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A Theory ...

Patch

Patch

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I've got a theory. Bear with me...

Could the size of the stomach/locality of the stomach to the surrounding organs be DIRECTLY RELATED to T2 Diabetes?

Bear with me...

The stomach sits in between 2 VERY IMPORTANT parts of the body:

The Duodenum
The Pancreas

COULD IT BE, that when a T2 eats, and fills the stomach, the stomach expands to such an extent that it actually touches, or pushes up against each of these organs? Could the fact that the stomach is pushing up against these 2 organs, effect how each of them behave?

This might also go some way to explaining gestational diabetes...

Anybody wanna chime in?
 
Hi Patch
Iam as thin as a whippet have no stomach to speak of but maybe my pancreas is just as near my stomach as someone over weight ,who knows :?: Your theory is very interesting I will watch with interest.
CAROL
 
It's not so much the size of the persons stomach that I'm interested it, but how much it expands once a person has eaten.
 
Very difficult to tell I would think.Could do a tape measure test but an x-ray would be better ,Im not volunteering for that one :(
CAROL
 
Cannot really answer your theory Patch.
Gave it some thought and wondered why this wouldn't happen with a non diabetic or are you thinking that somehow our stomachs have a different design?
 
I don't know.

I'm not looking to prove the theory - just for it to be discussed.

Maybe non-diabetic stomachs don't stretch as much as ours? I dunno.
 
The stomach is about the size of a grapefruit and apparently can stretch to the size of a melon when full. It would depend on how much was eaten by that person.

If you regularly ate enough to stretch your stomach that much then you probably would end up diabetic from the resulting weight gain etc.
 
First off I am not an expert in Human Biology.....

My own take on this is that the theory is flawed. As far as I can see it is not the size of the organs that matters and how they react when you eat more or a little as the case may be. It is all down to the Human Metabolism........a complicated biological process which starts once you begin to eat, the food starts to be broken down by enzymes in the saliva, this continues when it reaches the intestines, where it is futher broken down and leached from the intestines into the blood stream.

This process continues whether or not organs are distended, it really should make no difference. It's a biological process......plain and simple. Too many carbs means that we need more Insulin, either from our pancreas or injected. That can be a trigger for Diabetes (Type 2) not simply how big/small the organs are and if they are touching. Mostly, the abdominal cavity is pretty tightly packed at the best of times.

I really don't think it is a possible cause of T2 Diabetes, I'm convinced that mine came about becuase of a highly stressful occupation. High pressure, all action. Interested to see if anybody has another take on this......... :|
 
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