GoodLife: Peninsula Style, Issue 40, Page 112 (transcription)

Diabetic overweight There is an Alternative to Insulin and Tablets 112 good life, june -july, august 2011 Are you worried about a life with diabetes institute now approves the early intervention of weight loss surgery in treating type 2 Diabetes.
Up to 80 of patients can achieve remission from their Diabetes with early intervention.
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March 2011 The International Diabetes Federation issued what it calls a radical statement at an International Conference today.
The Federation says the gastric banding and similar surgeries should no longer be the last resort for severely obese people with type 2 diabetes.
Director for the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Professor Paul Zimmet, says diabetes is the biggest epidemic in human history.
It is recommending that surgery be considered at a much earlier stage.
A lot of people have always regarded it as a last resort and we re saying no it shouldn't be the last resort., it should be considered much earlier because the earlier it s done, the more chance there is of success of the procedure.
There was a paper presented in New York in March 2011 from a major study in Sweden which showed that you could almost get 70 to 80 per cent remission of diabetes, providing the duration of the diabetes was less that 10 years , Professor Zimmet said.
But if the duration was much longer, those people would probably only see 30 to 40 per cent remission.
...There is an alternative to Tablets and Insulin

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