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DID YOU KNOW the vitamin D supplements lower the risk of type 2 diabetes (TD2) in adults with prediabetes? Researchers publishing in The Lancet assessed the long-term cost-effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation for preventing TD2.

In a large sample size, vitamin D supplementation reduced per-person lifetime costs by $3208, increased lifetime quality-adjusted life years, and yielded a lifetime net monetary benefit of $15,483. Life-years gained were 0.27 per person. Vitamin D reduced the lifetime cumulative incidence of diabetes by 8%. Diabetes complications were reduced by an average of 6.4%.

Pretty amazing given all the other wonderful things that vitamin D does. Are you paying attention to this Endocrine Society?

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Steve: A new study from The Lancet suggests that people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) at a younger age may have a powerful option that doesn’t involve medication. In the RESET study, adults with early-onset TD2 (diagnosed at age 45 or younger) and obesity were randomly assigned to usual care or to a 24-week program. The program combined a very low-calorie diet of 800 to 900 calories a day, especially carbohydrates, with twice-weekly supervised exercise sessions, mixing walking, interval training and strength work. Participants averaged 38 years old and had been living with diabetes for about two years. By the end, 54% of those in the program reached remission, meaning blood sugar in the non-diabetic range without any diabetes medication for at least 12 weeks. In the usual-care group, only 4% did.

The benefits went beyond blood sugar. Participants in the program lost about 7% of their body weight, and the loss came from body fat rather than muscle. Scans showed their muscle size was preserved, and their grip strength and fitness improved. They also had lower blood pressure and triglycerides, and less fat in the liver and pancreas. Reports of depression and diabetes-related distress fell, and quality of life rose. Side effects such as constipation, headache, dizziness and fatigue were common but mostly mild and resolved, and no serious adverse events were reported. Researchers noted this matters because people with TD2 often show signs of premature aging in muscle strength and function, and keeping muscle during weight loss is a real advantage.

There are some important caveats. The supervised exercise was a big part of why participants enjoyed the program and stayed motivated, but outside a research setting, that kind of supervision would be hard and costly to replicate. Very low-calorie diets are known for weight regain, so keeping results going after the intensive phase takes careful planning. Still, the researchers pointed out that every year spent without diabetes lowers the risk of heart and kidney complications, which makes a drug-free path to remission worth pursuing, especially for younger adults facing decades with the disease. This approach should only be done with a health professional(s), since the diet also involved stopping some medications.

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