I see hundred of patients everyday. And everyday someone tells me @ProfTimNoakes or @drjasonfung book saved them. Never once have I heard “ @kevinnbass saved me.” Funny.

Lawmakers in Australia, however, are on the verge of a major breakthrough in dealing with high rates of diabetes. The members of the Parliament's Education and Health Standard Committee drafted a recent report stressing the importance of helping Type 2 diabetics work towards complete remission, not just management. The method? National dietary guidelines for people recently diagnosed with T2D should include the benefits of a low-carb diet, and stress its fundamental importance for beating the disease.

Professor Keith Morris and his team found that lipids (blood fats) in camel milk were able to prevent macrophages developing in abdominal fat. People with type 2 diabetes who have inflamed abdominal fat located around the waist face an increased risk of complications including heart disease and stroke, and macrophages play a significant part in the progression of this inflammation.

Prof Morris said: "If these effects could be repeated in studies with humans then this would show that the milk may prevent the inflammation associated with diabetes.

NEW YORK — The number of new diabetes cases among U.S. adults keeps falling, even as obesity rates climb, and health officials aren’t sure why.

Förra året finansierade Kostfonden utformningen av en studie av kost vid typ 2-diabetes. Projektet involverar forskare i fem olika länder och målet är att genomföra Europas största studie hittills på området. Kostfonden satsar nu ytterligare 800 000 kronor i projektet, så att forskarna kan anställa en projektledare, skriva etikansökningar, utforma en app och ansöka om ytterligare medel från fler finansiärer.

Siinä kävi niin kuin mäkihypyssä. Ruotsalainen Jan Boklöv alkoi vuonna 1985 ensimmäisenä maailmassa hypätä v-tyylillä, sukset levitettynä. Tuomarit rankaisivat häntä tyylirikosta. V-tyyli voitti, eikä kukaan enää muulla tyylillä hyppääkään. Tyypin 2 diabeteksen hoidossa alettiin suositella kymmenkunta vuotta sitten vähähiilihydraattista (vhh)ruokavaliota, mutta Suomen ravitsemuseliitti, THL, Diabetesliitto ja muut lääketeollisuuden rahoittamat tahot vastustivat sitä ankarasti pelotellen julkisuudessa, että se nostaa kolesterolia, aiheuttaa sydänkohtauksia ja tappaa. Vaan kuinkas sitten kävitkään? Aivan kuten v-tyylille!

Yhdysvaltain diabetesliitto American Diabetes Association (ADA) on nyt julkaissut uuden konsensussuosituksensa 'Nutrition Therapy for Adults with Diabetes or Prediabetes: A Consensus Report (Consensus Report)', jonka mukaan vhh-dieetti hyväksytään aikuisdiabeetikkojen (tyypin 2) hoidoksi. Konsensus julkaistiin toukokuussa 2019 Diabetes Care –tiedelehdessä. Tämä on kova pala Suomen Diabetesliitolle ja sen jäsenyhdistyksille.

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Let's just pause a moment and take this in. You are debating the proper name for a clinical outcome that did not exist in reality for more than 99% of Type 2 diabetics -- until Virta Health came along and achieved 50% "remission/reversal/whatever". Wow. Just wow.

Seriously! “Remission,” “reversal” ... The point is, THEY’RE GETTING MUCH BETTER BY SEVERAL OBJECTIVE MEASURES...better than is typically achieved with nearly any other intervention. It’s all just sour grapes at this point.

The issue is that Virta Health came along and showed that the entire medical/ scientific profession has been caught with its pants down as regards the treatment of T2 diabetes. We know its simple, they know its simple, but who's gonna admit it?

Remission/reversal has always existed, it has just been uncommon prior to DiRECT/Virta/bariatric surgery. Yes I think deciding on an appropriate name for it is important. What could possibly be the argument against choosing the best name?