hormones so much that you will think and dream about food 24/7. Only 5 to 7% of people that lose a large amount weight are able t…
>Only 5 to 7% of people that lose a large amount weight are able to keep it off successfully in the medium and long term. Hope there is more research into this mechanism.
Are there any studies in this area I can read that discuss the figures you've mentioned?
Re: Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
#7I think that this is effective because it reduces the carbohydrate load. Protein and fat consumption also increase insulin response but not nearly as much. Type 2 diabetics could get most of the blood sugar reducing benefit of this by just removing/replacing the carbs. That has been my N=1 experience with both fasting and carb restriction.
Re: Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
#8Losing a lot of weight with very low calorie diets is hard, but not regaining it over the next couple of years is next to impossible. Your body will try all the tricks in the book, it will reduce your metabolism to way below that of the person of the same weight, it will amp up your hunger hormones so much that you will think and dream about food 24/7. Only 5 to 7% of people that lose a large amount weight are able t…
And that's why weight loss techniques need to be treated like a new lifestyle, instead of a goal you hit and then finish. I lost 60 lbs a couple of years ago and found that 20 of those had recently crept back on, so I went on another shorter diet to get myself back on track. It's totally doable. You have to be aware and keep correcting.
Re: Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
#9Losing a lot of weight with very low calorie diets is hard, but not regaining it over the next couple of years is next to impossible. Your body will try all the tricks in the book, it will reduce your metabolism to way below that of the person of the same weight, it will amp up your hunger hormones so much that you will think and dream about food 24/7. Only 5 to 7% of people that lose a large amount weight are able t…
I lost 40 pounds in 3 months, then another 20 in 3 months.
I've kept the weight off for another year.
I still eat healthy and in moderation (and occasionally fast).
I avoid sugars and high-carb foods and my body has been hovering at the same weight.
Maybe, for some people, it's harder to keep the weight off (assuming diet is the same)? Or, maybe some people don't have the mental will-power to stay on the diet that lost them the weight?
Re: Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment
#10Losing a lot of weight with very low calorie diets is hard, but not regaining it over the next couple of years is next to impossible. Your body will try all the tricks in the book, it will reduce your metabolism to way below that of the person of the same weight, it will amp up your hunger hormones so much that you will think and dream about food 24/7. Only 5 to 7% of people that lose a large amount weight are able t…
Citations for the 5 to 7% would be nice. Here's a meta analysis that states otherwise.