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Recently diagnosed with diabetes, can it be reversed with diet and exercise, or will i be diabetic all my life? absolutely no family history.

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Dr. John Michalski answered

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Diabetes: No guarantee, but diet & weight control, along with exercise can make diabetics much healthier. I've had good success with this.

Answered 8/3/2013

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A member asked:

Recently diagnosed with diabetes, can it be reversed with diet and exercise, or will i be diabetic all my life? absolutely no family history.

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Dr. John Michalski answered

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