On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:56:47 -0400, Evelyn >
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>On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:38:49 +1000, "Ozgirl"
> wrote:
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>>"BlueBrooke" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:51:38 -0400, "Janet" >
>>> wrote:
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>>>>BlueBrooke wrote:
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>>>>> Actually, there has been discussion in ASD about such surgery
>>>>> "curing"
>>>>> T2, and there have been some interesting results.
>>>>
>>>>If memory serves, doesn't that have something to do with literally
>>>>reconstructing the colon so that food reaches a different part of it
>>>>first?
>>>
>>> Hum -- it could have been that type of surgery. I thought it was the
>>> gastric-bypass type of procedure they were talking about, but I could
>>> be wrong on that. I'm sure one of our science nerds will know. :-)
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>>I do remember the discussion but can't find it as yet. But I did find
>>this:
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>>http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/7/468.full
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>>"Further, why would bariatric surgery help with diabetes, and why would
>>one procedure do it better than another? To be honest, we are not sure,
>>but evidence points not only to weight loss but also to better insulin
>>sensitivity and to alterations in levels of hormones secreted by the gut
>>that increase insulin secretion."
>>
>>There are references to studies on that page too.
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>
>That is with the bypass surgery. I did not have the bypass so I will
>still need to watch my bg levels.
>
>Evelyn

I would be surprised if any T2 post-procedure, bariatric or otherwise,
wouldn't need to watch their BG levels. They're saying they're seeing
these benefits, but don't know why, yet.