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Re: WebMD - Insulin Pill Fights ObesityFrom: Panacea (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:45:31 -0600 (CST)
At Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Belle wrote: > >Let me try again, I think that I am a little more cognizant than I was >at 2 this morning. The bottom line is that we have too much insulin and >get sugar lows because we over-compensate. We eat something then our >body struggles to deal with the sugar and we pump out more and more >insulin. If we do not have adequate assistance (such as an insulin >sensitizing drug), we will get *too much* insulin in reaction to the >glucose. > >It is thought that if you have the insulin ready, the glucose will be >metabolized before your pancreas has an opportunity to deliver the >excess insulin. When this is the case, you end up with **less insulin >in your system**. That doesn't make sense. Our body pumps out more insulin because the insulin doesn't work. IE our body doesn't know what to DO with it.. it wouldn't matter if the insulin was ours or someone else's.
-- Panacea
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