I am seeing more and more push for type 2’s to have surgery to get the “cure”. I could lose 25 pounds,very hard to do. So not everyone is a fit for this procedure. The other part is would insurance companies cover it? We see such new items as cgm,meters,and medication that our insurance companies won’t cover. Just an interesting thought. JAMA is coming out with an article on this subject on July1 issue. Nancy
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I do have one old TuD friend for whom it seems to have worked well. But it is, indeed, a very complicated decision. It doesn’t seem to work for everyone, complications can be horrible, etc. And while I believe it might be an important option for some, I’m a little dubious about it being pushed too hard in the diabetic community—maybe I am overly paranoid. Not sure…
We had a very informative chat with a woman who had one
Heidi is also a registered nurse and working toward her CDE.
this will save an operation, learn about LCHF diet which I would use in place of the drinks and he has also said it’s not the amount of calories in stone, just lose the weight.
Newcastle diet aims in 8+ weeks to mimic the rate of ~70% remission, for surgery T2
Diabetes - Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre - Newcastle University
Newcastle diet Lectures
FEND: 17th Annual Conference - Taylor, Prof. R. Eating Through The Myths: Food, Health and Happiness
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/events/public-lectures/item.php?roy-taylor-diabetes 1 hour:10 minutes into video… Composition of nutrients unimportant because of short time
Tablespoon oil 10g The role of gallbladder emptying in gallstone formation during diet-induced rapid weight loss - PubMed
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Again, the Newcastle diet is a very low carb diet. Patients achieve normal glycemia right away, not after weight loss. I believe the same thing appears in the vast majority of successful bariatric surger cases. Normal glycemia is seen “the next day.” Not after weight loss. The obvious explanation is that excess weight is “caused” by the diabetes.
The theory that I’ve seen that holds the most promise related to bariatric surgery is that the surgery fixes problems with the “incretin hormones” and that effect is independent of weight loss.
One alternative before resorting to bariatric surgery is to try the drugs that address the incretin hormone axies, particularly the GLP-1 and DPP-4 drugs. The GLP-1 drugs like Byetta, and Bydureon are thought to be the most powerful. It is worth giving them a try first.
no, it’s a very low calorie diet.
his trials (he’s on a $5 million dollar trial now) it to duplicate through weight loss, a similar result to surgery.
there are enough insulin resistant people, overweight, on high carbs and insulin in the world.
I would agree, it is a low calorie, but that is by definition low carb.