Smart Choices
by Connie Lehman, Registered Dietitian at Topeka Pharmacy, with Luke Pamer
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Can Diabetes Be Reversed?
ou have probably read claims
in magazines similar to:
“Cure your Diabetes!” Or
“How to Reverse Diabetes:
“What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You.”
This claim is usually followed by an
advertisement for a nutrition supplement or to entice you to buy a certain
book, So the questions is, can diabetes
be reversed? In other words, can you
get rid of diabetes once you have it?
Diabetes has always been called a
“chronic” disease by health professionals, meaning that the condition will
not go away, it can only be controlled.
But there seems to be some recent
evidence that with drastic changes
in diet and exercise or with surgery,
diabetes may go into remission. This
means that a person with Type 2
diabetes can bring their blood sugar
down to normal levels and decrease or
get off medication. People who have
Type 1 diabetes will always need to
take insulin, but may be able to get by
with less insulin than when following a traditional diet. So, what treatments have been found to potentially
reverse diabetes?
Bariatric Surgery: This was
shown through two studies, published
in March 2012, to cause diabetes to
go into remission for a large percentage of those studied, and stay under
control for two years. However, a study
published in January 2013 showed
that over 35% of those who went into
remission, developed diabetes again
within five years. More
study is needed.
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