FDA backs drug that treats diabetes via the brain

Catch-22.

"People with Type 2 diabetes may soon get a very different treatment approach: A drug that helps control blood sugar via the brain — an idea sparked, surprisingly, by the metabolism of migrating birds."

Type 2 diabetes is fat person diabetes.

"Where do the birds come in? Years ago, Louisiana State University researchers were studying how migrating birds arrived at their destinations without being emaciated. They develop seasonal insulin resistance, the very condition that in people leads to Type 2 diabetes.

People don't have those seasonal variations but the theory is the dopamine plays a role anyway.

The researchers discovered a biological clock — in the brain's hypothalamus — that controlled when the metabolism change kicked in for the birds, and also in hibernating mammals. Different concentrations of certain brain chemicals, including dopamine, at different times of day dictated whether the bird metabolized like a fall bird or a summer bird, said Cincotta."

The Catch-22 is that fat people must have little to no brain to regulate since they got themselves fat and diabetic.

But if they do, it is likely to be a bird brain.