I Would suggest anyone with type 2 diabetes look at Newcastle University's work. Low calorie diet can reverse it http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/archive/2017/09/type2diabetesisreversible/ The Counterbalance study published in 2016, demonstrated that Type 2 diabetes remains reversible for up to 10 years in most people, and also that the normal metabolism persists long term, as long as the person doesn’t regain the weight. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal/#