Early weight loss or self-healing diabetes may help, new research suggests.

Original title: New research shows that early weight loss or self-healing of diabetes
A clinical trial has evaluated the effectiveness of special diet and physical activity as the most important treatment for type 2 diabetes, according to a June 3 U.S. website. Nearly two-thirds of patients have been completely relieved after just 12 months of lifestyle intervention, according to its latest published results.
is certainly not news that maintaining a healthy diet, exercising more and losing excess weight can help control type 2 diabetes. However, ongoing research in recent years has found that many people diagnosed with the disease can effectively reverse the disease without medication simply through lifestyle interventions.
latest findings confirm the effectiveness of special diets and physical activity in reversing type 2 diabetes with the strongest evidence to date, the Associated Press reported. The trial recruited about 150 subjects who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within three years, with an average age of 42.
were randomly divided into two groups, with the control group receiving standard care and the intervention group following intensive special diet and exercise programs. The intervention program included a low-calorie diet called the Cambridge Weight Plan for the first 12 weeks, and the transition to a general healthy diet over the next 12 weeks, but still to control the calories. Intervention groups are also required to exercise for at least 150 minutes a week, preferably at least 10,000 steps a day.
results showed that after 12 months, participants in the lifestyle intervention group lost an average of 26 pounds (12 kg), while those in the standard care group lost an average of 9 pounds (4 kg). Incredibly, at the end of the 12-month study, 61 percent of the intervention group were no longer diabetic, compared with 12 percent of the standard care control group.
previous studies, the researchers believe that weight loss is directly related to improved diabetes. Shahrad Tahri and colleagues at the Qatar campus of the Weill Cornell School of Medicine in the United States conducted the trial in 2017 to determine the extent to which these simple weight-loss interventions can help people with diabetes in the Middle East or North Africa, a group that has been overlooked in previous studies.
think it's going to change the control of type 2 diabetes a lot," Tahri said. This study shows that losing weight early in the onset of the disease can actually reverse the disease, thus avoiding the attendant health problems and the decline in quality of life. The
that similar studies had been carried out in the UK and the results would be published in 2018. The study found that after rigorous weight management interventions, 46 percent of the study's subjects had overall diabetes relief within 12 months. Tahri said the results of the latest trial were more convincing because the average age of its participants was 10 years younger than the British trial and the time of diagnosis was closer. This suggests that while special diet and exercise interventions are beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes of all ages, the earlier they are performed, the better."We hope that studies like this will make a significant difference to clinical treatments for type 2 diabetes around the world - so that we can combine early screening with lifestyle interventions to root out the disease, rather than allowing people to take multiple medications for life,"
Tahri said.
the latest findings are published in the British Journal of Diabetes and Endocrinology.
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