I know two people that have had the stomach reduction surgery, and one of them has gained 80% of there weight back in 3 years. The other has gone on much longer, at 5 years it appears that they have only gained back 25% of their weight.

I think I have read, that with this type of surgery a greater portion of the patients gain much of their weight back within 5 years.

How can someone say that a person is "cured" of diabetes in 3 months on 600 calories??! If they stay on 600 calories, they're gonna get sick anyway due to malnourishment. As soon as they increase their calorie intake, they'll gain weight. And they most likely will make the same food mistakes that got them where they were in the first place. Recovering from any chronic disease requires a complete life change, not three months of starvation. And as for surgery, it's the western way. Take out, lop off, block off, and then take drugs. This is how medicine prevents or cures disease.

As a mother of a severe type 1 diabetic I can tell you that I am sick of hearing all these bogus diabetic cures. type 1 diabetics need insulin injections or they DIE. I have seen crazy cures put a diabetic into a coma. please - to the "doctors" who write these articles - at least differentuate between type 1 and type2 diabetics. Stop giving false hope to to people who need insulin to control their diabetes..

I gave up on my Meds over a year ago. I started getting health emails, and tried a few things they suggested,and I am free form diabetes, as far as the pricking of my fingers and the strip readings. I gave up on white refine sugar, white flower, and on pastries. I started to eat wholewheat toast, and use honey and cinnamon on them. My doctor was not impressed, he told me to stick to my meds, and that my pancreas was failing, and was not going to get better. Through health emails, and seeing the goal of big pharma just to push drugs, I had nothing to loose to try. No doctors will ever suggest natural food.
I also make healthy smoothies with kale, and lettuce,and add a good cup of (not from concentrate) pineapple juice and a good round table spoon of flax seed oil ,then fill the rest of blender with water, and mix that in the blender. I drink my veggies, and it's a very good tasty drink. And you can drink as many as you want in a day, just go easy on the pineapple juice, Sugar content is very high...27 for a cup of it. I also drink distilled water from a distiller I got from the internet, even though ai have a country well, with good clean water.
My strip readings are anywhere from 4.5 to 9.0 ( those are our Canadian readings) btw.They suggest between 5 and 10
Meds will eventually wreck your liver or /and you kidneys.
I also gave up meds on Cholesterol. They are sueing now for avandia, and crestor. Sounds like do your own thing, take a chance on natural stuff, and cut out the sweeties, and refine sugar and white flower. Good luck you guys. Worked for me. I'm happy with my glucose readings.

I tightly controlled (not "cured") my type 2 diabetes for many years... even through a natural childbirth at age 40...with "lifestyle changes" (healthy lo-carb diet, regular exercise, weight training, sleep management, a few supplements and stress reduction). Starting out with an A1C over 11, I got it down to the 5's in 8-9 months and kept it there for at least 8 years. But life happens and after 12 or so years I started to feel sick again, and sure enough, those numbers had gradually crept back up. I went to a new doc and when that A1C of 11 came back from the lab, she was frantic to start me on the meds. I actually filled the prescription... but after serious deliberation, decided that was not the way I wanted to go. Instead, I needed to refocus on making smart food choices, convince myself to get out on the trail even if I WAS exhausted, stop snacking between meals, make an effort to get enough sleep, stop stressing so much over things that didn't matter... all the stuff I KNEW...but wasn't always doing like I once had.
That was 6 weeks ago.
When I went back for my follow up, I'd lost 8 pounds and my daily BGLs were 1/2 what they'd been in May. It isn't easy and it does require more commitment than popping a pill (or two or three or four and eventually a needle) but there are no negative side effects from eating healthy, exercising and taking care of yourself, only positive ones!!!!

Good show, Andre. I too went off meds for diabetes and I feel so much better. Two doctors sent me certified letters giving me 30 days to find another doctor. I had already quit them so the letters were not necessary. They proved to be quacks in short order. I read somewhere that T2diabetic who do the drugs do no better that those who do nothing. It took me a while but I finally learned that white foods (potatoes, pasta, etc) except for cauliflower and onions are to be avoided. I learned that diet drinks are much worse than the ones with sugar or high fructose corn syrup. I try to avoid them all. Ice cream is my undoing, though. I am a sweet freak. But I can get out in my yard and work and work hard. I have half a city block that requires lots of work. I groomed my fan palm today and hauled all the debri to our burn pile. Be active at what you love. We don't need to kill ourselves but we do need to move vigerously. And do what your doctor says if you must. I just don't trust doctors or big pharma. I believe we should take responsibility for our own health and well being. There is a plethera of good info to take advantage of. Let the red flags be your guide. For me, I would know how to begin getting my calories down to 600. :) Holy cow! 600? I don't think so. But if you think you can, go for it. We can get a lot of nutrition out of 600 calories. God says when we pray and fast we can be healed. GG

Doesn't anyone wonder why the 600 calorie-a-day diet worked? It CURED 7 out of 11 severely diabetic patients, and by cured I mean their bodies were once again producing and responding to insulin normally.

The reason this diet worked so well was because Type 2 Diabetes is not a disease of blood sugar metabolism but of impaired FAT metabolism. This is due to a deficiency of the enzyme lipase. When you lack lipase, you cannot metabolize stored fat, and it builds up and clogs the insulin/glucose pathways of the cells. Restricting calories forced fat burning, and in the clinical study it took 3 months of this to clear the fat out of those pathways.

I tried this diet but also supplemented with the enzyme lipase (a lot of it). My blood sugars came down from over 300 to the low 100's in JUST OVER A WEEK. Lipase accelerated the process considerably. This works, people.

Doctors will not recomend this diet because very few people would stay on it. It is not a cure. If you get on this diet then get off your bs will go back up. The doctors, pharme, the people who make and sell the diabetes testing monitors and those who make the test strips, the lancets dont want to cure this illnes. It is a multi billion industry.