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  Di Munns (Dietitian)
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  I am an Accredited Practising Dietitian with 25 yrs experience. My areas of expertise and passion include Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes ,PCOS, Obesity ... View profile

  It is certainly not possible to reverse Type 1 Diabetes or cure it at this point in time.  JDRF is a fantastic organization that can provide information on where the research is up to at this point of time with regard to searching for a cure.
  To get Type 2 Diabetes you have to have the gene for it and then it is usually environment that puts someone in the diabetes blood glucose range.  Putting on weight is often the trigger.  If you lose weight, eat a Low GI, portion controlled diet and exercise regularly, it is possible to pull your Diabetes back somewhat, and yes in some cases you can appear to have reversed it, achieving an HbA1c in the normal range of 4 - 6%.  However, as soon as weight goes on, most likely the blood glucose levels will rise again back into the Diabetic range.  Also, Diabetes is a progressive disease, so no matter how well controlled someone is, over time the pancreous becomes less efficient and the next step of management will be required.  Diet and Exercise and weight management.  Then add one oral hypoglycaemic agent, then another, then insulin.  It also depends on how long you have had diabetes as to how the treatment progresses.  So to sum it up, in the early stages it can appear that you can reverse your Diabetes. And if you keep your weight under control, it may stay this way for some time. Reply to this post  |  Report
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