NHS Soup and Shake Diet Helps Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
The NHS offers a 900-calorie-a-day liquid diet to help reverse type 2 diabetes. Participants consume only shakes, soups, and meal-replacement bars for several months. The year-long programme achieved significant weight loss and diabetes remission for one-third of participants.
The NHS offers a strict 900-calorie-a-day liquid diet to help people reverse their type 2 diabetes.
Participants consume only shakes, soups, and meal-replacement bars for several months before gradually reintroducing solid foods.
The year-long programme, detailed in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, saw 940 people complete it, with one-third achieving significant weight loss and putting their diabetes into remission.
The programme, available across England, is fully funded by the NHS and includes personalized diet and exercise consultations.
Eligibility criteria include being aged 18-65, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within the last six years, and having a BMI over 27 (or over 25 for certain ethnic groups).
Dr. Clare Hambling emphasized that the programme can be life-changing, and Diabetes UK supports personalized approaches to diabetes management.
Participants such as Marie Laing from Somerset and Juliet found significant health and lifestyle benefits from the diet.
Participants consume only shakes, soups, and meal-replacement bars for several months before gradually reintroducing solid foods.
The year-long programme, detailed in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, saw 940 people complete it, with one-third achieving significant weight loss and putting their diabetes into remission.
The programme, available across England, is fully funded by the NHS and includes personalized diet and exercise consultations.
Eligibility criteria include being aged 18-65, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within the last six years, and having a BMI over 27 (or over 25 for certain ethnic groups).
Dr. Clare Hambling emphasized that the programme can be life-changing, and Diabetes UK supports personalized approaches to diabetes management.
Participants such as Marie Laing from Somerset and Juliet found significant health and lifestyle benefits from the diet.
