Three Men With Type 2 Diabetes No Longer Need Insulin After “Intermittent Fasting,” Case Report Says.

reports on its website that three men with type 2 diabetes no longer need insulin after “intermittent fasting.” During the study, the “patients followed 24-hour fasts several times a week,” in which “they ate only dinner on fasting days but could drink water, coffee and broth throughout.” The findings were published in BMJ Case Reports. reports that prior to the study, the “three men, aged 40 to 67, were taking various drugs and daily insulin injections to control their diabetes,” and “also had high blood pressure and high cholesterol.” Then following “a six-hour training seminar, two of the men fasted on alternate days for a full 24 hours, while the third fasted three days a week.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/09/health/diabetes-fasting-study/index.html