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Can you really "cure" type 2 diabetes? Can you keep your blood sugar stable and "wake up" your pancreas even if you've had the disease for a decade?

The answer is "yes" per Dr Roy Taylor who wrote a book on it. 
The mechanism of how he reversed type 2 diabetes is what is so interesting. 

If you have type 2 diabetes, have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or have had gestational diabetes, this data is for you.

Here's some data:
Your liver helps to maintain your blood glucose levels in response to pancreatic hormones.
When you eat a meal with glucose it enters the liver and your blood glucose rises. Excess glucose is dealt with by converting it into glycogen which is stored in the liver.

Dr Taylor realized that most people with type 2 diabetes have a fatty liver, and pancreas for that matter.

He postulated that is was the fat buildup that was causing the type 2 diabetes.
When he put people on a very low calorie diet (I don't think you have to go this route - more on this later) their liver fat normalized in just one week! The fat in the liver is "eaten" preferentially first when the body is on limited calories. The pancreas also lost its fat, albeit more slowly. 
What was very exciting was the pancreas' insulin producing cells "woke up" and started producing insulin again - the mark of reversal of the disease.

The key was found in an individuals personalized fat threshold. Interestingly, this is different in each person, but it's a level that once you go above it you start developing fat infiltration of your liver and pancreas.

Here's what you can do to make this exciting change:
Eliminate or limit drastically any refined sugar intake.
Also eliminate or limit drastically alcohol consumption.
Say "no" to ultra-processed foods and junk foods.
Say "no" to processed meats.
Limit your saturated fat intake to about 7% or less of your total calories.
Say "yes" to fruits and veggies.
Say "yes" to beans and legumes and whole grains (think quinoa, gluten-free oats)
Say "yes" to good fats - mono and polyunsaturated fats.

I recommend you exercise but avoid falling prey to "compensatory eating" where you burn calories exercising and decide you can then eat more calories.

Don't starve yourself but try the above formula and see how you do.
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