A regime of 800 calories a day could help in type 2 diabetes. This was announced this Friday the National Health Service of the United Kingdom (NHS).According to the British newspaper "The Guardian", they will prescribe smoothies and soups that can end that fat that accumulates around the internal organs, including the pancreas.
This causes the amount of blood sugar to be high and that insulin levels are insufficient to reduce it, which can cause problems in the heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves, gums and teeth.At the moment, the objective is to recruit 5,000 patients.
The NHS, which allocates 10 percent of its budget to fight against this condition, has presented a new package of measures to deal with the growing number of obesity -related diseases.
In 2016, two thirds of the adult population and a third of English children were overweight or obesity, and there were also 617,000 revenues related to both.In this way, the Diabetes Prevention Program will double its field of action to reach more than 200,000 people, of which 5,000 have diabetes 2. In fact, the beneficial organization Diabetes UK recruited, a year ago, 300 men and 300 men andWomen to try the liquid diet for three months.Of these, 86 percent lost 15 kilos or more.
Isobel Murray, from Largs (North Ayrshire), was one of those people who diet for 17 weeks: each meal consisted of an envelope of 200 calories of dust mixed with water to make a soup or a shake.
After losing weight, the professionals began to introduce healthy and solid foods, but they told him that although the liquid diet was relatively easy to perform, "eating normal is more complicated than it seems."
On the process, Murray said: "You have to be prepared, but anyone can do it if it is strong enough."Professor Jonathan Valabhji, clinical director for diabetes and obesity of the NHS, has recognized that this regime is a challenge and does not adapt to anyone: "We still believe that it is worth exploring these programs so that those who could benefit."
The same results have also been achieved through the DroPLET project."With this practice, the NHS will try to reduce heart attacks, strokes, cancers and type 2 diabetes induced by obesity," explained the executive director of the National British Health Service, Simon Stevens.
Thus, it has urged the food industry to participate and take actions that also implement this project.“This is not a battle that NHS can win on its own.We will go further if they also take measures to reduce junk calories, as well as sugar and salt aggregates of processed foods, dinners in front of television and fast foods. ”
All those who register in the prevention program, but cannot attend sessions will be offered the possibility of using mobile applications that help them change their lifestyles.The executive director of Diabetes UK, Chris Askew, has already shown his concern to expand the program.
"The ambition shown by the NHS must be combined with all government policies: we need firmer actions on marketing for children and clearer nutritional labeling to help people healthy decisions."
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