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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2193711" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p>Stephen,</p><p>Either you mis-typed or you mis-remembered.</p><p>It is Insulin which drives supposedly surplus Blood Glucose into Fat Cells. Insulin is the fat storage hormone. And it is Pancreatic Beta Cells which produce Insulin.</p><p></p><p>Thus all any non-diabetic bears need to do to prepare for hibernation is to gorge on carbs. Their Insulin ensures that they increase their body fat stores. Then when hibernating they are not eating carbs (or anything else) so Insulin is absent allowing the stored body fat to be used as energy to keep their body ticking over until they can eat again in spring.</p><p>Edited to say: Obviously any diabetic bears who need to hibernate would die in the first year of diabetes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2193711, member: 506169"] Stephen, Either you mis-typed or you mis-remembered. It is Insulin which drives supposedly surplus Blood Glucose into Fat Cells. Insulin is the fat storage hormone. And it is Pancreatic Beta Cells which produce Insulin. Thus all any non-diabetic bears need to do to prepare for hibernation is to gorge on carbs. Their Insulin ensures that they increase their body fat stores. Then when hibernating they are not eating carbs (or anything else) so Insulin is absent allowing the stored body fat to be used as energy to keep their body ticking over until they can eat again in spring. Edited to say: Obviously any diabetic bears who need to hibernate would die in the first year of diabetes. [/QUOTE]
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