ReviewNutrients2021
Remission of Type 2 Diabetes with Very Low-Calorie Diets-A Narrative Review.
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- Bariatric Surgery in the Era of GLP1RA: A Narrative Review.Advances in therapy · 2026Review
- Implementation of Preoperative Very Low-Calorie Diets in Preparation for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Review
- Dietary management of patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease: A comprehensive literature review.World journal of nephrology · 2025Review
- Medical nutrition therapy for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2025Review
- Efficacy of a Homemade Very Low Calorie Diet to Achieve Prevention or Remission of Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Lifestyle Medicine for Obesity in the Era of Highly Effective Anti-Obesity Treatment.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Alterations in gut microbiota characteristics along a type 2 diabetes risk gradient linked with family history.Gut microbes reports · 2025Article
- Recent progress of remission in type 2 diabetes.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Review
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- Effects of Very Low-Calorie Diet versus Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery on Body Composition in Patients with Obesity.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Obesity, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular disease: A joint expert review from the Obesity Medicine Association and the National Lipid Association 2024.Obesity pillars · 2024Article
- Visceral Adipose Tissue: The Hidden Culprit for Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Effect of a two-only-meals-a-day and exercise lifestyle on HbA1c and anti-diabetic medication in a follow-up study of subjects with type 2 diabetes attending a free clinic in a north Maharashtra city.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- The Role of Glutathione and Its Precursors in Type 2 Diabetes.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Nutrition counsellors' recommended eating patterns for individuals with type 2 diabetes in the USA.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of a protein-supplemented very-low-calorie diet program for weight loss: a randomized controlled trial in South Korea.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Glycaemic Control and Weight Reduction: A Narrative Review of New Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2023Review
- The Role of Natural Antioxidant Products That Optimize Redox Status in the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Very low-calorie diets (VLCD) are hypocaloric dietary regimens of approximately 400-800 kcal/day that result in 20-30% reductions in body weight, sometimes in just 12-16 weeks. A body of evidence demonstrates that adherence to VLCD in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) can result in marked improvements to glycemic control and even full T2D remission, challenging the convention that T2D is a lifelong disease. Although these data are promising, the majority of VLCD studies have focused on weight loss and not T2D remission as a primary endpoint. Moreover, there is a wide range of VLCD protocols and definitions of T2D remission used across these hypocaloric studies. Together the large degree of heterogeneity in VLCD studies, and how T2D remission is defined, leave many gaps in knowledge to efficacy and durability of VLCD approaches for T2D remission. This narrative review examines findings from a body of data from VLCD studies that specifically sought to investigate T2D remission, and discusses the efficacy of VLCD compared to other hypocaloric approaches, and who is likely to benefit from VLCD approaches for T2D remission.
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