10% weight loss puts type 2 diabetes into full remission

Doctors often recommend weight loss to slow diabetes progression. Now a study in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology confirms doing so can send the disease into full remission. In a study of 149 patients with diabetes, 64% of those who lost about 10% of their body weight over a year no longer had to take diabetes medications. Weight loss removes fat from the insulinproducing pancreas to improve its function.