Can Type 2 Diabetes Really Be Reversed?
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Today, we're breaking down a controversial question: can type 2 diabetes be reversed? There are tons of articles out there discussing this hot topic, but we dive into the evidence-based research behind it. Throughout this episode, we dissect the differences between prediabetes and diabetes, how diabetes is diagnosed, and share practical tips for a holistic approach to diabetes management.
In This Episode We’ll Cover:
- The evidence-based research behind reversing type 2 diabetes
- The distinctions between prediabetes and diabetes and how they play roles in reversal or remission
- The different diagnostic tests used to distinguish between prediabetes and diabetes
- Actionable and practical tips for managing diabetes holistically
- The importance of relying on evidence-based research to navigate the complexities of diabetes + MORE!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Diabetes Digital Podcast. I'm Wendy. |
| 0:03.2 | And I'm Jess and we're best friends, registered dieticians, and diabetes educators. |
| 0:08.0 | Through our telehealth platform, diabetes digital.co, we offer accessible and personalized virtual nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes. |
| 0:17.0 | Visit diabetes digital.co, that's CO, to book your first appointment. We accept insurance and offer affordable self-pay options. |
| 0:24.7 | Now let's get into today's episode. |
| 0:29.3 | Welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital Podcast presented by Food Heaven and today we are |
| 0:36.2 | addressing a hot topic in the world of diabetes which is can type 2 diabetes be reversed? |
| 0:43.2 | We have so many patients in the past who have said |
| 0:46.5 | they want to reverse their diabetes |
| 0:48.4 | or cure their diabetes. |
| 0:50.5 | And there are a lot of books and programs my mom even keeps sending me them on the |
| 0:56.5 | internet that talk about diabetes reversal and it implies that diabetes can be |
| 1:01.6 | reversed but is that something that is actually that podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for |
| 1:14.4 | medical advice. |
| 1:15.4 | Yep, so let's start by defining reversal versus remission because there's a very important difference. |
| 1:25.0 | Reversal would mean that the diabetes is completely gone. |
| 1:29.0 | It's like you never had it. |
| 1:30.5 | While remission is defined as a reduction of the seriousness or intensity of the disease. |
| 1:37.0 | And it can also be referred to as a temporary recovery. |
| 1:40.0 | It's important to go over the difference first between pre-diabilities and diabetes because that distinction is really what's going to break the answer of this whole reversal question. So, |
| 1:53.2 | pre-diabedes, it's the precursor to diabetes. It's almost like a |
| 1:57.7 | warning sign in the blood work that shows that there's something happening |
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