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Preserving or recovering endogenous beta cell function through reduction of beta cell workload (via lifestyle modification, metformin, or TZDs) is the primary therapeutic strategy for managing Type 2 Diabetes, as opposed to exogenous insulin supplementation which causes adverse effects.

Focus on treatments that support your body's natural insulin production rather than just replacing it. This means prioritizing lifestyle changes (weight loss, exercise) and medications like Metformin or TZDs that reduce the workload on your pancreas. Avoiding excessive exogenous insulin helps prevent weight gain and hypoglycemia, which are linked to worse long-term outcomes.

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Therefore, to overcome these issues of current therapy of T2DM, it is inevitably important to preserve or recover endogenous beta cell function and physiological insulin secretion in patients with T2DM. To date, the most effective therapeutic strategy to preserve or recover beta cell function is likely to be to reduce beta cell workload or induce beta cell rest.
Yoshifumi Saisho · Journal of Clinical Medicine · 2014

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Based on a review of multiple RCTs (UKPDS, ADOPT, TODAY, ORIGIN) and cohort studies.

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Importance of Beta Cell Function for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Yoshifumi Saisho · Journal of Clinical Medicine · 2014

DOI 10.3390/jcm3030923

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