New Study Finds Intermittent Fasting–Style Diet Can Cause Type 2 Diabetes Remission in Just 3 Months
Nearly half of all participants who followed an intermittent calorie-restrictive diet for three months achieved diabetes remission and no longer had to take their diabetes medications, according to a small new study from researchers in China.Just as remarkable, those individuals were able to maintain that remission and remain medication-free at the one-year mark, per the findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.This study shows that type 2 diabetes is not necessarily a permanent, lifelong disease, says coauthor Dongbo Liu, PhD, a researcher at Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha, China. “Diabetes remission is possible if patients lose weight by changing their diet and exercise habits,” he says.Intermittent Fasting Can Mean Restricting Calories and Eating Only During Certain Hours of the DayIntermittent fasting (IF) refers to any eating schedule that…