Weekly Health Quiz: Diabetes, Disability and the Nobel Prize

1 Which of the following treatments has been shown to eliminate the need for insulin in Type 2 diabetics within a month's time?

• Intermittent fasting (24-hour fasting three times a week or every other day)

  Diabetic patients who did 24-hour fasting three times a week or every other day were able to stop taking insulin within a month. They also lost 10 to 18 percent of their body weight. Learn more.

• Eating a high-carb, low-fat diet
• High-intensity exercise, once a week
• Getting seven to eight hours of sleep every night