Daily Express - 07.08.2019

Daily Express Wednesday, August 7, 2019 7

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By Mark Waghorn

By Richard Palmer

Royal Correspondent

Disgraced

Pictures: PA

Injection proved effective

‘Fatbuster’ jab helps diabetic

patients burn 10lb in 4 weeks

AN ANTI-OBESITY jab developed by
British scientists has seen diabetics
shed nearly 10lb in a month.
The injection contains a cocktail of
hormones that burns off fat more
effectively than a gastric by-pass op,
with no side-effects.
The patients’ blood glucose returned
to near-normal levels within four
weeks and they lost an average of
9.7lb (4.4kg).
That was nearly twice as much as a
control group given a saline solution,
who lost an average 5.5lb (2.5kg).
One of the 15 participants in the
trial, who were of both sexes and aged
18 to 70, shed 11.7lb (5.3kg).
An injection or pill is the “holy
grail” in the fight against the obesity
epidemic, which has seen almost a
third of the world’s population grow to
be obese or overweight.
The UK is one of the worst affected

countries, with one in four adults now

considered to be obese.

Lead author Professor Tricia Tan, of

Imperial College London, said:

“Obesity and Type 2 diabetes can lead

to very serious and potentially life-

threatening conditions such as cancer,

stroke and heart disease.

“There is a real need to find new

medicines so we can improve and save

the lives of many patients.”

The groundbreaking method mimics

having a gastric band fitted. Although

the common operation is often suc-

cessful it can cause complications like

abdominal pain, chronic nausea, vom-

iting and debilitating low blood sugar.

Previous studies suggest one of the

reasons the surgery works is because

three hormones originating from the

bowels are released in higher levels.

This chemical combination, known

to doctors as “GOP” for short, reduces

appetite, causes weight loss and

improves the body’s ability to use the

sugar absorbed from eating. In the

latest study the patients were given the

GOP treatment for four weeks using a

pump that slowly injects the mixture.

Prof Tan said: “Although this is a

small study our new combination hor-

mone treatment is promising and

showed significant improvements in

patients’ health.”

The research was funded by the UK

Medical Research Council and the

NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research

Centre. The results were published in

Diabetes Care.

AS the Queen moved in to

Balmoral Castle for the rest of

the summer yesterday she was

reacquainted with the Army’s

most disorderly corporal – a

Shetland pony who tried to eat

her flowers two years ago.

Corporal Cruachan IV, mascot

of the Royal Regiment of

Scotland, was on parade at

the castle to welcome the

93-year-old monarch as she

took up residence at her

Highland getaway.

“Back again,” the smiling

Queen said, as his handler told

her he had been exhibited at the

Turriff Show in Aberdeenshire

earlier this week. “Oh he was

actually shown, was he?” she

remarked in surprise.

The 10-year-old pony may

have been on his best behaviour

yesterday, but last year he

disgraced himself by pooing on

parade when the Queen arrived.

In 2017 Her Majesty told him

to “go away” as he tried to eat

her posy during a visit to

Stirling Castle. “They always try

to eat the flowers,” she said.

And in February last year he

also tried to nip Prince Harry as

he stroked him while visiting

Edinburgh with his wife-to-be.

The Queen is due to remain in

residence at Balmoral until

October and will be joined by

Prince Philip on Monday.

Prince Harry whips his hand away from the naughty pony ...who also enjoyed nibbling flowers and pooing on parade

Rude pony back in Queen’s good books

The Queen

looked like

she was

pleased to

see Cpl

Cruachan

IV, right

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