Reverse Diabetes2 Now is a lifestyle treatment for people with type 2 diabetes, developed by Voeding Leeft. Using nutrition, exercise, sleep and relaxation as therapy, the 6 month programme aims to reduce medication intake, improve blood values (HbA1c) and give people a better quality of life. In Autumn 2019 the first groups started in Hong Kong. Check this 3 minute video to see our approach.
Scientific results after 12 months*
92% of participants fully or partially reversed their type 2 diabetes
Participant review score: 8,8
30% no longer use diabetes medication
"Lifestyle is the only medicine for type 2 diabetes, because only lifestyle changes will cure the disease"
Hanno Pijl – Professor of Diabetology LUMC (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
Where and when
Programme dates and locations
Participants of Reverse Diabetes2 Now
How it changed their lives
“My employer in public transport has adjusted my schedule in such a way that there is barely any irregularity left in my working hours.”
Professor Diabetology of Leiden University Medical Center explains the possibility of reversing type 2 diabetes.
“Even with young kids at home this programme is easy to maintain. I have lost over 15 kilo’s and have much more energy.”
NEWS: Published in the British Medical Journal
New lifestyle programme shows possibility of reversal of type 2 diabetes
In a study published on 14th May 2019, in the BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health journal, scientists at the Louis Bolk Institute in the Netherlands have released the results of their investigation of a six-month pilot programme providing intensive support to reverse type 2 diabetes. The programme includes nutrition and lifestyle support, a digital coaching and education platform, physician-guided medication management and hands-on cookery classes.
Martijn van Beek
Founder and director Voeding Leeft
*Data from The Netherlands programme 2017-2019. Source: Research institute Louis Bolk report “4th intermediate results of Keer Diabetes2 Om”. Scientific research measuring the effect of the Reverse Diabetes2 Now programme of Voeding Leeft in The Netherlands, together with health Insurance partner VGZ. Publication in preparation. The report is based on participants from whom data is available. Because of loss to follow up and the stepped care model, the number of results per datapoint may vary.