Fortune Feature on Virta
RalfLott
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Fighting Diabetes With Food
http://fortune.com/2017/06/29/trulia-virta-health-diabetes-app/
"The goal is to create a plan dramatic enough that it lowers blood sugar, but not so extreme that it’s unsustainable. In a clinical trial conducted in partnership with Indiana University Health, researchers found that 56% of the roughly 240 participants on the Virta platform lowered their blood sugar below diabetic levels by the end of the 10-week trial, and 87% no longer needed insulin.
"Whether these results can be maintained is another question. The first couple of months of a diet are easy compared with an indefinite, fry-less future. Hallberg contends that the personalized support paired with the benefits of reduced medication and weight loss will keep people motivated despite the copious research establishing how hard most people find it to change their patterns."
http://fortune.com/2017/06/29/trulia-virta-health-diabetes-app/
"The goal is to create a plan dramatic enough that it lowers blood sugar, but not so extreme that it’s unsustainable. In a clinical trial conducted in partnership with Indiana University Health, researchers found that 56% of the roughly 240 participants on the Virta platform lowered their blood sugar below diabetic levels by the end of the 10-week trial, and 87% no longer needed insulin.
"Whether these results can be maintained is another question. The first couple of months of a diet are easy compared with an indefinite, fry-less future. Hallberg contends that the personalized support paired with the benefits of reduced medication and weight loss will keep people motivated despite the copious research establishing how hard most people find it to change their patterns."
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Hmmmm, if people were willing to do it for 10 weeks and that large a percentage ditched the insulin, I think fries wouldn't be THAT hard to do without for much longer.... But maybe that's just me.
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Nearly anyone can give up a favorite food for 12 weeks or so, dreaming of having it again after, particularly when motivated by some prize (money, etc.), as likely happened for this study. Tell people they'll have to give up even a hated food or least liked food forever and panic ensues...
Trust me when I say, @canadjineh , that after 12+ weeks on strict keto, I didn't have much temptation, until some perfect storm of dopamine trigger dug a tunnel right through my keto-protection and causes that bio-chemical response in my brain that caused me to chase the dopamine trigger like a madwoman (supposedly, the perfect storm of fats, sodium, and carbs is a full on dopamine trigger - whether that is fries, cake, or whatever for each person - and one person can have multiple triggers, etc.). It was scary back when as I didn't understand it really. It's scarier now to know how hard it is to keep defeating that compulsion... *sigh*0
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