The Paleo diet and diabetes.

151 T and defects in insulin secretion. Obesity is the major risk factor for the development of the condition and a number of studies— including the Diabetes Prevention Program, the Da Qing IGT and Diabetes Study, and the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study— have shown that lifestyle modification (diet and exercise) can significantly prevent the progression of glucose intolerance (prediabetes) to diabetes by up to 58%. In addition, a recent study showed that a very-low-calorie diet for 8weeks resulted in remission of type 2 diabetes for at least 6 months in 40% of the participants. As such, clinical guidelines prescribe lifestyle modification as first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes and indeed throughout the management of the disease process. Therefore, it is clear that dietary intervention is a critical component of the glucose-lowering strategy in diabetes.