Type 2 diabetes cure? THIS high-fat diet could help control it

Type 2 diabetes is a life-long condition which causes a person’s blood sugar level to rise too high.

It affects 90 per cent of adults with diabetes, and is where the body is unable to produce enough insulin, or its cells do not react to insulin.

If the body does not know how to deal with insulin efficiently, then the sugar in the blood does not reach the body’s cells and levels can become too high.

However there’s much evidence to support that the condition can be managed by maintaining a healthy weight by following a healthy diet and exercising.

According to a study, people who lose five to ten per cent of their body weight can lower their risk of diabetes by 58 per cent.

If those with diabetes or pre-diabetes - slightly elevated blood sugar levels - do the same, they can experience a significant improvement in blood sugar levels.

However, eating a particular high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet has been found by research to naturally control diabetes.

A 2005 study found a third of type 2 diabetes sufferers were able to stop all diabetes medications after following the ketogenic diet for 16 weeks, and another study published in the same year discovered patients could improve insulin sensitivity by 75 per after just two weeks on the diet.

The ketogenic diet involves eating five per cent carbohydrates, 20 per cent protein and 75 per cent fats per day.

Foods high in fat include nuts, cheese, fish, meat and avocado.

It was created in 1924 as way to reduce seizures in children with epilepsy, but has become a popular weight loss tool - instead of using glucose from carbs for fuel, the body is forced into ketosis, when the body metabolises fat as fuel.

However, by dramatically reducing carbs, blood sugar levels and insulin levels drop, which could help pre-diabetes and diabetes sufferers.