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.
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.
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.
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.
