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Article: Clinical Trial - Weight Loss up, Medication Down - Diabetics Lose Weight on a Plate.
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- June 25, 2007
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CALGARY, Canada, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A clinical trial published today in "Archives of Internal Medicine" has shown that using a portion control plate helps diabetics both lose weight and decrease their reliance on medication. Type two diabetes is caused in many cases by being overweight. Sufferers often depend on drugs and insulin injections to control their symptoms. Doctors recognise that weight loss would greatly improve patients' diabetes but struggle to find an effective solution. It is known that diabetics find it even harder to lose weight than non-diabetics and yet they can benefit more.
The six month study undertaken by Calgary University Consultant ...