[nabla9]

Remission is more accurate term.

Remission is the state of absence of disease activity in patients with a chronic illness, with the possibility of return of disease activity.

I'm relatively sure that if patients quit their new lifestyle, they get to back to diabetes symptoms faster than those who didn't develop diabetes. It's also possible that they just delay the progress and after 5-10 years changes of nutrition is not enough anymore. Even then the results would be huge improvement.

[godshatter]

I dropped my a1c to non-diabetic levels using low carb and intermittent fasting. If I drop the diet and eat badly, I'm right back where I was with regards to blood sugar levels. Getting back on the diet drops me back quickly, though. So, yes, it's remission and not a reversal. I'm hoping that keeping my blood sugars low for long enough will help my pancreas heal so that this isn't so much the case. Time will tell, I guess.