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In April 2010, Blasko started on the Decision Free plan. She received low-calorie entrees and shakes, met weekly with nurses who helped her manage her medical issues and with nutritionists who taught her how to put together healthy meals, and she attended regular support groups.

The plan worked, big-time. By February, Blasko had lost 50 pounds. She no longer needed meds to stabilize her blood sugar, or the drug she'd been on for high blood pressure; both were at normal levels. "At my last checkup, my doctor told me I basically wasn't diabetic anymore," marveled Blasko, now 100 pounds lighter than when she started. "I didn't know that was possible."

The end of diabetes?

You read that right: Blasko essentially reversed her diabetes. And, most people with type 2 diabetes-which afflicts 1 out of every 10 women in the U.S.-could do the same, according to Dr. Osama Hamdy, medical director of the Obesity Clinical Program at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.

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