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“Fasting can reverse type 2 diabetes, a team of scientists behind a small study have claimed.
For their preliminary study, researchers asked three patients with type 2 diabetes to follow intermittent fasting programs and found they were able to safely stop using insulin to control their blood sugar levels.
Diabetes is a major health issue in the U.S. closely linked to the obesity epidemic. Around 30.3 million people in the U.S. have the condition according to the latest figures from 2015: including 7.2million who are undiagnosed, according to the American Diabetes Association.
Most people have type 2 diabetes, where the body develops insulin resistance causing blood glucose levels to shift out of the normal range.”
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