Re: Researchers find Diabetes trigger, implications in heart disease

From: Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD (andrew_at_heartmdphd.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 04:16:07 -0500

Sharon Hope wrote:
>
> A friend brought this article to my attention. The breakthrough that was
> made has implications for heart disease as well as for Diabetes.
>
<snip>
> The researchers, from Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, discovered a genetic
> ''master switch" in the liver that is turned on when people become obese.
> Obesity has long been linked to diabetes, but the reason, until now, has
> been unknown. Joslin researchers found that once on, this switch produces
> low-level inflammation, which disrupts the body's ability to process
> insulin, causing type 2 diabetes.
>
> But the researchers took the finding one step further. Reasoning that
> aspirin-like drugs are used to quell inflammation, they successfully used
> the drugs, called salicylates, to eliminate the symptoms of type 2 diabetes
> in mice. Human tests are already underway in Boston, though no results have
> been published.

Ime, permanent weight loss via the 2PD Approach "cures" this problem.

At His service,

Andrew 

--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
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