NHS now pays for type 2 diabetes sufferers to consume shakes whose primary ingredient, fructose, is exactly what caused their disease in the first place. And all because they just can't say they got it wrong.https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46363869 …
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Replying to @gillespi
This is exactly the opposite of what the science has demonstrated, and a wildly misleading thing to say For shame
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Replying to @gillespi
The DiRECT trial, which is the basis for the decision to include shakes as a treatment in T2DM https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33102-1/fulltext …pic.twitter.com/39oZkgp9nx
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Replying to @GidMK
I'm not disputing that if you put people on an very low calorie diet some of them will lose enough weight to experience temporary remission from T2D. I am questioning the advisability of doing it with the substance that caused the condition in the first place.
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Replying to @gillespi
That might be a valid criticism if not for the solid evidence that it makes no difference whatsoever
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...your point? There is a 24, 36 etc month follow-up planned, but even so 12 months is quite robust
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