Gastric bypass surgery may help cure diabetes

Alexandria, LA

A lot of people would consider surgery a drastic measure for treating diabetes.

But, a well-respected study, finds gastric lap-band or gastric bypass surgery may help cure the disease.

Even though 50 year old Ben Hunter was obese he didn’t get gastric bypass surgery to lose weight.

“I did it because I had diabetes that was out of control.” said the one time 313 pounder.

And it worked.

According to a new study of 60 diabetic patients, weight loss surgery controls and cures diabetes in 80 percent of the people who had it done.

That compares to about 10% who got treated with medication.

Dr. Alan Whittgrove a bariatric surgeon said, “Very few of them got control of their diabetes with medical treatment whereas with the weight loss from the adjustable band almost 80% lost their diabetes along with loosing their weight.”

It works like this, a lap-band is tightened around the stomach to make it smaller, so you eat less food and lose weight, which controls diabetes.

In gastric bypass surgery, the intestine is cut and re-attached to the stomach, so food is not absorbed in the usual way which also controls and sometimes cures diabetes. More>>

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