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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2433984" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Insulin is not Needed for Glucose Uptake and Utilization in Humans</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Interestingly for me as a type 1 the reason I need insulin even without consumption of glucose is that my body's glucagon production is disinhibited in the absence of indogenous insulin. So type 1 isn't so much an absence of insulin but more an excess of glucagon leading to gluconeogenesis. The external insulin doesn't stop the gluconeogenesis but does deal with the results</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">I am surprised that non diabetics don't also have a small quantity of insulin because your own insulin does inhibit gng before you even get to the production of ketones that may compete with glucose as a fuel source for the cells.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2433984, member: 365308"] [SIZE=5][B]Insulin is not Needed for Glucose Uptake and Utilization in Humans[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Interestingly for me as a type 1 the reason I need insulin even without consumption of glucose is that my body's glucagon production is disinhibited in the absence of indogenous insulin. So type 1 isn't so much an absence of insulin but more an excess of glucagon leading to gluconeogenesis. The external insulin doesn't stop the gluconeogenesis but does deal with the results I am surprised that non diabetics don't also have a small quantity of insulin because your own insulin does inhibit gng before you even get to the production of ketones that may compete with glucose as a fuel source for the cells.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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