Gastric Bypass Makes Gut Burn Sugar Faster

Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

A procedure increasingly used to treat obesity by reducing the size of the stomach also reprograms the intestines, making them burn sugar faster, a study in diabetic and obese rats has shown. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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