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Alice Faber

In article >,
Priscilla Ballou > wrote:

> In article >,
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:48:11 -0500, Susan >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >x-no-achive: yes
> > >
> > >Alan Moorman wrote:
> > >
> > >> And, there is a question about this:
> > >>
> > >> is a fast, high spike which comes and goes quickly better or
> > >> worse for you than...
> > >>
> > >> a long, slow rise in your bG?
> > >>
> > >> Does ANYONE really know if 45 minutes of high is worse for
> > >> you than 3 hours of medium?
> > >>
> > >> I doubt it.
> > >>
> > >> Someone, undoubtedly will respond saying something like: "It
> > >> stands to reason that......"
> > >>
> > >> Or: "Common sense says.........."
> > >>
> > >> But, has ANYONE ever researched this?????
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Alan Moorman
> > >
> > >
> > > From phlaunt.com/diabetes
> > >
> > >Prolonged Exposure to Blood Sugars Over 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L) Kills
> > >Human Beta Cells
> > >Another series of experiments on beta cells grown in culture showed that
> > >there is a threshold over which the damage to beta cells caused by
> > >exposure to elevated blood sugars becomes irreversible. It found that
> > >amount of damage cells sustained in genes that produced insulin depended
> > >on the concentration of glucose they were exposed to. The effect was
> > >continuous, not a threshold effect--meaning that the more glucose the
> > >cell was grown in, the more function it lost.
> > >
> > >In a second experiment, the same researchers took cells damaged by
> > >exposure to high blood sugars and moved them to media that had a lower
> > >concentration of blood sugar. They found the cells could survive and
> > >recover after being moved to a growth medium containing a much lower
> > >concentration of glucose, but only if the switch was made before a
> > >certain amount of time had passed. Once the cells had been exposed to
> > >glucose for that fatal time period, they could no longer be revived.
> > >
> > >
> > >In an email to me, R. Paul Robertson, one of authors of this study
> > >wrote, "I think the glucose toxic effects begin when blood glucose gets
> > >above 140 and probably earlier." However, he also explained that while
> > >studies with diabetic rats could better quantify the blood sugar levels
> > >at which this irreversible damage occurs, these rats cost $200 apiece
> > >and a lot of rats would be required. So such a project is not planned
> > >for any time soon.
> >
> > $200 Lab Rats? Are they getting these creatures from the same
> > supplier the US Govt uses to procure toilet seats? Yipes. In all
> > seriousness. Why would a lab rat cost so much? Someone please
> > educate me on this one.
> >
> >
> > <snip - see original post for credits>
>
> They're probably carefully bred so their genetic makeup doesn't cause
> erroneous results in studies.
>

Exactly. There are specific lines. And it's important for such a study
that all of the lab rats be of the same line.

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AF
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