On top of the diet plan, patients will be encouraged to exercise moreA diet of soups and shakes will be provided by the NHS for type 2 diabetes patients from today after studies showed that it reversed the condition in nearly half of cases. The food will be prescribed to 5,000 patients for three months and include “total diet replacement products”, such as specially formulated low-calorie shakes and soups. The national scheme, described by the NHS as “life-changing”, comes after trials showed that dramatic weight loss had led to diabetes going into remission. A study in the UK in 2017 found that 46 per cent of type 2 patients who were placed on an ultra low-calorie diet needed no medication a year later. Some 70 per cent

Source: The Times August 31, 2020 23:01 UTC