Is this the beginning of the end of Type II Diabetes?

I still remember the day when I consciously realized that type two diabetes could resole with weight loss for those who are overweight and with different foods for those who are not.

It was during my residency training after medical school where patient's down in southern Alabama, where some of the worse healthcare markers for the country are that patient after patient would come for a refill on their prescriptions for diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol.

One day I read that type II diabetes could actually be completely resolved. I first didn't believe it. I always thought that it was a disease, like an injury, that once you get the diagnosis, there is no turning back. And so following the recommendations, I placed my patients in prescriptions to control their diabetes, month after month, year after year.

Soon I realized that my patient's needed so much more than a prescription, what they needed was a breakthrough, a realization that they could take control of their lifes, change some things and actually come off a lot of their medications.

The lancet jornal just published a study in which they found that in patient's who lost 15kg or more there was an 86% remission of their diabetes two.

In this study, they concluded that the complete remission, of Type II diabetes is a practical goal for primary care providers. This is incredibly exciting news for many people, to feel more empowered to regain their health and vitality so that they can have a thriving life.

Andres Zuleta MD

Founder at Samasta