Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Fasting Variations | Jason Fung

We’re diving into reversing type 2 diabetes using fasting variations, including the innovative Fasting Mimicking Diet. 📉🍏

For years, we were told that type 2 diabetes was a lifelong condition, but new research is proving that wrong! In this video, I’ll walk you through the science behind how fasting can help you take control of your health and even reverse type 2 diabetes. 🚀👨‍⚕️

Key Topics Covered:

Breaking the Myth: Why type 2 diabetes is not a permanent condition. 💡❌
Scientific Evidence: Review of groundbreaking studies from the 1980s to 2024 that support fasting as a powerful tool for reversing diabetes. 🧪📚
Fasting Strategies: Learn about different fasting methods, including the Fasting Mimicking Diet, the 5:2 Diet, and more. 🥗⏳
Real-Life Results: How fasting can reduce medication, lower blood sugar levels, and promote weight loss. 📉💊

Why Should You Watch This Video?

If you’re struggling with type 2 diabetes or want to prevent it, this video will show you how simple dietary changes can make a big impact. We’ll explore how fasting, in its many forms, can be a game-changer in managing and even reversing type 2 diabetes. 🌟🏅

What You’ll Learn:

The power of fasting in burning excess glucose and improving insulin sensitivity.
How structured fasting plans, like the Fasting Mimicking Diet, can lead to lasting health improvements.
The incredible results from recent studies showing how fasting outperforms traditional drug treatments.

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00:03 Reversing type 2 diabetes with fasting variations and fasting mimicking diet
01:36 fix the diet! not the pills
02:12 fasting can also be variable
03:33 intermittent treatment
04:07 dietary treatment can be added to any drug treatments
05:55 Medium chain triglycerides (MCT)
09:40 Outro
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[tjjm]

Thank you Dr. Fung! January 2024 I read your 'The Diabetes Code.' I was a 265 lbs. 72 year old type 2 diabetic diagnosed 5 years before. Come February I was off of insulin and eventually metformin. Now August I am now at 204 lbs. and my goal of 190 is well within sight. All due to OMAD and your marvelous advice. Life is good!

[achillese]

Dr Fung truly deserves a noble prize for his cutting edge research in fasting and bringing it to the forefront.

[annaphillips]

I am a slow learner, but possibly in denial, and up to now have been sugar addicted mostly of my life. Thanks to listening to the podcasts by Jason Feng, i am finally understanding what i have to do to get healthy. When i talked to my doctor about Jason Feng and his take on diabetes, she was very dismissive. Not very encouraging. My doctor told me she would prescribe me Oxempic. (Sic) weight loss drug. I said no thank you. She wrote in her notes, i had refused her advice. Also stopped taking the statins she wanted me to take., i feel very alone apart from my writing on this comment page. I have lost some weight (from 90kg to 80kg in the last year) and my BP has come down. I wish i could change doctors, but that is nearly impossible where i live due to doctors shortage. Regardless, i will carry on trying, and motivate myself to not eat sugar….

[ScandalousPast]

Thanks to you and your book, my late husband was able to reverse his T2 diabetes by doing 16:8 and low carbs (he didn't die from diabetes complications). I will always be grateful to you and a huge fan.

[teresabrown]

I have lost 32lb and reversed my diabetes. I couldn't have done it without the knowledge you shared. Your name was given to me by my medical consultant, it was the best thing he did for me. I wish I could actually thank you in person because you and my consultant saved my life.

[JohnsonNestorFamily]

I'm so thankful I found Dr Fung's interviews, lectures and books almost four years ago. I was such a mess, almost 300lbs, severe osteoarthritis pain, 2:03 couldn't walk, asthma, high blood pressure . I went LCHF keto and learned how to fast. I lost 160lbs. and it's reversed ALL my health issues. I'm 61 now and I'm loving my fasting lifestyle 🥰! I share your information with hopes others will learn how to be well! Thanks for all you do! 🙏👍

[jasonjohnlejano]

I'm female, 44 years old, mother, wife, and teacher. I was so sick before I discovered fasting more than 4 years ago. I'm now combining fasting with drinking water with coconut vinegar and so far so good. My lab results came back and everyone was surprised that I don't have any disease or sickness. No bad news from my doctor. Thank you for doctors like Dr. Jason Fung for telling the truth. God bless you! Love, from the Philippines

[billrulla]

Dr Fung, I started following your channel over3 years ago. My A1C atthetime was 6.1 (pre-diabetic) per my Dr. I started fasting eating once a day for a period of 1 Hr. I have been following this regimen since Dec 10. 2021 so close to three years. Easiest thing I have ever done. My weight dropped from 276 lbs to 195 lbs and my Last doc appt my A1Cwas 4.1. Thanks again

[katydai]

I have been following the fasting lifestyle for over 2 years now, I eat lower carbs and sugar. You know how people meal prep for dinners? I dessert prep! I always have some low sugar\no sugar options stocked in my freezer (cookies and muffins mostly-they're easy and you can make a lot of them at a time!) I fast about 19-22 hours every day and have lost 60 LBS and kept it off! Not only that, I am no longer PRE-DIABETIC, my plantar fasciitis went away, I not longer have acid reflux, my thyroid is back down to normal range and my joints don't hurt anymore! Fasting is LIFE. 😀

[Yesmyjamaica]

Thank you Dr Fung. Because of you I lost weight, I am healthier and I do fasting. I started Jan 2023 following your advice in your books and your video's on You Tube and I have maintained it. I cannot thank you enough.

[SunnyShiny]

Thank you so much Dr. Fung. I discovered your channel at the end of May this year. I had the CABG bypass surgery last October. Before the surgery, I was non-diabetic. During every year annual body checks. my family doctor collected the blood samples himself, sent to a lab in which I have no idea of the lab. He phoned me the test results, but never in details. Every year he told me no diabetes, but I have to monitor closely the blood sugar because my mom has serious diabetes. In the hospital discharge report, it states I am non-diabetic. After the surgery, the cardiac surgeon prescribed me Atorvastatin 80 mg daily dose. I completely changed my diet, no processed food, no burger, fries, pizza, ice cream, cheesecake etc. After three months, the cardiologist halved the Atorvastatin dosage from 80 mg to 40 mg. Meanwhile, the cardiologist asked me to go for a blood test. It was done at Dynacare. This is the first time I can read my report in details. I can do my own studies what the data about. The HB A1C was 5.9. In the report, it states if a person HB A1C is between 6 and 6.4, it is classified to be pre-diabetes. So I was classified as non-diabetic. After I had fully recovered, I resumed my daily one hour gym every morning. I do one hour of elliptical which is my exercise to keep fit. Three months later, I had another blood test. This test had more things, including cholesterol, triglycerides, Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT), etc. The HB A1C had elevated to 6.3, and the ALT had elevated to 132, way beyond the threshold level of 46. I started worrying, asking why. The cardiologist did not have time to see me, as such, I did my own research. I suspected it may be the side effect of the high dosage of the Atorvastatin. I consulted my new family doctor (The original one has retired). He halved the Atorvastatin from 40 mg to 20 mg, asked me to do an abdominal ultrasound to see if there is NAFLD, in addition, take another blood test on the ALT a week later. The result was encouraging, the ALT had fallen to 93, proving my hypothesis of the side effect is correct. I found your channel at the end of May. I learned how to prevent having types two diabetes. I started intermittent fasting by skipping lunch. I have breakfast around 5:15 am daily, dinner around 6:15 pm. It proved intermittent fasting work effectively to lose weight faster. Since then, I lost over ten pounds in two months. Last Friday, I had the blood test, I am delighted to see the HB A1C has fallen back to 5.9, the ALT has fallen to 53. Other than that, the HDL, and the triglycerides are all improved. The LDL only elevated slightly from the previous reading of 1.27 to 1.35. Yes, intermittent fasting works. I look forward to another fall in HB A1C in the blood test three months from now. 😄

[filigranski_trag]

Thank you Dr Fung. Love from Belgrade Serbia 🇷🇸❤️

[LTPottenger]

Not only does fasting for 24h reduce your insulin to 40% of your starting value, but fat instead of carbs in your meals greatly reduces insulin spikes so the fewer meals you have and the less carbs in each meal the more quickly you can get your blood sugar down. However when you fast 36-96h not only does it not slow metabolism and not lose muscle but this will cause liver fat to be the first fat lost because when fasting it is the liver that creates blood glucose and it uses fat to do so. This is also why unhealthy people get such a strong dawn effect this is your liver shooting glucose out into the body due to excess liver fat. The many benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering dietary carbs:
Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune cells in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your immune system. This helps with autoimmune disease, cancers and cytokine storm.

Reduces B cells by over half in a single fast, greatly reducing allergic and other autoimmune responses.

Fasting and low carb help with POTS, which is driven by high insulin and blood sugar.

Clots and plaques are removed over time due to accelerated phagocytosis.

Fibrosis aka scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart, lungs and clots.

Clotting and fibrin are inhibited, stopping any 'unusual' clots.

Fasting quickly lowers blood pressure levels.

The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting.

Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of proteins, pathogens and plaques by macrophages and other immune bodies. This will remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin!

Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, reducing inflammation and allowing the immune bodies to move freely through the body.

T cells are cruciall in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infection. Tthymus generally stops making them with age but fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus!

When insulin is high, vit D stays locked in the blood cells but fasting quickly lowers it. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and D in turn increases autophagy.

Your brain prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when equally available to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns free fatty acids.

Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools.

Reflexes and short term memory are increased.

Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!.

Fasting increases interferon, which shuts down the ability of viruses to replicate.

Fasting does not reduce testosterone over time. It raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. It also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. And removes fat, which also increases estrogen in men.

Fasting activates autophagy (literally self eating). This recycles damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses.

Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body.

Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures.

Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue!

It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mtDNA. Mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention!

24h of fasting reduces leptin levels by half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function.

Fasting restores NAD+, reduces NADH and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels.

Over time fasting normalizes stomach acid levels and during the fast acid levels go down to allow for the healing of ulcers.

Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil

The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness.

When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn glucose, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with.

Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility for some women.

Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood, creating new nerve and brain cell growth. This helps a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers.

Fasting stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer.

Glycine and trimethylglycine (TMG) can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits.

A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD has about 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and zero net carbs.


What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds usually break ketosis due to fillers or directly. Some of them also irritate the stomach. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting.

Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting!

Children, expecting or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors that excrete insulin or certain rare forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all or only with doctor supervision. T1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis and done under doctor supervision. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast with a low carb meal.

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This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed!

[pinkylinao]

Nothing is more better than doing IF or OMAD to reverse physical, mental, psychological & the most important of all is the financial stress in relation today’s cost of daily living.DJF ur my hero & a blessing to mankind!!!

[emeritusdavidteo]

I took the pill and fasting route beginning last year and in Feb this year, I'm totally off all pills. Now on IF 16 to 18 hours a day, less rice and noodles replaced by cauliflowers, broccoli and beans. Thank you from Singapore! You need to come here to convince our government doctors.

[yellowboy]

I just want to say thanks for your information over the years. I'm pretty sure it helped me tremendously. I'm still following your current advice and have been for over two years. I've lost 48kg, I have a ketosis meter, which helps tremendously. I'm xxy 6 foot 6. And live in NZ. I've been recommending your name through out NZ, concerning your solid work and achievements, and my achievements. Thank you for publishing your studies.

[lostmoon]

Dr. Fung. You are F&$*#! amazing. In March of this year, my A1C was 9.6 with uncontrolled DM. I was (and still am) on 2000 MG of metformin a day, 1 mg on Ozempic, and 20 mgs of Farxiga. I started IF (16:8) in April and have been doing it daily with no cheating. Today, I got my blood work done and my doctor looked at me and said: "What have you done to yourself? This is like looking at a completely new and different person. My A1C is now 5.5, my liver function has completely settled on normal levels, my renal numbers are normal (albumen in the last test) and everything is nominal. My cholestrol totals are nominal at 180 mg/dl. However, my LDL is 137 where nominal is <130. I attribute this to eating a lot of durian lately (I live in Thailand).

I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. YOU ARE A LITERAL LIFE SAVER. GOD BLESS YOU

[eladsgarr]

I reversed my Type 2 on the carnivore diet in less than four months. During that time I did a two week water fast and at the end of month five I'm halfway through a second two week water fast. Primary reason for the fasts were weight loss. I started out at 360lbs and am now down to 299lbs. I eliminated two diabetes medications and two blood pressure medications from my life. I'd give it a try if all else has failed.

[kimbertels]

I purchased "The diabetes Code" on ebay years ago but I never seemed to have time to open it up and read it. About one year after being diagnosed with diabetes2, I remembered fishing it out of my unread books pile and finally found time to read it. I told my primary doctor I was going to try the fasting, he just shook his head and smiled. He told me that he and I would be going on a long journey together (he assumed the book was just another "Fad" going on out there?). Thank you doctor Fung for teaching me how to slowly but surely cure this nasty disease. You are the man!

[CAB]

“Duh!” I adore you, Dr. Fung! I am so looking forward to my fatty liver and all the associated maladies to become a thing of the past, and you are the only one giving rock solid advice on fasting/diet. They said “lose 15% of your body weight” while giving me no clues about how to achieve that, and, try as I might, it wasn’t happening. But you make so much sense, I can’t help but believe this will work! Thank you!