For anyone who happens to be interested, this evening's Inside Out (7:30pm) examines the developing diabetes crisis that threatens to bankrupt the NHS. However, it will also examine the Newcastle Diet, created by a Newcastle University professor, which has produced dramatic results in reversing the condition in Type II patients.
Thanks for bringing to our attention, I will be watching , it's an area that really interests me . At times it's almost " normal " to have type 2 diabetes , and lots of my mums elderly friends are almost disappointed if they haven't . Like many areas I think that dietary changes have to happen in your head before they can have any impact on the foods that go in the mouth or any increased activity 
You're very right there! My mother-in-law is a Type II diabetic and she just doesn't think at her age (she's 81) she should have to change the way she eats. She just can't see that her health would improve and she'd feel much better if she did change her diet. So she carries on with the cakes, cookies and pastries and damns the consequences and won't hear any different! 
My mum and her buddies are all the same
I agree completely that many people consider it normal or acceptable to be type II, largely due to the increased number being diagnosed with the condition, so it's certainly not difficult to understand why your mum's friends feel disappointed. Sadly, it's not normal or acceptable at all.
Equally, in order to make the changes needed, the mind needs to be focused upon improving health and quality of life, or it simply won't happen.
Thanks for posting I saw the other BBC documentary about it and admit I had to switch it off but I will defo take a look interested in this Newcastle Diet to see what it entails. 👍😊
You're welcome, Itsbab.
While it was a clinical study conducted by Newcastle University, where closely observed participants were placed on a diet of 600Kcal for 8 weeks before increasing calorie intake to more acceptable levels, albeit on a far healthier diet, it'll hopefully provide an insight into how to attain similar results in the longer term.
This was very interesting.
Starting out 
Wisdom teeth out, energy out. 
Eating out
Freaking out
Sorting stuff out
