[onona]

Whoa, this.

[Brian Griffin]

Muslims fast during Ramadan.

How rare is diabetes among Muslims?

[skr]

Headlines can be so entertaining. This one makes one wonder why anyone would want a regenerated diabetic pancreas.

[ameribbean expat]

“Professor Anne Cooke, professor of immunology at the University of Cambridge, commented: “This is good science and does give promise for the future treatment of diabetes, but we need further studies to see whether this works in people as well as it has in mice...”.

Nice backhanded British compliment.

This is good science (sound methodology). Treatment for diabetes. IN MICE.

[Plummz]

I met a guy who did this. It worked.

[skinndogNN]

“They then examined the pancreas.”

Do you have any idea how you “examine” a pancreas?

A pancreas is not a gall bladder.

[sauropod]

I have heard about this. Supposedly 3 days at less than 600 calories a day.

[Senator_Blutarski]

Bump for later reference

[Redwood71]

Heck of an idea unless you die from hypoglycemia. Cutting carbs to low status when you body isn’t accepting them already due to insulin resistance can be dangerous.

I passed out from hypo a few years ago and woke up with 5 firemen in my bedroom bringing me back. I hadn’t eaten properly and my sugar count got down to 35. I don’t mess with this. I control it, but I don’t gamble on it.

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[Bogie]

It works. I did it myself.

[Moonman62]

If you have either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, you shouldn’t attempt a fasting diet without first seeking medical advice. A sudden change in your calorie intake could have unpredictable effects and lead to complications.

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Homicidal grumpiness due to extreme hunger comes to mind. Some sort of anesthesia needs to go along with this starvation treatment.

[apocalypto]

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[Robert357]

bump for reference

[BobL]

FAKE NEWS

Can’t work if there’s no money in it for doctors or drug companies.

[untenured]

I'm posting as a Type I for almost 37 years, and something like this never occurred to me; I am very surprised, almost shocked, to read this.

And yes, I understand all the caveats about experiments in mice. Still, as far as I know it's such a new avenue of research that I can't help but be excited.

[Dan Cooper]

Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disorder. The immune system destroys the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. If this regimen causes the body to regrow beta cells, what prevents the immune system from attacking them again?

In some type 1 diabetics who are unable to detect when their blood glucose is going dangerously low, they are implanted with replacement beta cells. In order for this to work they then have to take immune-suppressant drugs to keep their bodies from attacking the implanted cells, leaving them open to opportunistic infections. Not a good trade-off for most T1 Diabetics. Just regrowing beta cells is not a solution for T1.

[Chickensoup]

bttt

[Viking2002]

This gives me a new reason to drop some extra pounds. But, how is this going to affect my beer intake? Looks like I'll have to switch back to box wine........(October was a very good month)

[Mrs. Don-o]

Diabetes bump

[toothfairy86]

With Lent coming up, look up “Orthodox Christian fasting”. Orthodox Christians have been doing this sort of thing for centuries.