HOW can Stephen Ryan (Diabetes UK) say that there is no cure for diabetes? (Letters, May 23).

I was diagnosed with type-2 diabetes nine years ago and had no help in dealing with it from doctors or diabetic nurses.

My wife researched the subject and quickly discovered a wide range of advice centred around changing my body from burning sugar for energy to burning fat, via a low carbohydrate and high-fat diet.

Our bodies are perfectly suited to this regime. I still consume small quantities of carbohydrate. I have lost more than four stone, and my doctor tells me that I am definitely cured of diabetes, and I feel great.

The Swedish government has changed its advice on diet totally in this direction.

On the internet, dietdoctor (dietdoctor.com) is only one of many providing clear research which backs this up.

In particular he features discussions with among others Dr Fung from Toronto which highlight the benefits of cutting out sugar from the diet and fasting, rather than stoke up blood sugar through prescription of insulin.

Tim Noakes, in Cape Town, has raised considerable discussion, which arose from his own diabetes.

I really would like to hear what arguments Diabetes UK can mount against these particular pieces of evidence, in the light of the current avalanche of type-2 diabetes.

Richard Benson, St Josephs Court, Tedder Road, York.