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Doing everything right - but your HbA1c still isn't coming down?

An endocrinologist-led program that asks why - before adding the next tablet.

American Board-Certified Endocrinologist4.9 · 202 Google reviews · 20+ years

Type 2 Diabetes remission means an HbA1c below 6.5% - the level used to diagnose diabetes - held for at least three months without diabetes medication. It is not a cure; it has to be maintained. For many people it is possible. A C-peptide blood test helps show whether remission is realistic for you.

Medically reviewed by Dr. Roshani Sanghani, American Board-Certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism ·

First Consultation

The first question is not which tablet comes next.

It is whether your pancreas is still producing insulin, and what has been keeping glucose high.

Reviewed by Dr. Roshani Sanghani before the recommendation.

Reviewed before you meet

Pancreas capacity

C-peptide and insulin production

Medication pattern

Current medicines and escalation history

Daily-life pattern

Food, sleep, stress, movement, and glucose readings

Clinical possibility

Whether remission may be realistic for your case

You leave knowing

  • What is driving your glucose
  • What can change first
  • What level of support fits your situation

Watch: How Dr. Roshani treats Type 2 Diabetes

What does another tablet actually fix

Most diabetes care follows the same script. The number rises, a medicine is added. It rises again, the dose goes up. Eventually, insulin.

The script can bring the number down. It does not always show why the number keeps rising.

That is what the first consultation starts with.

What changes - and in what order

Dr. Roshani does not ask patients to change everything at once. The work starts with nutrition; each wheel that steadies creates the conditions for the next.

“They met me where I was. No push to do anything.”

- K V, Program Patient

The four wheels, in sequence

01

Nutrition

Start by adding what is missing - often enough protein - so hunger settles and the carbohydrate conversation becomes easier.

02

Sleep

Look at sleep early because glucose, cravings, and energy often change when sleep starts improving.

03

Stress Management

Treat stress as biology to understand, not a character flaw to push through.

04

Movement

Bring movement in after the other wheels start turning, so it becomes easier to sustain.

Medication safety rail

While glucose changes, medicines need watching too.

Dose review as numbers change

As glucose comes down, medicines that were right can start becoming too strong. In India, Dr. Roshani adjusts medication directly as numbers change.

For patients outside India, she gives the clinical reasoning to bring to a local prescriber.

Have your last lab report ready

In person or online

Patient proof

What patients have achieved

The proof starts with clinical markers, but it should not stop there. The important question is what those numbers make possible in daily life.

How to read these outcomes

Patient outcomes vary. Results depend on pancreas function, history, medications, and follow-through.

3–7 points
HbA1c reduction
60–80%
Reduction in diabetes medication
₹3k–₹10k
Monthly medication cost saved

Blood pressure and fatty liver often improve as metabolic health improves.

In the DiRECT trial (The Lancet, 2018), 46% of people reached remission at one year through structured weight management, and 36% remained in remission at two years.

Real-life proof

What changed in real life

The numbers matter because daily life changes with them: medicines, food decisions, travel, and confidence.

13.3 → 5.9 HbA1c

HbA1c improved · Metformin halved in one month

My family understood that diabetes was a lifelong illness that one could only control, not reverse. I have learned, for the first time, the underlying causes of diabetes. This understanding allows me to make better choices.

HEENA · GOOGLE REVIEW · TYPE 2 DIABETES

In remission after 20+ years

Told he must start insulin. Dr. Roshani helped him change course.

All the best doctor's of this country has told me that you are diabetic for more than 20 years and no tablets will work on you. You must now go on insulin. She has done what she promised.

NARENDRA · GOOGLE REVIEW · TYPE 2 DIABETES

Insulin box no longer needed

15+ years with diabetes · 3 years on insulin

Earlier, when I went out, I carried my insulin box and ice pack. Now, that burden is gone.

KETAN · INTERVIEW WITH DR. ROSHANI · TYPE 2 DIABETES

Even doctors trust her

A physician's son - already off two endocrinologists - stayed five months in the program. 20 kg lost. Blood sugars in normal range.

WASUNDHARA · physician and mother · GOOGLE REVIEW

“Dr. Roshani and her team managed what to me was a miracle. She managed to connect with him, and he stayed with her program for 5 months. She also helped me - by asking me to hand over all responsibility to her. That was such a relief.”

“I want to say to anyone reading this: it is never too late.

Pravin · Age 88

55 years with Type 2 Diabetes. Rebuilding muscle, reducing medication.

Origin Story · 2013

The patient who changed how Dr. Roshani saw Type 2 Diabetes

The lesson was not that every case would respond the same way. It was that the next step should not be assumed before the pattern is understood.

In 2013, a 58-year-old man named Dinesh arrived with an HbA1c of 11.4%, four oral medications, and a referral note that called him non-compliant. Insulin was the expected next step.

Dr. Roshani did something different. She listened long enough to see the real problem: a hungry man eating 10 chapatis a day because no one had helped him build a meal that could satisfy him.

What happened

Starting point

HbA1c 11.4%, four oral medications, and insulin expected next.

Missed pattern

A hungry patient eating 10 chapatis a day because meals were not satisfying him.

Early response

Glucose dropped from 350 to below 200 within days; HbA1c later reached 6.6% on fewer medicines.

That case changed the question. Long-standing Type 2 Diabetes was not always a burnt-out pancreas. Sometimes the pancreas was still fighting. The lifestyle simply was not supporting it back.

That is why the program looks for what the current treatment may be missing before assuming the next step is more medicine.

Dr. Roshani Sanghani, American Board-Certified Endocrinologist

Physician-led care

Meet Dr. Roshani Sanghani

The Type 2 Diabetes program is led by an American Board-Certified Endocrinologist whose work combines clinical medicine, behavior change, and careful medication review.

“I wasn't this doctor 20 years ago. I was part of the old diabetes system: one tablet, two tablets, three tablets, four, finally insulin.”

Dr. Roshani Sanghani

American Board-Certified

Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism · Internal Medicine

20+ years clinical experience

Patients across 12+ countries · MINT Certified Trainer

Recommended for consultations by Dr. Eric Berg

“For those of you that need to work with a very competent physician...”

“...there's so many people out there that are on medications that need assistance - and I know you have several programs.”

- DR. ERIC BERG, IN CONVERSATION WITH DR. ROSHANI SANGHANI(“Why Do Most Indian Men Have Potbellies?” - YouTube, 2024)

Published work

Her book on Type 2 Diabetes is endorsed by international clinicians and researchers

“A potential life changer.”

- Dr. Jason Fung, NYT Bestselling Author, The Obesity Code & The Diabetes Code

Endorsements include Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Eric C. Westman, Dr. Medha Munshi, Benjamin Bikman, PhD, and William R. Miller, PhD.

From confusion to clarity

The program is built to move patients from “what do I do now?” to knowing what changes their glucose, when medicines need review, and how to keep going.

  1. First Consultation: find the lever

    Dr. Roshani's team maps your reports, medicines, C-peptide, food, sleep, stress, movement, and glucose history before the consultation. The call can focus on the pattern, not paperwork - and on the first lever worth testing.

  2. First weeks: watch the body respond

    Every 10–12 days, glucose readings, hunger, energy, symptoms, weight, sleep, stress, and medicine response are reviewed together. The cadence exists because the body can change quickly when the right lever is found.

  3. Month 3: graduate with self-knowledge

    Patients learn how meals, sleep, stress, movement, and medicines affect their numbers - so they know when to act, when to ask for help, and how to keep going without a diet chart.

Support around the work

Medical supervision

  • Medication review as glucose changes
  • Medication management for India-based patients
  • Clinical guidance for international patients to discuss with a local prescriber
  • Scheduled Dr. Roshani review of progress and medicines

Between-session guidance

  • Coach support Monday to Friday
  • Progress review between consultations
  • Reisaan app to log food, sleep, stress, movement, weight, and glucose

Tools that stay with you

  • Dr. Roshani's video course for 3 months
  • The Reisaan app - to keep reading your own patterns
  • A clearer map of what changes your glucose
  • Maintenance options and alumni community if continued support is useful

Note: Working online with Dr. Roshani does not replace the need for physical examinations with your primary care provider.

Frequently asked questions

Remission, reversal, and cure - what the words mean

Remission

HbA1c under 6.5% (the diagnostic threshold) held for 3+ months with no diabetes medication. Yes - through continued lifestyle. The goal the program works toward.

Reversal

The everyday word for the same outcome - glucose back in a non-diabetic range. Yes - same as remission. What people mean by 'reversal' is remission.

Cure

Diabetes permanently gone, with nothing to maintain. A cure needs no maintenance. Not promised - no cure exists for Type 2 Diabetes today.

Many people search for diabetes 'reversal.' The precise medical word is remission. Remission means your HbA1c stays below 6.5% - the level used to diagnose diabetes - for at least three months without diabetes medication. That is the standard definition agreed by the American Diabetes Association and other international diabetes bodies. It is not a cure: it has to be maintained. For many people, it is possible. A blood test called C-peptide shows how much insulin your pancreas is still making, which helps determine whether remission is realistic for you. Dr. Roshani has helped hundreds of patients reach it. How long you have had the condition matters too.

Yes. The C-peptide test shows how much insulin your pancreas is still making. Many patients on insulin still have a working pancreas - it's just being overwhelmed. Dr. Roshani has helped patients get off insulin with the right C-peptide levels and a structured lifestyle approach.

Yes. Whether you want to reduce your GLP-1, get off it, or were just advised to start one - Dr. Roshani guides patients through it safely alongside lifestyle change.

People of Indian and South Asian origin tend to carry more fat around the organs and have less muscle - the classic picture is thin arms and legs with a protruding belly. That low muscle mass comes from too little strength training and protein-deficient diets. So Type 2 Diabetes can develop at a lower body weight and progress faster than in others of similar weight, and the same HbA1c can represent a higher level of risk.

Medication helps control the number. Lifestyle helps change why it's high. The American Diabetes Association acknowledges that low-carb diets improve diabetes - better glucose with less medicine. In the DiRECT trial, published in The Lancet, around 46% of people put their Type 2 Diabetes into remission at one year through a structured weight-loss program, and 36% were still in remission at two years. When the right changes are made, many of Dr. Roshani's patients need less medication - and some need none at all.

Your first step

The consultation tells you what is driving your glucose, what can change first, and whether this approach fits your situation.

In person or online

★ 4.9 · 202 Google reviews · 20+ years clinical experience

Watch: Dr. Roshani describes the first consultation