<story><title>Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46363869</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>garenp</author><text>About 3 years ago (late 2015 now) I was quite overweight, had a knee injury that limited my mobility (stairs mostly) and had a fasting glucose and post-meal readings that indicated I was nearly pre-diabetic (T2).&lt;p&gt;So, I cut out out all sugary drinks, refined carbs, late night eating (!!) and tried various intermittent fasting &amp;#x2F; time restricted feeding techniques (5:2, alternate day, one-meal-a-day) and after about 3.5 months my glucose readings returned to the &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; range.  (Which is WAY more tolerable than sticking to a low-calorie diet every single day IME.  I still had pizza and cheeseburgers on occasion, just no soda, fries, &amp;quot;junk&amp;quot; etc.)&lt;p&gt;After around 6-7 months I&amp;#x27;d lost 40+lbs, my knee stopped bothering me and no longer had to entertain the idea of fixing it with surgery.  I&amp;#x27;m now down well over 60+lbs without having put in hardly any effort to exercise (occasional walking) - pretty stunning to me.</text></comment>
<story><title>Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46363869</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hirundo</author><text>I think that this is effective because it reduces the carbohydrate load. Protein and fat consumption also increase insulin response but not nearly as much. Type 2 diabetics could get most of the blood sugar reducing benefit of this by just removing&amp;#x2F;replacing the carbs. That has been my N=1 experience with both fasting and carb restriction.</text></comment>