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registered dieticians, and diabetes educators. Through our telehealth platform, DiabetesDiBesdigital.co,

we offer accessible and personalized virtual nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and

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Now, let's get into today's episode.

Welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital podcast presented by Food Heaven.

And today we are addressing a hot topic in the world of diabetes,

which is can type 2 diabetes be reversed? We have so many patients in the past who have said

they want to reverse their diabetes or cure their diabetes. And there are a lot of books and

programs. My mom even keeps sending me them on the internet that talk about diabetes reversal. And it implies that diabetes can be reversed. But is that something that is actually true? So we're going to get into all of that today. But first, our disclaimer that this podcast is for informational purposes only and

should not be considered a substitute for medical advice. Yep. So let's start by defining reversal

versus remission because there's a very important difference. Reversal would mean that the diabetes

is completely gone. It's like you never

had it, while remission is defined as a reduction of the seriousness or intensity of the disease.

And it can also be referred to as a temporary recovery. It's important to go over the difference

first between pre-diabetes and diabetes because that

distinction is really what's going to break the answer of this whole reversal question.

So pre-diabetes, it's the precursor to diabetes.

It's almost like a warning sign in the blood work that shows that there's something happening

where your body is not able to metabolize blood sugars normally.

It also shows that blood sugar management strategies should be implemented, i.e. nutrition,

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