Two major diabetes groups say eating fewer carbs or cutting calories for a short time can help people with type 2 diabetes lose weight, but they don’t officially say you can ‘cure’ diabetes this way.

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Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: A Narrative Review of the Evidence

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2019 Apr 1

The study says that major diabetes groups now tell people to eat fewer carbs or cut calories to lose weight, but they still don’t officially say these diets can 'cure' diabetes — which is exactly what the claim says.

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Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: A Narrative Review of the Evidence

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DOI: 10.3390/nu11040766

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