Colleen : Thank you for your reply but I don't believe your reference incorporates or reflects the DMR studies done in the Netherlands(&possibly other European studies) and the Univ of Penn study which is at least one such study taking place in the US. I believe the BS reference is just another callous disregard to further big pharma's interests by your blogger. So far these studies have shown they are legit and show achievement. The efficacy, most likely financial, seems to be the only unknown. The fact that this revelation came about thru unrelated surgery and is seemingly being challenged because of that is so bogus that it undermines the credibility of the challenging source. ANYBODY, AND I MEAN ANYBODY, concerned as to or about Type II diabetes should have DMR on their radar screen and authoritative sources should not be ingenuious or resort thereto.