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Diabetes remission
Diabetes remission in people with Type 2 diabetes means that your blood sugar levels are healthy without needing to take any diabetes medication.
People with type 1 diabetes cannot put their diabetes into remission though our scientists are working hard to
discover how this might be possible and to develop new treatments. Some people with type 1 can start to produce some of their own insulin again with
islet transplants.
Here we will explain how adults with type 2 diabetes may be able to put their diabetes into remission, highlight our ground-breaking research and share the stories of people with type 2 diabetes who are in remission.
What is diabetes remission?
Remission means that your blood sugar levels (also known as blood glucose levels) are below the diabetes range, usually without you needing to take any diabetes medication.
This definition has been agreed by a team of international experts from here at Diabetes UK, the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
Some people call this ‘reversing type 2 diabetes’, but we use the term remission because your diabetes can come back. If your regular blood tests show your HbA1c remaining below 48 mmol/mol or 6.5%, talk to your healthcare team to discuss diabetes remission and how this applies to you.
Reversing type 2 diabetes
We don’t call it diabetes reversal, because this might sound like it's permanent, and there’s no guarantee that your diabetes has gone forever.
But yes, it may be possible to put your
type 2 diabetes into remission. This is when your blood sugar levels are below the diabetes range and you don’t need to take diabetes medication anymore. This could be life-changing.
How do you reverse diabetes?
The strongest evidence we have at the moment suggests that type 2 diabetes is mainly put into remission by weight loss. Remission is more likely if you lose weight as soon as possible after your diabetes diagnosis. However, we do know of people who have put their diabetes into remission 25 years after diagnosis.
If you have obesity, your diabetes is more likely to go into remission if you lose a substantial amount of weight – 15kg (or 2 stone 5lbs) – as quickly and safely as possible following diagnosis.
It’s important to know that not everyone who loses this much weight will be able to put their diabetes into remission. But losing 15kg comes with a lot of health benefits, even if you don’t lead to remission. Research shows that getting support to lose just 5% of your body weight can have huge benefits for your health.
Losing extra weight can lead to:
• fewer medications
• better blood sugar levels
• a lower risk of complications.

Educate yourself, it saves you a lot of embarrassment in the long run