A very low calorie diet may help you to:
- Lose weight and feel better in yourself
- Reduce your risk of diabetic complications, such as damage to eyes, feet, nerves and kidneys
- Reduce your blood pressure, and your risk of heart attack and/or stroke
- Reduce your blood glucose (HbA1c)
- Losing the weight around your middle can also help your pancreas and liver to work properly, and possibly put your diabetes into remission
There are lots of low calorie diets out there, below are just a selection
If you’d like to try this, we recommend that you talk to your GP or practice nurse first, just to check you’re safe to start
