Friday Favorites: Fasting to Reverse Diabetes

Date: 2025-09-12 11:59:50

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By losing 15 percent of their body weight, nearly 90 percent of individuals with type 2 diabetes for less than four years may achieve remission.

Check out Diabetes as a Disease of Fat Toxicity (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Diabetes-as-a-Disease-of-Fat-Toxicity) for more on the underlying cause of the disease.

For more on fasting for disease reversal, see:
• Fasting to Treat Depression (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fasting-to-treat-depression)
• Fasting for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fasting-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome)
• Fasting for Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Headache (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fasting-for-post-traumatic-brain-injury-headache)

Check out my fasting and cancer series, starting with Fasting for Cancer: What About Cachexia? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fasting-for-cancer-what-about-cachexia/). All fasting videos can also be found in a digital download (https://drgreger.org/collections/videos/products/fasting-bundle-digital).

Fasting is not the best way to lose weight. To learn more, see:
• Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss Put to the Test (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-fasting-for-weight-loss-put-to-the-test/)
• Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-fasting-beneficial-for-weight-loss/)
• Is Fasting for Weight Loss Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-fasting-for-weight-loss-safe/)

What is the best way to lose weight? See The Best Diet for Weight Loss and Disease Prevention (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-diet-for-weight-loss-and-disease-prevention/).

For all my videos on fasting, see the topic page (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/fasting/).

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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