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Diabetics

diabetic

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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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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by Anonymous
Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:41 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Sugar Allergy
Replies: 71
Views: 68547

Re: Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

... the aqueous phase of blood after the cells have been spun out. There shouldn't be any cells left, if the samples have been processed correctly. In diabetics, especially following ingestion of such a large amount of glucose administered by the OGTT, plasma glucose levels are expected to be very ...

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by blcr11
Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:13 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Replies: 3
Views: 399

Re: Homeostasis.

... people's quality of life. Eg. Diabetes insipidus and diabetes melitus. Genetic engineering has helped to obtain pure insulin for insulin dependent diabetics. Looking into genetherapy for genetically related diabetes as a cure.

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by favorina
Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:14 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Homeostasis.
Replies: 6
Views: 4539

Re: Glucose equilibrium within a cell

... they readily use glucose as an energy source. Also glucose increases the osmotic pressure of extracellular fluid dehydrating the body that's why diabetics drink so much water. With that said the most devastating of all glucose instabilities can be seen in diabetes glucose rains hell on the body ...

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by canan5000
Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:51 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Glucose equilibrium within a cell
Replies: 2
Views: 864

Sugar isomers

By the way, most sweets for diabetics are based on fructose...

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by MrMistery
Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:39 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Sugar isomers
Replies: 10
Views: 1196
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