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Re:The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won't Pay... by kazinator on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:52PM (#17349782)
> reverses almost immediately with fasting.

And this effect lasts for eight months?

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Re:The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won't Pay... by jonknee on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @04:30PM (#17350068)
Well it does if you are physically unable to keep eating like you were before the fast because someone stapled your stomach shut...
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Re:The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won't Pay... by kazinator on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:18PM (#17351075)
But then the question is whether the perisurgical fasting had been a necessary impetus.
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Re:The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won't Pay... by tastythrowaway on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @04:57PM (#17350239)
Type II Diabetes has insulin resistance as an underpinning. This resistance can be reversed with fasting. Eating healthy is easier once fasting has been reversed, and it is necessary to sustain the results.
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