NHS soup and shake diet is beating type 2 diabetes

Marie Laing, from Frome in Somerset, told BBC News that she was able to lose more than three stone on the NHS soup and shake diet.

Mrs Laing told BBC Radio Somerset: “The GP suggested I try this after I’d tried other things myself and hadn’t succeeded, and I’m really grateful.

“This remission programme isn’t a diet – it’s a lifestyle change. Learning about your body, how food impacts you, why you crave food, how you should exercise… and it isn’t stopping you having anything.

“It’s improved my exercise and being able to be with my children and family, and being out and about and doing things that I love.”

She added: “It’s not easy, but it is well worth it to be able to have your life back.”

Another user, Juliet, told the BBC: “During the total diet replacement phase, I expected to feel hungry but I didn’t and the products actually kept me going. I enjoyed most of them too – although my particular favourites were the red Thai soup and shepherd’s pie.”

Dr Nerys Astbury, associate professor diet & obesity at the University of Oxford, said: “We don’t know how long the remission will last, or how achieving remission can affect the risk of developing diabetes in the future. But we do know that losing weight has huge health benefits in all groups, particularly people living with type 2 diabetes.”