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Dictionary » D » Diabetics Diabeticsdiabetic diabetes mellitus is a disorder that is caused by the insufficient production of the pancreatic hormone insulin. Without insulin cells are unable to absorb glucose, necessary for cellular metabolism and energy production. Patients may have type i diabetes (juvenile onset) or type II diabetes (adult onset). Individuals with either condition are considered to be diabetic. ![]()
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Results from our forumquick insulin questionInsulin increases the rate of protein synthesis and therefore lowers the blood amino acid concentration. Someone lacking insulin (e.g. type I diabetics) would see an increase in their blood amino acid concentration.
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Re: diabetiesDiabetics, a group of diseases and the human body to produce enough insulin to control the distribution of glucose in the human body is a disease that can be very serious at times. This is because it takes more calories to ...
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Pancreas transplantIt would be pointless for diabetics - Type 1 is autoimmune, and you might just as well treat it with anti-rejection drugs and forget the transplant, and most Type 2's wouldn't be affected. I know that in other mammals, a pancreas is a ...
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Pancreas transplantI've read in many articles that pancreas transplant, e.g. for diabetics, are not performed unless necessary because they are extrmely dangerous, but i couldn't get a concrete answer as regards why.
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Re: Sugar Allergy... been tested for diabetes and it does not show anything accept pre-diabetis or low blood sugar. When they look at the Diabetic diet they find that diabetics can have all sorts of things he could never even touch one spoon ful of or one taste of! He can have things like bread, rice, potatoes with ...
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