--- title: Five Best Ideas: Fasting Could Unlock a Cure for Diabetes description: Fasting could unlock a diabetes cure, make the House of Representatives bigger and more. canonical: https://time.com/4681752/fasting-could-unlock-a-cure-for-diabetes/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-24T17:00:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:02.525Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Fasting Could Unlock a Cure for Diabetes og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4681752/fasting-could-unlock-a-cure-for-diabetes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fasting Could Unlock a Cure for Diabetes twitter:description: And four more of today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Fasting Could Unlock a Cure for Diabetes > Sponsored content. 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