An apt person for remission of diabetes is the one who has been recently diagnosed, is clearly obese and willing for difficult and rigorous diet and lifestyle practices over long periods. However with longstanding diabetes, complications of diabetes, type 1 diabetes and pregnant women should not attempt such modalities. About 10-20% of patients of diabetes are good candidates for remission.

What are the modalities? Diet alone could be used as has been stated. Bariatric surgery is a remarkable modality because if patients are chosen carefully, there is 80-100% changes of remission after major weight loss. With incredible progress in antidiabetic medications, drugs and non-insulin injections can produce substantial weight loss and also remove fat/cream from organs, thus demonstrating potential for remission of diabetes.