Dear Hobs,
Thanks for the information. The site is in the charge of a third party. I will forward your advice.
All please note that the model is a proposal. It is well known that diabetes is caused by trans-fatty acids and the modified electron transport chain is in the literature. What I have tried to do is propose a method by which the set point is established. This done the model predicts that as poisoning continues the set point of the control mechanism rises so that the pancrease tries to regulate blood sugar to progressively higher and higher levels. In the terminal stages even taking full medication and fasting for days will still leave you with very high blood sugar. The glucose in your blood is not as a result of what you have eaten but as a result of excess glucagon production. You are making your own blood sugar! Kings College have proposed that this is as a result of a blocking of the glucagon inhibitor my suggestion is that it is as a result of different bundle sizes meaning that the glucagon is switched off later than the insulin is switched on and this difference increases as poisoning progresses.
My model needs further development and referencing and doubltless modification.
JM