A diabetic patient who has lost eight-and-eight eight-stones on the low carb diet recommended by his GP, has said that he “changed his life”.

72 -year -old So Myrsco of East Morton near Keghli weighed 19 stone before participating on the type 2 diabetes “Reversal Program” in his surgery.

The food plan, which involves cutting foods such as potatoes and pasta, is different from the standard NHS program, which is based on a low calorie approach.

Dr. Jackie Krevan, who has helped around 600 patients since starting a low-carb program six years ago, stated that he had seen “spectacular results”.

Mrs. Myerscoff has been living with type 2 diabetes for 27 years and was struggling with mobility and pain when he started the course in February 2022.

The GP-led program helped him to lose six stones and eight and a half stones in total in the first year, leading to a decrease in drug and his health.

“I am a different person,” he said.

“I just celebrated my 72nd birthday and I felt 20 years younger than this to be fair because I was an old woman and I am not now.

“I am able to walk, I am able to go to places that did not have access to before, and I can play and play with grandchildren instead of sitting on a chair,” he said.

Type 2 diabetes is very high in sugar levels in the blood, which increases the risk of serious problems with the eyes, legs, heart and nerves.

Some people can control it by changing lifestyle, but for a long time someone has more likely that they will need medication.

Diabetes “Reversal Program” in modelity practice was initially a nine -month course, but has been reduced by three months since then.

Patients are invited to group sessions where they learn to eat diabetes and which foods and part of the low carb diet.

Its purpose is to get a diet of 40-60g carbohydrates a day, where an average piece of bread is 15 grams.

It has helped 590 patients as it started in 2018, 141, according to practice, put their diabetes in exemption.

Dr. Krewen said: “Average weight loss in three months has increased to 6 kg,” he said.

“It improves their diabetes control and also has many other benefits, such as decreased fatty liver disease, and psychologically patients feel very happy.”

The low-carb approach is different for a one taken by NHS that supports suitable patients with a three-month diet replacement program, where normal food is swapped to low calorie soup, shake and nutrition bars.

After the initial 12 weeks, patients are supported to re -start healthy, nutritious food in their diet to lose weight.

NHS has stated that its program is “effective” and “can successfully work to improve people’s diabetes control”.

However, Dr. Craven said in his experience that low calorie diets “work” but it can be difficult to maintain it because it is a “starvation diet”.

“With a low-carb approach, they feel full for a longer protein, long-fat diet”, he said.

Dr. Krewen said that the patients of his program were closely monitored and the diet did not cause problems with high levels of fat.

“On average, patients’ cholesterol levels were equally or low – and when we see patients whose levels were increased, ‘poor fat’ has decreased significantly.”

Charity Diabetes UK said: “Low-calorie dietary programs including total food replacement products and are the strongest evidence to exempt type 2 diabetes in full support from a healthcare team, but other approachs such as low-car diet are also the strongest evidence to exempt type 2 diabetes. Some can help you lose weight and go into exemption.

Mrs. Myers said that she was happy that she used to be “to see the back of the person”.

“Life is very good now – and life was so painful and so bad, then there is no comparison,” he said.

“I like my life which is no longer more than food.”

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