Another one of my CRAZY theories...

Hormone secretion in the gut is controlled by the brain, right?

Signals from the brain are basically electronic impulses, right?

Electricity takes the path of least resistance, right?

So - when a gastric band patient demonstrates excellent BG control BEFORE any significant weight is lost, is it fair to assume that the reason for the lower BG is due to the lack of a signal (or an INCREASE in that signal) from the brain to release those hormones/not release those hormones into the gut?

SO - could it be that the reduction in size of the stomach, is allowing those signals to cross the stomach, due to the shorter distance between the walls of the stomach? (Path of least resistance?)

So many questions...

Could the signal from the brain be stopped BEFORE it gets to the stomach?
Is there a simpler way to create a path of less resistance than a gastric band?
Could walking around all day with your nose pinched closed stop the signal?

Are the people doing the testing asking these questions? I wonder if they are so focussed on the pancreas, that they are not looking elsewhere for solutions...

Wrong again, Sid. Caloric restriction will only allow you to lose so much weight in so much time. GB patients lose weight and regain control of their BG over a much shorter time frame.

You've read this before - do try to keep up. :wink:

[EDIT: That's not really what I wanted to discuss here... Looks like the flood gates may be open, though...]

You're flogging a dead horse there, mate...

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Cheers - nice to be engaged, rather than ridiculed! :wink:

Any other thoughts on it, alaska?

Me neither. But anyone can chew the fat! :lol: I'm interested in opinions from the diabetic, non-medically trained PoV. I'm sure those that are medically trained are sometimes, and probably not intentionally, blinkered. They might miss the obvious connections that we might make.

I don't even expect answers (although on forums it seems everyone wants to give you one!). It's just interesting to get opinions from people in a similar situation to mine, on issues that are interesting to me because I'm in that situation.

CC said:

New drugs are being researched that may even trigger the same effect of the surgery without the actual procedure.

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Now we're getting somewhere!!! Cheers CC.