Sentences with phrase «diabetes medication reductions»

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Joslin's 12 - week intensive lifestyle management program included a change in diabetes medications to enhance weight reduction, structured dietary intervention with lower carbohydrates and higher protein and meal replacement, an exercise program with emphasis on strength training, and weekly educational and support sessions.

In addition to dropping weight, patients are likely to experience improved overall health and a reduction in those conditions that lead to stroke and cardiac events, including hypertension and diabetes, while also reducing the reliance on medications to control those conditions, Ryder said.

In a study of patients with Type 2 diabetes, a diet low in carbohydrates resulted in better glycemic control and reduction or elimination of medications.

Seven people in the intervention group were living with type 2 diabetes, all of which experienced a reduction in A1c values (a marker of 3 - month average blood glucose), and half of them discontinued all medications.

This reduction in glucose concentrations required a decrease in diabetes medication in 5 of the 10 patients.