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Type 2 diabetes: New treatment eliminates insulin for 86% of patients

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286 points amichail | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 20:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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jasonpeacock ◴[17 Oct 24 21:46 UTC] No.41874143[source]▶
How long does this cure last until the unhealthy diet & lifestyle that originally caused the insulin resistance bring it back again?

It's frustrating, as Type 2 diabetes is 100% manageable through diet. You don't even have to exercise, just eat healthy. Today, with the use of continuous glucose monitors, you have all the data you need to make informed diet decisions - you know exactly what "eat healthy" means for your body.

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1. s1artibartfast ◴[18 Oct 24 00:28 UTC] No.41875220[source]▶
>How long does this cure last until the unhealthy diet & lifestyle that originally caused the insulin resistance bring it back again?

Not Sarcasm:

1) We simply don't know. Effects seem durable while people take the drug, but we have limited long term data. We dont have large populations that have taken it for 10 or 20 years

2) When people go off GLP-1 drugs, about 50% of them bounce back to their original weight or gain more. about 50% of people hold steady or go on to lose more weight.

This demonstrates that individual behavior and actions play a critical role, even for people who have taken the drug.