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<blockquote data-quote="DiabeticGeek" data-source="post: 26527" data-attributes="member: 7961"><p>This sort of drastic intervention always seems to be rather like sticking your finger in a dyke. It may work, to a point, but it is avoiding the real issue rather than confronting it. It is like gastric bypass for weight loss - although it is extremely effective in the short term, in the long term many people who have this operation develop whole new ways of overeating.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, this is a completely different issue from the observation that gastric bypass surgery sometimes has dramatic effects upon diabetes. This is quite well know, but the reasons for it are not at all well understood. It is almost certainly <em>not</em> simply the result of reducing the absorption of sugar, it is probably something more complex than that. Probably some hormone produced by stomach tissue (leptin is a likely candidate for this) has a profound effect upon glucose metabolism.</p><p></p><p>Coming back to the "EndoBarrier" - adopting a low carb lifestyle is likely to have much the same effect, but be far more sustainable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiabeticGeek, post: 26527, member: 7961"] This sort of drastic intervention always seems to be rather like sticking your finger in a dyke. It may work, to a point, but it is avoiding the real issue rather than confronting it. It is like gastric bypass for weight loss - although it is extremely effective in the short term, in the long term many people who have this operation develop whole new ways of overeating. Incidentally, this is a completely different issue from the observation that gastric bypass surgery sometimes has dramatic effects upon diabetes. This is quite well know, but the reasons for it are not at all well understood. It is almost certainly [i]not[/i] simply the result of reducing the absorption of sugar, it is probably something more complex than that. Probably some hormone produced by stomach tissue (leptin is a likely candidate for this) has a profound effect upon glucose metabolism. Coming back to the "EndoBarrier" - adopting a low carb lifestyle is likely to have much the same effect, but be far more sustainable. [/QUOTE]
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