How you can beat diabetes 12 weeks in just

From two top professors, a deliciously simple diet plan to help you slim down and say goodbye to medication for ever

EVERY person with t ype 2 di abetes longs for one thing: a cure.

I t would mean an end to the strict drugs regime which maintains blood sugar levels and keeps blood pressure low.

And more than that, an end to living every day with the knowledge that the disease will cut life short, and could lead to a range of horrific problems from heart attacks and strokes to kidney failure, blindness and losing a limb.

What every person with diabetes wants is their health back.

Now, following nearly 20 years of painstaking scientific research, we finally have the breakthrough which could end one of the most widespread and deadly medical conditions of the modern age.

It does not involve taking more medication – in fact, it involves taking no medication at all.

And the best thing about it is that almost everyone with type 2 diabetes has the power to rid themselves of their condition. It involves, quite simply, a diet. Last December, our research team published the results of a three-year study that produced dramatic results. It proved that losing weight by following an 800calorie-a-day eating plan for eight to 12 weeks can send the disease into remission. The more weight you lose, the more likely you are to see an end to the condition.

Here we will show you how to achieve these life- changing results. I f you f ol l ow t hese instructions, you could be compl et el y di abetes - f r ee within three months. You will feel great, sleep better and drop several clothes sizes.

We’ll give you step- by- step instructions to help you plan and stick to your goals, and dozens of mouth-watering recipes will help you stick to your 800-caloriea-day limit with ease.

In addition. we’ll have plenty of motivational and hunger-busting tips to change your eating behaviour for good after you’ve hit your weight loss target. The one question you need to ask yourself is: do you want to change your life for ever?

SHOULD YOU BE ON THE PLAN?

IF YOU are reading this, the chances are you – or someone close to you – has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, one of around 4.5 million adults in the UK with the condition.

A blood glucose test will have shown that you have excess sugar in your blood, which is the main characteristic of the disease.

You may have been prescribed drugs to control your blood sugar and blood pressure pills. If so, then this diet is for you. But you may also be interested in reading this because you are concerned that you are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, or you are one of the 12 million people in the UK showing signs of prediabetes, which means your blood sugar levels are raised but not yet in the diabetic range. If so, then this is the diet for you too.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE DIET

FOR the majority of people with diabetes, or for those at risk of

diabetes, lifestyle is the most important factor.

If you avoid putting on weight and are physically active, you won’t develop the condition.

If you gain weight and don’t exercise, you’ll accumulate fat inside your liver and pancreas. This forces sugar to stay within the bloodstream, leading to the development of type 2 diabetes.

What we now also know is that a strict low-calorie diet seems to suck fat away from the organs at quite an astonishing rate, rebooting your metabolism.

Our latest study, funded by diabetes UK, built on two decades of research at Newcastle and Glasgow Universities and involved over 300 diabetic Britons.

Participants followed a liquid diet of just 800 calories a day for between 12 and 20 weeks. They then ate normal foods. After 12 months, the volunteers has lost an average of 22 lb, and half of them were in remission from diabetes.

Blood sugar and blood pressure levels fell dramatically within days of the diet starting.

Of those who lost 33 lb or more nine in ten no longer had type 2 diabetes after a year.

If you lose this sort of weight by following this plan and man- age t o keep it off, you may never see your diabetes return.

CONTROL YOUR BLOOD SUGAR I N JUST 8 WEEKS

AFTER careful planning and preparation, and discussion with your GP, you will be consuming 800 calories a day for between eight to 12 weeks. After the fat has melted from your liver, pancreas and waistline you’ll maintain your weight by following a diet based on the healthy and tasty Mediterranean way of eating.

This means consuming fewer ca rb san dan abundance of fruit, vegetables, lean meat and fish, eggs, olive oil, beans and nuts to fill you with fewer calories.

And of course, even if you don’t have diabetes and simply want to feel great, lose weight – and keep it off – this diet can help too. Now, lets get started...

Roy Taylor is Professor of Medicine and Metabolism at Newcastle University. He has a 40-year career in diabetes treatment and research at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Michael Trenell is Professor of Metabolism and Lifestyle Medicine at Newcastle University and founder of diabetes education and management company Changing Health. Their fees for this article were donated to Diabetes UK.