Diabetes has traditionally been considered a progressive, incurable condition wherein the best-case scenario after diagnosis is tight blood sugar control in the hopes of decreasing the risk of secondary complications. Even individuals who have a strong history in their family of diabetes believe it is inevitable that they are going to become diabetic at some time.
More recent studies show In the December 19, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, The Look AHEAD study reported an association of an intensive lifestyle intervention and the potential reversal of type 2 diabetes.