I cut out beer and curry to reverse my diabetes – and lost 7st, says Labour’s Tom
TOM Watson reversed his Type 2 diabetes by cutting out beer and curry, he revealed last night. The Labour deputy leader lost 98lbs in weight – seven stone – after he adopted a radical diet and took up boxing.
‘I am very happy to reveal that my Type 2 diabetes has been reversed, it’s in remission,’ said the 51-year-old. ‘No longer having to take medicines for diabetes is a joy. To all Type 2 diabetics I say: “Yes, we can.”
‘Yet the tragedy for many is that they don’t even know their condition is reversible, let alone how to achieve it.’
Writing in the Daily Express, Mr Watson said he realised his problem last year as he ‘huffed and puffed’ to his Westminster office. ‘It felt that if I didn’t do this, I was going to die,’ he said. He cut out all sugar and ultraprocessed food from his diet and started walking and running and then boxing.
‘Politicians of all sides must join forces to enact change,’ he said. ‘My experience of escaping Type 2 diabetes has given me a new mission to help others get healthy.
‘We can’t afford to keep going as we are. The challenge is huge but generations will suffer if we fail to get a grip on the obesity crisis that threatens to engulf us.’