Gastric bypass is a type of surgery that is done by cutting
the intestine or stomach shrink. This procedure is usually done to overcome
weight problems. Researchers recently found that this operation not only helps
reduce weight but also controls blood sugar.
Researchers found that gastric bypass surgery procedure
changing hormones and amino acids that are produced during the digestion
process. This surgery can eliminate the symptoms of type two diabetes in
patients, researchers said.
In gastric bypass surgery, the stomach is separated into two
parts. Food will be distributed on a smaller part so that people will be
already feel full and eat less food. The study looked at four women who
underwent gastric bypass surgery. During surgery, a catheter is inserted in a
larger part of the stomach in patients.
After surgery, the researchers distributed food through a
catheter in the stomach of the hormones produced and analyzed. The results were
then compared with the activity of the hormone when food is included in the
smaller part of the stomach.
The results revealed that the level of insulin and other
hormones produced higher when food is digested in the stomach smaller. Amino
acid levels were also higher in the small stomach, while the lower fatty acid
levels.
Increased hormones, especially insulin, when the digestive
process causes the patient to more easily control their blood sugar,
researchers said. although this study found that gastric bypass surgery can
alter the production of hormones and relieve symptoms of diabetes, but
researchers found no causal link.
"This operation is an effective weapon against obesity,
as a side effect of this operation can also relieve the symptoms of type 2
diabetes," said Nils Wierup, professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre
in Sweden, as reported by U.S. News (30/04).
Yet researchers do not advise diabetic patients to perform
gastric bypass. Researchers hope that this discovery could help them find new
ways to handle the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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