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Insulin…an Undeserved Bad Reputation

Insulin…an Undeserved Bad Reputation

I feel sorry for insulin.  Insulin has been bullied and beaten up.  It has been cast as an evil hormone that should be shunned.  However, insulin doesn't deserve the treatment it...

Insulin: An Undeserved Bad Reputation, Part 5: Addressing the Critics

Insulin: An Undeserved Bad Reputation, Part 5: Addressing the Critics

...accompanies it. Insulin resistance is causing the high insulin in obese people (the high insulin is the body's way to compensate for insulin resistance). I will continue to address other...

Insulin: An Undeserved Bad Reputation, Part 2

Insulin: An Undeserved Bad Reputation, Part 2

...GLP-1 potentiates insulin secretion, enhances the synthesis of insulin, upregulates insulin gene expression, and inhibits glucagon (insulin's opposing hormone) secretion. Yet Exenatide, which mimics GLP-1 and helps stimulate insulin secretion,...

Insulin: An Undeserved Bad Reputation, Part 3…MOOOOO!!!!

Insulin: An Undeserved Bad Reputation, Part 3…MOOOOO!!!!

...3rd highest insulin response: Blood glucose response to dairy foods compared to white bread The insulinogenic index, which relates the amount of insulin secretion to the blood glucose response, was...

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