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Gastric bypass makes gut burn sugar faster

Diabetic rats control blood glucose better after weight-loss surgery.

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Ledford, H. Gastric bypass makes gut burn sugar faster. Nature (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2013.13451

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