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<blockquote data-quote="Omar101" data-source="post: 586961" data-attributes="member: 97999"><p>I have a bit of a theory for this:</p><p></p><p>During the day you have hormones like glucagon present in your system which cause you to release glucose from your liver in a more or less steady rate and under stressful circumstances the amount of glucagon increases equaling more free glucose. The presence of insulin greatly inhibits the production of glucagon so having a normal meal and injecting insulin for about 4 hours you see reduced glucagon which returns as insulin eventually falls. However if you are "stacking" insulin for multiple meals and increasing the time of inhibited glucagon production for several hours, insulin becomes "more effective" in that there is significantly less free glucose being released from the liver as none is being released by glucagon and in practice you would need less insulin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Omar101, post: 586961, member: 97999"] I have a bit of a theory for this: During the day you have hormones like glucagon present in your system which cause you to release glucose from your liver in a more or less steady rate and under stressful circumstances the amount of glucagon increases equaling more free glucose. The presence of insulin greatly inhibits the production of glucagon so having a normal meal and injecting insulin for about 4 hours you see reduced glucagon which returns as insulin eventually falls. However if you are "stacking" insulin for multiple meals and increasing the time of inhibited glucagon production for several hours, insulin becomes "more effective" in that there is significantly less free glucose being released from the liver as none is being released by glucagon and in practice you would need less insulin. [/QUOTE]
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