Weight loss contributes to increasing the chances of recovery from type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a recent study published in the scientific journal “Lancet Diabets & Endocrinology” specialized.
The brief evaluation of 22 high -quality studies shows the following: With every kilogram, people with type 2 diabetes lose the disease. Each percentage of lost body weight, the possibility of complete recovery increases by 2.71%.
In general, approximately 48% of the study participants achieved a full healing through weight loss. This was more common than they lost more weight. In approximately 50% of those, who lost between 20 and 29% of the original body weight, diabetes disappeared completely.
Among those, who lost at least 30%, the number reached approximately 80%.
On average, 41% of them achieved a partial decrease, and here also it was completely clear that the opportunity increased as patients lose more weight.
In the study, the complete recovery was considered realized if the blood sugar level is in the long run (HBA1C) without medication less than 6.0% or the blood sugar level during fasting is less than 100 mg/d d. One year after the start of weight loss.
Partial improvement occurs when cumulative diabetic hemoglobin decreases to less than 6.5% or when fasting blood sugar decreases to less than 126 mg/dL.