"In a country where one in five of those over 40 has type 2 diabetes, the foods enjoyed by their grandparents have showed remarkable results in reversing the condition. Diabetes medication is largely unaffordable in Nepal, and type 2 diabetes often sets off a cascade of complications which can include kidney disease, limb loss and blindness. Uncontrolled, it will eventually lead to premature death."
"A pilot study in the Nepalese capital involving 70 hospital patients with long-established diabetes helped 43% into remission by putting them on a calorie-controlled traditional diet. An ongoing trial involving 120 people in villages and communities on the outskirts of cities has shown similar promise. It is very early days but around half are free from diabetes at four months, with an average weight loss of only 4-5kg, said Prof Mike Lean, a diabetes and human nutrition expert from the University of Glasgow."
Nepal faces a diabetes epidemic, with one in five people over 40 having type 2 diabetes. Traditional lentil-and-rice meals have shown remarkable results in reversing long-established type 2 diabetes when provided in calorie-controlled programmes. A pilot in Kathmandu with 70 patients achieved 43% remission; a wider community trial with 120 people showed around half free from diabetes at four months and average weight loss of only 4-5kg. Diabetes medication is largely unaffordable, and uncontrolled type 2 disease leads to kidney disease, limb loss, blindness and premature death. A four-year study with the University of Glasgow and Dhulikhel hospital plans wider rollout and to test prevention in high-risk people.
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