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The most prescribed drug for type 2 diabetes is Metformin. Thought to be the best oral drug because it slows down the production of glucose in the liver rather than just raising insulin levels, and it helps cut down insulin resistance which is what eventually results in type 2 diabetes, and it has been shown to help cholesterol levels. So why did the media not pick up on this recent study. I never could take Metformin but what the study says is quite shocking:
"In the current study, metformin caused the heart metabolism of men to move in an undesirable direction -- burning less sugar and more fats. Chronic burning of fat by the heart, according to Gropler, leads to detrimental changes in the heart muscle, which can lead to heart failure."
"Instead of making heart metabolism more normal in men, metformin alone made it worse, looking even more like a diabetic heart," Gropler said. "But in women, metformin had the desired effect -- lowering fat metabolism and increasing glucose uptake by the heart."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/…/131212123321.htm
Here is a better link to the article: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/26268.aspx
"In the current study, metformin caused the heart metabolism of men to move in an undesirable direction -- burning less sugar and more fats. Chronic burning of fat by the heart, according to Gropler, leads to detrimental changes in the heart muscle, which can lead to heart failure."
"Instead of making heart metabolism more normal in men, metformin alone made it worse, looking even more like a diabetic heart," Gropler said. "But in women, metformin had the desired effect -- lowering fat metabolism and increasing glucose uptake by the heart."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/…/131212123321.htm
Here is a better link to the article: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/26268.aspx
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