Nearly half of patients have reversed type 2 diabetes¹ in a "watershed²" trial, say doctors in Newcastle and Glasgow.

英国纽卡斯尔和格拉斯哥的医生们宣布，在一项“有分水岭意义”的试验中，近一半的病人成功逆转了二型糖尿病。

People spent up to five months on a low-calorie diet of soups and shakes to trigger massive weight loss.

参加该试验的糖尿病人，在近五个月的时间里，严格控制卡路里摄入，以大幅度减肥。

Isobel Murray, 65, who had weighed 15 stone, lost over four stone and no longer needs diabetes pills. She says: "I've got my life back."

65岁的伊莎贝尔·穆雷，体重为15英石，这一期间减去了超过4英石，如今不再需要服药。她说：“我又重新开始生活了。”

The charity Diabetes UK says the trial is a landmark³ and has the potential to help millions of patients.

英国糖尿病慈善机构表示，这一试验是个里程碑，有可能帮助数以百万计的糖尿病人。

Isobel, from Largs in North Ayrshire, was one of 298 people on the trial. Her blood sugar levels were too high, and every time she went to the doctors they increased her medication.

伊莎贝尔是参加这一试验的298名病人之一。她的血糖值曾经非常高，每次就诊后，医生都会增加她的药物剂量。

So, she went on to the all-liquid diet for 17 weeks - giving up cooking and shopping. She even ate apart from her husband, Jim.

于是她参加了这一为期17周的试验--每天不再做饭也不再采购食品，只吃流食。她甚至不与丈夫吉姆一起进餐。

Instead, she had four liquid meals a day - a sachet of powder is stirred in water to make a soup or shake. They contain about 200 calories, but also the right balance of nutrients⁴.

她每天吃四顿流食--也就是每顿只有一包粉状的食物，用水搅拌成汤或糊。这包食物总共约含200卡路里，但营养平衡适宜。