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Weight loss most effective treatment for type 2 diabetes

by Administrator on March 16th, 2008

Weight loss and changes in ones lifestyles may be more pertinent in helping type 2 diabetics then high insulin treatments among overweight patients.

The evidence is compelling that when insulin levels are high, certain tissues are overloaded with fatty molecules, which leads to insulin resistance. And yet, the high blood glucose levels of many obese patients with insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes are being treated with increasing amounts of insulin in an attempt to overpower that resistance. While high doses of insulin may lower glucose levels, it will also increase the fatty molecules and may cause organ damage.

There are so many options to help one lose weight in this case. You can search out a nutritionist, see a weight loss specialist and use combination medication and exercise and then in severe cases there is bariatric surgery. We know from countless research that bariatric surgery is successful in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

I know just how tough weight loss can be but I also know when my diet, exercise and weight is at a controlled level, my diabetes is almost obsolete.

via UT Southwestern Medical Center

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