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A 48-year-old male asked:
Can lifestyle change truly reverse type 2 diabetes?
5 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in
Dr. Jennifer Austinanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 17 years experience
Sometimes: Lifestyle alone can prevent, delay, or reverse type two diabetes in many cases. If diet and exercise do not reverse type two diabetes, they can make it much less severe. Some cases will still need medicine, but lifestyle can make a huge difference.
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Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
Yes with weight loss: If you are overweight and "lifestyle change" includes significant weight loss, it might reverse type 2 diabetes. Otherwise, probably not.
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Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Not completely: The key is exercise, and to a lesser extent weight loss. You'll still have the strong genetic tendency, but you can keep the chemical changes and physical deterioration at bay by getting super-fit.
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Dr. Jovita Anyanwuanswered
Internal Medicine 32 years experience
Yes in: most cases when insulin resistance is do to sedentary lifestyle and poor dietary habits and Obesity. Significant weight loss, healthy lifestyle and low carbohydrate diet has been able to reverse type 2 diabetics
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Dr. Dean Giannoneanswered
Internal Medicine 27 years experience
Lifestyle for DM2.: Optimized nutrition, regular exercise and weight maintenance can help keep blood sugars in an acceptable range to minimize the chance of diabetic complications in the long term, but cannot cure diabetes. As well, diabetes does progress over time despite our best efforts at lifestyle change so eventually these measures may just not be enough.
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Leesburg, VA
A 21-year-old male asked:
How long does it take to reverse type 2 diabetes?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Jerry Brownanswered
Prosthodontics 55 years experience
Reverse Diabetes Tp2: Good day;
How long does one require to shed their weight to an ideal number? Enroll in a health club, start walking and consider challenging hiking? Cultivate a food plan and begin to eat for nutritional value and energy and not for STORAGE!! Satisfy those goals and your type 2 diabetes will disappear!!
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