Stunning discovery: This simple diet could destroy diabetes – BABW News

A brand new diet may be the key to reversing the effects of diabetes, and its a surprisingly simple one that anyone can do, according ot a new study published in the journal Cell. This fasting diet triggers the pancreas to regenerate itself and start working again to control blood sugar levels, and it was shown to work in animal experiments, reversing the symptoms of diabetes.

Its an exciting find to be sure, and it could be a new treatment for the debilitating disease, but researchers are advising diabetics not to try it without medical advice. So far, scientists have only demonstrated it in mice, according to a statement from the University of Southern California.

The diet works by putting people for five days on a diet that is low in calories, protein and carbohydrates, but high in unsaturated fat, similar to that of a vegan diet with a lot of nuts and soups that tops out at 1,100 calories per day. After that five day period, they can spend 25 days eating what they want.

The statement from the university follows below.

A diet designed to imitate the effects of fasting appears to reverse diabetes by reprogramming cells, a new USC-led study shows.

The fasting-like diet promotes the growth of new insulin-producing pancreatic cells that reduce symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in mice, according to the study on mice and human cells led by Valter Longo, director of the Longevity Institute at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

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