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anonprogtada t1_j0yuqfx wrote

Reply to comment by elijah112358 in Molecule that mimics insulin opens new doors for a diabetes pill by rchaudhary

Reversible period? If pancreatic function is still present, its a question of restoring insulin sensitivity. Which is still best achieved wth ... low carbohydrate diets. Turns out the thing which overloaded the system aka glucose is the same thing we can remove from the diet to restore it.

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elijah112358 t1_j0ywe8d wrote

No one’s arguing against low carb diets being effective in managing T2DM. However, your assessment that eliminating sugar from a diet will reverse T2DM is only accurate in early stages of the disease.

At some point, insulin insensitivity cannot be reversed with lifestyle changes alone, and is certainly not “best achieved” with such changes.

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