Diabetes mellitus: Hypoxia of the islets of Langerhans resulting from the systematic rest prone on the back after a meal?

The major implication of the hypothesis, if correct and accepted, is that the use of medication on a stand-alone basis without alterations to a lifestyle would not be sufficient to produce successful treatment and cure of diabetes. Behavioural therapy should be used as a primary causal therapeutic action. Education on the consequences of the PPH factor should be used as a primary preventive measure.