Type 2 diabetes can be readily reversed, in most cases, by weight loss.
"Type 2 diabetes can now be understood as a state of excess fat in liver and pancreas, and remains reversible for at least 10 years in most individuals."
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
"Calorie restriction" reverses T2D by promoting loss of liver and pancreatic fat, which is the first to be lost in weight loss
Low carb diets result in "spontaneous calorie reduction" in most cases - you could look it up.
Type 2 diabetes is not a "lifelong, progressive disease"
Remission of type 2 diabetes is associated with a major fall in liver fat export
Re-emergence is associated with increased liver-derived plasma triglycerides
Lose the liver fat, lose the diabetes
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