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How this 57-year-old achieved diabetes remission after losing over 10kg
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Mr New Boon Hwee, 57, no longer needs to take diabetes medication and is also off blood pressure medication.
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- NHG Polyclinics' REMI-D programme aims to help Type 2 diabetes patients achieve remission through dietary interventions and support for a year.
- The programme involves three months of a very low calorie diet to induce ketosis, followed by three months reintroducing more foods, then six months of weight maintenance.
- While REMI-D shows promise, with 14 of 16 patients in remission at six months, sustained success requires ongoing support and may not suit everyone.
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SINGAPORE – Could you live on 800 calories a day for three months if your doctor asked you to?
This very low calorie diet is part of a new year-long, medically supervised programme at NHG Polyclinics, which aims to help patients with Type 2 diabetes achieve remission.
