Jeanna, Me, Luke, Steve, Dan and Anita getting ready for filming (photo by Jeanna Schandeler)
ITV The Fast Fix: Diabetes
Episode 1
ITV The Fast Fix: Diabetes – In the first episode, the five patients enter the clinic for the initial four weeks of their diet using Exante diet meal replacements and facing a host of tough challenges on the way as their ultra-low-calorie diet kicks in. There’s a surprising result for one patient that defies all expectations. Rosemary Shrager and Paul Sinha get some home truths about the damage being overweight is doing to their bodies, and Coleen Nolan finds out just how at risk she is of developing type 2 diabetes.
Episode 2
In the second episode, the patients face their biggest challenges as they head home from the clinic to attempt to reverse their condition. Rosemary and Paul check into the clinic to try out the latest in home fasting diets, and Coleen Nolan finds out whether her lifestyle overhaul has taken her out of danger.
ITV The Fast Fix: Diabetes Series overview
“Type 2 diabetes is a national crisis and a massive challenge to the NHS. But this experiment proves that there is real hope of turning the clock back and reversing Type 2, using this revolutionary diet to stop this epidemic in its tracks.” – Presenter Anita Rani
This new two-part factual entertainment series aiming to break new ground features people with Type 2 diabetes attempting to reverse their condition by living on a radical liquid diet, potentially saving their lives – and the NHS billions of pounds.
Me and Dr Zoe Williams
Presented by Anita Rani, the programme features five obese and overweight patients moving into our unique experimental diabetes reversal unit, ITV The Fast Fix: Diabetes Clinic.
They live on a diet of just 800 calories per day for four weeks using Exante Diet Meal Replacements in order to see if they can ‘fast themselves better’ as they attempt to shed more than two stones (15kg). While all the participants have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, this diet isn’t suitable for everyone, requires medical supervision, and must not be undertaken by those on insulin and with certain other conditions.
Four million people have Type 2 diabetes and another 12 million are at increased risk, so based on research by the Universities of Newcastle and Glasgow, this programme aims to find out whether the five volunteers can turn the clock back on their Type 2 diabetes, potentially pointing the way to a solution to what has been described as Britain’s biggest health crisis.
Also attempting to trim her own waistline is Loose Women’s Coleen Nolan, who undergoes a lifestyle transformation hoping to lose 5kg to minimise her risk of developing diabetes. Celebrity chef Rosemary Shrager and TV quiz boffin Paul Sinha undertake their own extreme fasting diets at home to avoid underlying health issues and the potential of diabetes.
Joining Anita are GP and obesity expert Dr Zoe Williams and Professor Jason Gill, who is at the forefront of research into how diet and exercise can prevent diabetes.
At a time when there are concerns the NHS will struggle to cope with a future diabetes epidemic, Anita, Zoe and Jason aim to get to the bottom of the issue and offer hope to those affected and practical advice on what we can all do to help ourselves.
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Tracey xXx
So wrong. I’ve lost over 9kg and have removed sugar and Carbs from diet but blood levels still very high. Diet isn’t always the cause of type 2 diabetes, menapause, stress can also cause it
Yes there are different things that can cause and lead to type 2 diabetes. The fast fix clinic was aimed at people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within the previous 2 years. Most of my family have type 2. You also don’t need to be obese to be type 2 as you will see in the documentary. People react differently to carbs as the documentary will also show you. Some people can’t tolerate carbs as well as others. x
Hi Tracey, can I be considered for a follow up programme for the Type 2 programme.
Thanks
Brian x
As far as I know there isn’t a follow up I’m afraid x