Insulin
noun
A hormone produced in the pancreas which helps your body to control the amount of sugar in your blood.
People with diabetes may need to inject insulin to keep their blood sugar levels stable.
Often appears as...
- inject insulin
- insulin therapy
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Technical
noun
A substance used in medicine to treat diabetes.
My grandmother has to take insulin shots daily because she has diabetes.
Often appears as...
- insulin shots
- insulin treatment
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A hormone produced in the pancreas which helps your body to control the amount of sugar in your blood.
People with diabetes may need to inject insulin to keep their blood sugar levels stable.
Often appears as...
- inject insulin
- insulin therapy
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A substance used in medicine to treat diabetes.
My grandmother has to take insulin shots daily because she has diabetes.
Often appears as...
- insulin shots
- insulin treatment
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Body Function
Insulin helps maintain the balance of blood sugar, which is vital for the body's function.
Without enough insulin, a person’s blood sugar levels can become dangerously high.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Treatment
Insulin injections are a common treatment for managing diabetes.
After each meal, Marisa checks her blood sugar and then takes insulin if needed.
Pro Tip 3/3Healthcare Topic
Insulin usage is a sensitive healthcare topic and requires medical knowledge to discuss accurately.
If you're writing about insulin, make sure your information is from credible medical sources.
Pro Tip 1/3Body Function
Insulin helps maintain the balance of blood sugar, which is vital for the body's function.
Without enough insulin, a person’s blood sugar levels can become dangerously high.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Treatment
Insulin injections are a common treatment for managing diabetes.
After each meal, Marisa checks her blood sugar and then takes insulin if needed.
Pro Tip 3/3Healthcare Topic
Insulin usage is a sensitive healthcare topic and requires medical knowledge to discuss accurately.
If you're writing about insulin, make sure your information is from credible medical sources.
Pro Tip 1/3Body Function
Insulin helps maintain the balance of blood sugar, which is vital for the body's function.
Without enough insulin, a person’s blood sugar levels can become dangerously high.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Treatment
Insulin injections are a common treatment for managing diabetes.
After each meal, Marisa checks her blood sugar and then takes insulin if needed.
Pro Tip 3/3Healthcare Topic
Insulin usage is a sensitive healthcare topic and requires medical knowledge to discuss accurately.
If you're writing about insulin, make sure your information is from credible medical sources.
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How sugar affects the...
telling your brain that you're full or that your body should produce more insulin to deal with the extra sugar you're eating. The major currency of our reward system is dopamine, an important chemical or neurotransmitter. There are many dopamine receptors in the forebrain, but they're not evenly distributed.
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What did dogs teach...
the vet may even turn to a formulation of human insulin, bringing the process full circle. After all that dogs have done for us throughout the ages, including their role in a medical discovery that has saved countless human lives, using that same knowledge to help them is the least we could do.
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What is obesity? - Mia...
can improve insulin resistance and decrease inflammation. What was once an advantage for survival is now working against us. As the world's population continues to slow down and get bigger, moving and consciously eating our way towards a healthier weight is essential to our overall well-being.
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Peter Attia: What if...
You can think of insulin as this master hormone that controls what our body does with the foods we eat, whether we burn it or store it. This is called fuel partitioning in the lingo. Now failure to produce enough insulin is incompatible with life. And insulin resistance, as its name suggests,
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How does your body know...
they trigger the pancreas to release insulin. Insulin stimulates the body's fat cells to make another hormone called leptin. Leptin reacts with receptors on neuron populations in the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus has two sets of neurons important for our feeling of hunger.
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How do carbohydrates...
helps us understand something called insulin sensitivity. The more a given unit of insulin lowers blood sugar, the more sensitive you are to insulin. If insulin sensitivity goes down, that's known as insulin resistance. The pancreas still sends out insulin,
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How stress affects your...
that can increase your risk of developing chronic diseases, such as heart disease and insulin resistance. Meanwhile, stress hormones affect immune cells in a variety of ways. Initially, they help prepare to fight invaders and heal after injury,
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What does the pancreas...
and go on to enrich the body. While all this is happening, the pancreas works on another critical task, controlling the amount of sugar in your blood. It achieves this with the hormones insulin and glucagon,
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How does our gut talk to...
initial self we think one week of the surgery her diabetes was gone she didn't need more insulin shots but the part that shocked me the most was that before the surgery she said she couldn't even
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Last of the Viking...
daughter she just died today started school in insulin but I wanted to go out and see the world but i'm at the same
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How sugar affects the...
telling your brain that you're full or that your body should produce more insulin to deal with the extra sugar you're eating. The major currency of our reward system is dopamine, an important chemical or neurotransmitter. There are many dopamine receptors in the forebrain, but they're not evenly distributed.
Video examples
What did dogs teach...
the vet may even turn to a formulation of human insulin, bringing the process full circle. After all that dogs have done for us throughout the ages, including their role in a medical discovery that has saved countless human lives, using that same knowledge to help them is the least we could do.
Video examples
What is obesity? - Mia...
can improve insulin resistance and decrease inflammation. What was once an advantage for survival is now working against us. As the world's population continues to slow down and get bigger, moving and consciously eating our way towards a healthier weight is essential to our overall well-being.
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
You can think of insulin as this master hormone that controls what our body does with the foods we eat, whether we burn it or store it. This is called fuel partitioning in the lingo. Now failure to produce enough insulin is incompatible with life. And insulin resistance, as its name suggests,
Video examples
How does your body know...
they trigger the pancreas to release insulin. Insulin stimulates the body's fat cells to make another hormone called leptin. Leptin reacts with receptors on neuron populations in the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus has two sets of neurons important for our feeling of hunger.
Video examples
How do carbohydrates...
helps us understand something called insulin sensitivity. The more a given unit of insulin lowers blood sugar, the more sensitive you are to insulin. If insulin sensitivity goes down, that's known as insulin resistance. The pancreas still sends out insulin,
Video examples
How stress affects your...
that can increase your risk of developing chronic diseases, such as heart disease and insulin resistance. Meanwhile, stress hormones affect immune cells in a variety of ways. Initially, they help prepare to fight invaders and heal after injury,
Video examples
What does the pancreas...
and go on to enrich the body. While all this is happening, the pancreas works on another critical task, controlling the amount of sugar in your blood. It achieves this with the hormones insulin and glucagon,
Video examples
How does our gut talk to...
initial self we think one week of the surgery her diabetes was gone she didn't need more insulin shots but the part that shocked me the most was that before the surgery she said she couldn't even
Video examples
Last of the Viking...
daughter she just died today started school in insulin but I wanted to go out and see the world but i'm at the same
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Quote examples
Sharice Davids
American Politician
Whether it's a mom worrying about affording insulin for her children or a cancer patient fearing bankruptcy due the price of his life-saving medications, the number one issue Kansans talk to me about is the cost of health care and prescription drugs.
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Frederick Banting
Canadian Scientist
Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life.
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Lucy Davis
English Actress
I have friends who don't even know I'm diabetic. I don't hide it, but it's the last thing I need to tell someone. I take my insulin with every meal and have kidney drugs twice a day, but that is, like, habit. That's how I deal with it.
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Mel Gibson
Actor
I'm pretty fit, naturally. I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well and I think it has an effect on me. But hey, I'm putting on the insulin tire like everybody else, but that's just a function of getting older.
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Steven Gundry
American Author
When we lessen lectin consumption, the gut wall reseals and the stimulus to store fat is removed. Lectins no longer bind to insulin receptors, and we no longer store fat aggressively. Weight loss invariably follows.
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Ian K. Smith
American Author
The critical part with meal spacing is that you stabilize your hormones so that you do not have those spikes in insulin that occur when you eat large meals.
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Jasper Carrott
English Comedian
Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.
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Gunnar Peterson
American Businessman
Protein helps your insulin levels not spike and helps you not store your food as fat.
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Jay Cutler
American Athlete
Diabetes is all about insulin levels and sugar levels and what you put in your body.
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Susan Burton
American Activist
Insulin is a crisis medication.
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Sharice Davids
American Politician
Whether it's a mom worrying about affording insulin for her children or a cancer patient fearing bankruptcy due the price of his life-saving medications, the number one issue Kansans talk to me about is the cost of health care and prescription drugs.
Quote examples
Frederick Banting
Canadian Scientist
Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life.
Quote examples
Lucy Davis
English Actress
I have friends who don't even know I'm diabetic. I don't hide it, but it's the last thing I need to tell someone. I take my insulin with every meal and have kidney drugs twice a day, but that is, like, habit. That's how I deal with it.
Quote examples
Mel Gibson
Actor
I'm pretty fit, naturally. I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well and I think it has an effect on me. But hey, I'm putting on the insulin tire like everybody else, but that's just a function of getting older.
Quote examples
Steven Gundry
American Author
When we lessen lectin consumption, the gut wall reseals and the stimulus to store fat is removed. Lectins no longer bind to insulin receptors, and we no longer store fat aggressively. Weight loss invariably follows.
Quote examples
Ian K. Smith
American Author
The critical part with meal spacing is that you stabilize your hormones so that you do not have those spikes in insulin that occur when you eat large meals.
Quote examples
Jasper Carrott
English Comedian
Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.
Quote examples
Gunnar Peterson
American Businessman
Protein helps your insulin levels not spike and helps you not store your food as fat.
Quote examples
Jay Cutler
American Athlete
Diabetes is all about insulin levels and sugar levels and what you put in your body.
Quote examples
Susan Burton
American Activist
Insulin is a crisis medication.
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