Type 2 Diabetes trial results

Specialist calorie-controlled milk shake diets could well be the way to go.

At no more than 200 calories a pack, four a day provide enough to sustain you provide essential nutrients and help you lose excess pounds.

But did you know the results of the trial show it can actually reverse Type 2 diabetes?

That’s the staggering news just published by doctors in The Lancet.

How exciting is that? One in 11 people all around us have this potentially debilitating disease.

Here's what you need to know:

• 298 diabetics in Scotland and Tyneside went on a ground-breaking diabetes diet trial
• A whopping 86% who lost 2st 5lb or more reversed their Type 2 Diabetes
• 46% of the 298 remained free of diabetes a year later

Pretty impressive by any standards. And even more so when we’re told that only 4% reversed their diabetes using the best of other treatments available to doctors at the moment.

How did it work?

It’s known that when fat builds up around the pancreas it affects how well it controls blood sugar levels. Too little insulin is then produced and this in turn leads to blood sugar levels increasing out of control.

Losing the fat helps the pancreas to function properly again. It’s as simple as that.

And the good news keeps on coming:

• A weight loss of as little as 10-15kg can reverse diabetes
• The trial has the potential to transform the lives of the millions of people around the world with diabetes.

For more information about the aims and achievements of the DiRECT Study, or how it might benefit people living with Type 2 diabetes you might want to contact Diabetes UK on 0345123 2399 or at helpline@diabetes.org.uk.

So how do you get started? This is where Practically Slim can really help you to get organised.

Firstly, getting their heads in the right place to stick with a few months on the diet. They will enjoy four of our specially formulated and delicious liquid milkshakes a day – no solid food.

Lose weight – a stone a month is easily doable for many. Follow the expert advice of dieticians to gradually reintroduce normal, healthy food and finally, sustain the weight loss.

The last part is the hardest, some say. Doctors are clear that, if the weight returns, so does the diabetes and this is where we can help our clients to learn new long-term behaviour around food. We have a unique free personality profile questionnaire that can help them understand their dieting behaviour.

If this speaks to you then speak to us. We’re a company with oodles of experience in supporting people all the way through their weight loss journey.