I didn't know that, but it makes sense.

Cheri


Alice Faber wrote in message ...
>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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