Gastric Bypass cures Diabetes

I disagree with Ruth S. comments about it being weight loss, and not the surgery itself, that cures Diabetes. Yes, weight loss through dieting (or any means) can cure Diabetes. However, Doctor's have been finding that in the vast majority of patients who have Gastric Bypass Surgery, their Diabetes is completely reversed within a few days or weeks of surgery, before any significant weight was even lost. Doctor's were puzzled by this, and an Italian Doctor began researching it. He found that Gastric Bypass Surgery cures Diabetes in over 90% of patients so quickly due to the surgery itself. I can not explain it in great detail because I am not a Doctor, but the "jist" of it is that; when they cut/alter the lower intestine during the surgery, this alteration causes hormones to be released that rapidly causes a reversal of Type 2 Diabetes. Doctors are now hoping to come up with a modified version of this surgery, for people who are Type 2 Diabetics, but not overweight. The modified version of the surgery could be used to cure Diabetes in those patients as well, without the weight loss. I appreciate Ruths comments about how Diabetes can be cured through weight loss (like dieting) but, as I have just explained, she is misinformed about the fact the Gastric Bypass DOES cure Diabetes, the surgery itself cures it, not only the weight loss.

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