Achieving type 2 diabetes reversal seems way more common than scientists realized

[C C]

One in twenty achieve remission from type 2 diabetes
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/932795

INTRO: Around one in twenty people in Scotland diagnosed with type 2 diabetes achieve remission from the disease, according to research publishing November 2nd in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine. This suggests people are achieving remission outside of research trials and without bariatric surgery. Recognising individuals in remission, following their progress, and better understanding the factors involved in remission could lead to improved initiatives to help others... (MORE)

PAPER: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/ar...ed.1003828
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Achieving type 2 diabetes reversal seems way more common than scientists realized
https://www.sciencealert.com/reversing-t...s-realized

INTRO: About 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year. The vast majority of cases (90–95 percent) will be type 2 diabetes, a chronic health condition that can lead to heart disease, kidney disease, vision loss, and more. For a subset of these patients, it doesn't have to be that way.

A huge amount of research in recent years has demonstrated that type 2 diabetes can be reversed in the body, with a range of dieting methods and other kinds of lifestyle interventions sending the disease into remission. It is, however, quite hard to know for sure how many people are able to successfully pull off such a reversal. After all, hundreds of millions of people around the world are currently diabetic, but millions of them aren't even aware they have the condition.

Against such a backdrop – and outside of scientific experiments specifically measuring type 2 diabetes remission – it's difficult to say how many people might develop the condition before going on to successfully reverse it. Nonetheless, a new study from Scotland suggests the phenomenon might be more common than we realized, even without things like scientific interventions and invasive procedures such as bariatric surgery... (MORE)

[Magical Realist]

It's just a matter of losing weight. My nephew lowered his A1C from around 7 to 5 by dieting and exercise. I once had what was called a fatty liver. It went away when I lost around 30 pounds. Also lowered my A1C.

[stryder]

My pet theory on diabetes is that millions of years ago, the precursor to the human race (and mammals in general) were small rodent like creatures. Those rodents likely had the ability to hibernate. While evolution has meant we adapted beyond hibernating, it didn't necessarily mean that all the genetic code suddenly disappeared. Since we have no use for it, it's something that could effect a majority of us if triggered.