A breakthrough treatment plan for type-2 diabetes has the British National Health Service (NHS) bustling as they position themselves to adopt a new standard of treatment.

The course of treatment consists of a liquid diet of 800 calories to be taken as a soup or shake daily for a set amount of months depending on the time since the patient developed type-2 diabetes.

The breakthrough research arose out of Newcastle University which seems to have stuck a pin in many of our assumptions about type-2 diabetesas well as proven almost beyond a shadow of a doubt that type-2 diabetes is actually reversible, especially in newer patients.

The treatment is basically a prescription for a reduction in calorie intakea potential intervention that has shown incredible results for many different conditions.

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The Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial, (DiRECT) recently published these findings as a means of demonstrating the massive potential of DiRECT as a general treatment plan.

One-third of all people taking part in the trial were free of diabetes at 2 years. Around three quarters of everyone who was in remission at 1 year stayed in remission at 2 years. Furthermore, the group who embarked on rapid weight loss had fewer serious medical problems in the second year of DiRECT.

Official statistics from the NHS place the number of Brits with type-2 diabetes at 4 million, and rising. Meanwhile, in the United States, the CDC reports that 1 in 10 Americansroughly 30 million peoplehave diabetes, 90% of which is type-2. Many people also go undiagnosed for years.

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Recent studies carried out by Professors Mike Lean and Roy Taylor of Newcastle University showed that type-2 diabetes is triggered by fat spills. These fat spills, which came from the liver, traveled to the nearby pancreas where it wreaked havoc in the efficiency of the organ to produce insulin.

Insulin is needed to command your cells to absorb excess carbohydrates circulating in your body after a carb or sugar-dense meal.

The liver fat, astonishingly high in type 2 diabetes, falls to normal, explains Dr. Taylor in an interview with Medscape. The pancreas fat comes down gradually, gradually, and the pancreas recovers gradually, gradually. And thats amazing because we always thought that the pancreas had to go downhill inevitably in type 2 diabetes.

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In April 2020, the NHS will begin trials with a liquid diet as per the DiRECT research with 5,000 participants helping to test whether the program can benefit the public. If the trials are successful, the breakthrough diet will become the new standard of care in a remarkably rapid frame of time for the chronic ailment thats been causing amputations, blindness, and heart complications for decades.

The widely-taken drug Metformin has been the standard of care for the treatment of diabetes in France since 1957 and in Canada since 1972. Illustrative of how long it can take to approve a treatment in the U.S., Metformin didnt receive approval by the FDA until 1994, even though 5.8 million Americans were diagnosed with diabetes in 1980.

Like all professional men and women of science, Taylor feels more research is needed before the liquid diet intervention is widely prescribed.

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We need to follow up this group, said Taylor. We follow them up for a total of 2 years in the proper randomized controlled trial.

We have funding to follow up the intervention group participants for a total of 3 years. And weve applied for further funding because we need to see what happens to these people as time goes on.

But, he admits it is heart-warming hearing all the stories about remissions. Its all about the individual and all about helping people back to this state of relative health and happiness. And that does seem to be happening in quite large numbers of people who are able to do it.

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New research suggests that President Donald Trumps affinity for fast food can influence the publics dietary intentions, and potentially contribute to a greater disease burden on society.

The new study, published in the journal Appetite, builds upon research that has shown a link between media coverage of a public figures health and changes in public behavior.

I noticed there was a decent amount of news coverage and general media commentary about President Trumps love of fast food, and it was in stark contrast to most of the food-related media coverage of the Obama presidency, which focused more on Michelle Obamas garden and the pressure she put on President Obama to eat healthy, explained Jessica Gall Myrick (@jessmyrick), the author of the study and an associate professor of media studies at the Pennsylvania State University.

That observation sparked my curiosity about the possibility that the media coverage of Trumps fast-food-heavy diet could be related to the publics view of how acceptable it is to eat fast food as well as how likely they are to actually eat it themselves. And, because obesity is such a serious health problem in the United States and fast food consumption is associated with higher rates of obesity, it seemed like an important topic to investigate.

For her study, Myrick had 1,050 American adults complete an online survey in February of 2018, which assessed how much attention they paid to media coverage of President Trumps eating habits among several other things.

This was a nationally representative survey where the sample demographics reflected percentages from the U.S. Census for gender, age, education, race, household income, and geographic region, Myrick said.

The survey revealed that exposure to Trumps dietary preferences was associated with the intention to eat fast food.

In other words, the more people paid attention to Trumps eating habits, the more likely they were to agree with statements such as Given my lifestyle and/or taste preferences, it is likely that I will eat fast food regularly over the next four weeks and I am likely to eat fast food regularly over the next month.

This was true even after Myrick controlled for the effects of education, race, political party, income, gender, age, and perceived weight status.

In addition, the survey found that people who indicated they paid more attention to general media about President Trump were more likely to say those close to them regularly dined on fast food.

In general, the results of this survey show that people who pay more attention to media coverage of President Trumps diet are more likely to view fast food as a socially acceptable meal option and are more likely to intend to eat fast food in the near future, Myrick explained.

For both Republicans and Democrats, greater attention to media coverage of Trumps diet was related to more positive attitudes toward fast food. However, for Republicans, this relationship was nearly twice as strong, meaning that as attention to media coverage of Trumps diet increases, Republicans are quicker to report positive attitudes toward fast food than are Democrats.

But, for people who did not identify as either Republicans or Democrats (that is, people who identify as Independent or who identify with smaller parties), there was not a relationship between attention to media about Trumps diet and attitudes toward fast food, Myrick told PsyPost.

Even if the effects of media coverage of Trumps love of fast food are small at the individual level, when you aggregate those effects across the entire U.S. population, these data suggest there could be harm caused to public health by encouraging many Americans to eat fast food more so than they would if the president was not so positive about this unhealthy type of food, Myrick added.

However, the study does not provide definite information about cause-and-effect relationships between Trumps diet and Americans intentions to eat fast food.

This was a cross-sectional survey, or single snapshot of the interrelationships between attention to media coverage about Trumps diet and fast food-related attitudes and behavioral intentions. So, it only gives us a good idea of that one point in time, Myrick said.

Future work could follow people over time to see how, as their attention to different types of media accumulates and shifts, their dietary choices might likewise shift.

The study was titled: Connections between viewing media about President Trumps dietary habits and fast food consumption intentions: Political differences and implications for public health.

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The Mediterranean Diet has, for the third year in a row, been named the healthiest overall diet by the annual ranking from U.S. News & World Report.

And if you dig into the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, it makes sense. It's good for your brain, heart, and gut, and according to Alyssa Dweck, M.D., it's a great diet for healthy aging.

Dweck is an OB-GYN, so she's worked closely with plenty of women through the stages of perimenopause and menopause. She recently joined us on episode 141 of the mindbodygreen podcast (be sure to check out the full episode), where we asked her what she tells her patients dealing with all that comes along with aging.

Dweck was quick to emphasize the importance of lifestyle, not just your diet. "Typically, in gyno world, we recommend the Mediterranean diet," she says. "I'm an advocate of a lifestyle diet rather than a diet that you do for a couple of weeks and then go off of it. Lifestyle is key."

The Mediterranean diet is, indeed, not just a diet, as it also encourages an active lifestyle and healthy social relationships. People who live in Blue Zoneslike near the Mediterranean Sea, after all,enjoy happy hour with their friends often. But Dweck reminds those suffering from perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms like hot flashes or issues sleeping, should really moderate alcohol consumption.

She, of course, also recommends exercise: "With age and hormone changes that come along with a woman's life cycle, we can see changes in metabolism. And we also can see diminishment in the lean body mass, or muscle tissue, which can lead towards weight gain and less energy as age progresses."

Good news there: A Mediterranean Diet was found to boost athletic performance in a recent study, suggesting the lifestyle is good for many reasons.

Ultimately, "we see many people who age gracefully in the Mediterranean population," Dweck adds. "So, I think we really can take a lesson from that."

When it comes to managing our health as we get older, there are a so many ways we can approach diet and fitness. But time and time again, the principles of the Mediterranean Diet come up as tried-and-true ways to get the most out of our health. To get started with a Mediterranean lifestyle, check out our 7-day Mediterranean diet meal plan.

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The Masked Singer UK star Davina has transformed her body through clean eating and exercise - here's everything you need to know about her fitness and workouts.

Davina McCall has become a fitness icon in recent years thanks to her washboard abs, sugar-free cookbooks and impressive physical challenges.

Not only has the mother-of-three completely transformed her physique by exercising hard and an eating clean diet, but she often inspires her 1.1 million Instagram followers by tackling tough races from ultra triathlons to marathons.

So how often does the former Big Brother host workout, and what do her meals consist of?

Here, we take a look at Davina's super-healthy regime and weight loss:

Davina is in the shape of her life.

The 52-year-old credits her six-pack to working out six times a week, for around an hour at a time.

According to an interview in Women's Health, Davina has three non-negotiables when it comes to getting sweaty in the gym "dancing, pelvic thrusts and enjoyment".

In late 2019, her personal trainer Sarah Grant revealed the energetic mother-of-three has a great attitude towards exercise and wants to "have fun" at all costs.

The fitness pro also dished the dirt on the type of exercise Davina loves pushing herself with.

When it comes to cardio, the telly favourite likes running, boxing, HIIT (high-intensity interval training) and spinning, regularly clocking up 60-minute sessions on the bike.

As for sculpting and toning, the ultra-triathlete books into barre and yoga classes for a refreshing stretch.

Her former trainer Greg Whyte also revealed she blitzes calories by deep-water running jogging with a buoyancy belt on in water that's too deep to stand up in.

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The former model, who recently hit back at body shamers that criticised her bikini snap on social media, also enjoys a serious physical challenge.

She has previously trained for a 500-mile triathlon, running marathons at weekends and going for 6-hour bike rides in preparation, and also famously tackled a "hairy" 1.5 mile (2.4km) swim in freezing cold Lake Windermere as part of a Sport Relief challenge.

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The fitness enthusiast, who has sold over half a million sugar-free books, documented her healthy eating habits in a string of delicious recipes.

She explained her weight dropped off when she ditched sugar and alcohol for wholegrain foods and water, and made sure to meal prep as often as possible.

Davina told The Sun: "When I'm working, training or running a busy home, I like to stay healthy and to know I'm feeding myself and everyone else just the right amount of what we all need."

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The workout warrior also previously advised fans on some easy food swaps to stay on track.

"I swapped white bread and pasta for wholegrain versions after learning how high-GI foods affect your energy, she told Women's Health.

She also said that "the less processed the food, the better", and that "planning and ordering all the food for the week is a must.

"I then write the meals for the week on a big chalkboard in our kitchen and cook everything from fresh."

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Karan Khanna, an artist by profession feels that staying fit amidst the growing challenges of urban life seems like a daunting task. But of late the invention of app-based fitness guides have literally changed the fitness game and has made it very-interesting to lose weight without spending a bomb. Much like Karan, Sonali a Corporate Professional finds it too convenient to keep a track of the calories consumed throughout the day. "Keeping a track of the food we eat is one of the most difficult parts of losing weight and my favourite fitness app helps me in keeping a track of what I eat and how much I should eat to maintain my ideal weight."Millennials have their own interesting ways of managing things and when it comes to losing weight, they do it with utmost smartness and perfection, and fitness-apps are a perfect example to cite! Of late, fitness apps have changed the entire weight-loss game by making it super simple and convenient to keep a track about their desired fitness goals and how to manage calorie intake based on the guidelines suggested, it might sound strange but these fitness apps have made it very simple to manage weight in a healthy way.

Good or bad ?Staying in shape is a universal desire, but theres another fact that can not be ruled out while chalking out a diet plan is that what works for one, might not work for the other person. However, most apps claim to analyse the BMI and eating patterns based on the information provided, but its accuracy might be a concern. In fact, it isnt a great idea to totally bank on the app rather keep a track on your health patterns and eating habits personally is something that will keep you fit for ages.. In fact, these days the technology driven fitness apps literally match up to the level of personalized dietitian suggested diet plans, which are chalked out by analysing height, weight, ailments and complete health profile. So, the decision of good or bad entirely depends on the results based on individual preference.

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There are four main vitamins and minerals found in food that help in promoting sleep: tryptophan, magnesium, calcium, and B6. Some of these substances help the body produce melatonin, the hormone that is responsible for regulating your circadian rhythm (sleep/wake patterns). Magnesium is a powerful mineral that is instrumental in sleep and is a natural relaxant that helps deactivate adrenaline. In fact, it is often referred to as the sleep mineral. Calcium is another mineral that helps the brain make melatonin. A lack of calcium can cause you to wake up in the middle of the night and have difficulty returning to sleep. Some foods are naturally packed with these essential vitamins and minerals. Heres a list:For tryptophan, have dairy products (milk, low-fat yogurt, cheese); poultry (turkey, chicken); seafood (shrimp, salmon, halibut, tuna, sardines, cod); nuts and seeds (flax, sesame, pumpkin, sunflower, cashews, peanuts, almonds, walnuts).For magnesium have dark leafy greens (baby spinach, kale, collard greens), wheat germ, fish (salmon, halibut, tuna, and mackerel), soybeans, and banana.For calcium, have low-fat milk, cheeses, yogurt, sardines, fortified cereals and soybeans.For Vitamin B6, have sunflower seeds, pistachio nuts, flaxseed, fish (tuna, salmon, and halibut), and dried prunes.For melatonin, have fruits and vegetables like corn, asparagus, tomatoes, pomegranate, olives, grapes, broccoli, cucumber; grains like rice, barley, rolled oats and nuts and seeds.Foods high in fat have been linked to poor, fragmented sleep. Fat triggers the digestive processes and causes a build-up of stomach acids, which while lying down can cause discomfort

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