Research shows the best chance you have of putting type 2 diabetes into remission is to lose weight. This will significantly improve your health now and in the future. Why? Because there’s a link between type two diabetes and having a buildup of fat inside your body. Regardless of your weight or size, we all have different levels of fat in and around our organs.

This internal fat is like traffic on a road. A small amount of fat inside your organs is normal, just like a steady flow of traffic is normal on a road. But when fat builds, um, up, it causes congestion and like, too much traffic on the road, too much fat around organs can slow things down, stopping them from working well.

The liver and pancreas are, um, vital organs that control blood sugar levels. Your blood sugars rise when they don’t work properly. Losing weight and keeping it off can reduce the buildup of fat inside the liver and pancreas, helping them to work as they should. If they start doing their job well enough again, they can bring your blood sugar levels below the diabetes range and, um, keep them there long-term without the need for blood sugar-lowering medications.

This can be life-changing. Changing weight loss for a mission is very individual and may be easier for some than others, but any weight you lose trying for a mission can have huge benefits, including reducing your risk of heart attacks and, um, strokes, taking fewer medications, and feeling better day to day.