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Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which the body cant control the amount of glucose in the blood. The body doesnt respond to insulin properly and may not produce enough. This causes a persons blood glucose level to become too high. If blood sugar stays too high and the condition is left untreated, a number of dangerous health complications could ensue, including kidney failure, nerve damage and heart disease. But father-of-two, Joe Paterson from Stockport managed to reverse his type 2 diabetes.

Joe had never been very health conscious and after losing both his parents he turned to food for comfort, and before he knew it, his weight had ballooned to almost 22 stone.

At Christmas in 2017, Joe received the devastating news that he had type 2 diabetes.

Joes mindset and motivation was at an all-time low and with his weight creeping up so did his fear for serious health risks due to his untreated condition.

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I had always dodged the diabetic bullet, so to speak. That was before I was diagnosed with the condition. I still didnt do anything about my weight and my health was deteriorating; I was getting bigger," said Joe.

"On January 8 this year, thats when things started to change for me. I wanted to live longer and to see my girls grow up.

"It was eye-opening and having said it, I knew I had to do something. What really brought it home was the weigh-in.

"At 22st 12lbs, I was two pounds short of what my dad had been when he was at his heaviest, something which affected his health in later life. I didnt want history repeating itself.

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How Joe lost the weight and put his type 2 diabetes into remission

Joe embarked on the 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan.

The 1:1 Diet, originally known as the Cambridge Diet was launched in the UK in 1984 and has helped more than 30 million people worldwide lose weight and reduce their health risks.

The diet works as a meal replacement diet in which 415 to 1,500 calories consumed daily through a combination of meal replacement bars, smoothies, shakes and soups.

How low-calorie diets help with type 2 diabetes management?

Diabetes UK said on its website: Theres some evidence showing us that low-calorie diets can be used to treat or manage type 2 diabetes.

The diet is a short-term plan of meal replacements. This type diet isnt right for everyone.

You need to speak with your doctor before starting a low-calorie diet, so you can be sure that its safe and could work for you.

Joe lost a total of five stone and couldnt believe the positive effect the diet plan was having on not only his life, but his health too.

The biggest achievement was, of course, reversing my diabetes. It was such a relief, he divulged.

A pilot scheme was launched last year by the NHS where thousands of people with type 2 diabetes were prescribed a very low-calorie diet in the hope of reversing the condition.

NHS England has also announced its expanding a programme to prevent people developing type 2 diabetes.

Dr Shareen Forbes, reader in diabetes and endocrinology at the University of Edinburgh, said: "There are now a number of studies that demonstrate remission of type 2 diabetes with weight loss.

"Such interventions can have significant economic impacts given the levels of type 2 diabetes now in society.

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