Diabetes app to save NHS £30m One in four come off drugs with low-carb diet
Deb is 3st dia-beater
A DIET app could rid sufferers of diabetes and save the NHS £30million in a year.
Creators of the LowCarbProgram for people with Type 2 diabetes say one in four users polled were able to come off drugs – and shed an average 17lbs.
The 12-week plan has been available for three years and more than 300,000 have used it. Now the £29.99 smartphone app has been approved by the NHS and could save each GP £835 a year in drugs. Charlotte Summers, of Diabetes Digital Media, said: “In 2018 over 13,000 people in England completed the LowCarbProgram, saving the NHS £10.8m.
“We expect that to increase three-fold with a saving of more than £30million in 12 months.”
DETERMINED Debra Scott put her type 2 diabetes into remission without medication and lost 3st in the process.
The pounds dropped off as she stuck to a low carb diet she spotted on a diabetes.co.uk forum. Her blood sugar David Unwin, 55, the Lancashire GP who helped develop the plan, said: “I reversed my diabetes on a low carb diet. I don’t get any money from inventing the app. I’m just happy to see patients stop their diabetes.”
An NHS spokesperson said: “We have very rigorous testing. Patients can be confident of using the app.” tests now show a “normal” level and gran Debra, from Blackpool, is down from 14st 7lbs to 11st 6lbs.
Debra, 56, said: “I haven’t felt this good in years. I’m now in size 12 clothes and feel so much more confident.”