The term insulin resistance doesn’t adequately encompass related factors such as insulin sensitivity ISI or beta cell function.    From Wordnik.com.  [More thoughts on why low-carb the second time around | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

And insulin is actually known as a fat forming hormone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Understanding Healthy Nutrition] Reference

We must not imagine that insulin is able to cure diabetes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology or Medicine 1923 - Presentation Speech] Reference

It also leads to higher levels of a hormone called insulin-like growth factor in milk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

A hormone called insulin is needed for the glucose to be taken up and used by the body.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

There are high rates of high blood pressure and diabetes in NO, so insulin is a “must”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Needless exaggeration « BuzzMachine] Reference

After passing through the filter the insulin is retested carefully to determine its potency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frederick G. Banting - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Nobel Prize for the discovery of insulin is only mentioned on two occasions and very briefly.    From Wordnik.com.  [August Krogh and the Nobel Prize to Branting and MacLeod] Reference

Basically, insulin is a protein hormone that is secreted by endocrines cells in the pancreas.    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 June - Telic Thoughts] Reference

Incidentally, there was no difference in insulin resistance or diabetes between the two groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Melanocortin Linked to Blood Pressure Control] Reference

The problem, therefore, was how to extract insulin from the pancreas before it had been thus destroyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frederick G. Banting - Biography] Reference

Finally, BGH has been linked to an elevation in the levels of a hormone called insulin-like growth factor-1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kansan.com stories] Reference

It turns out that insulin is a multifunctional signal molecule, highlighting the modularity of the whole system.    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 June - Telic Thoughts] Reference

With HI, the secretion of insulin is not properly regulated, causing excess insulin secretion and low blood sugar.    From Wordnik.com.  [What is HI?] Reference

That insulin is a physiologically important hormone which is used in the treatment of diabetes is well known to all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958 - Presentation Speech] Reference

To complicate matters, milk also contains natural hormones - including a hormone called insulin-like growth factor-1 or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference

Pancreas transplantation is the only treatment in T1D that can restore long-term insulin independence and normoglycemia.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Food won't change the rate at which insulin is absorbed into the blood, but it does affect your blood sugar in general.    From Wordnik.com.  [9 Must-Know Facts About How Insulin Works] Reference

May 1, 2008 at 1:17 pm pfff…whatev, my dad has diabetes he makes fun of it more then anyone. he calls insulin pig juice.    From Wordnik.com.  [type 2 diabeetus - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

Long-term insulin resistance puts extra burdens on the pancreas to produce more, and eventually can result in type 2 diabetes.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Actually, there has been quite a lot of interest in insulin lowering medications for ovulation induction in the gyn community.    From Wordnik.com.  [Treating Infertility by Flushing the Tubes] Reference

Because of its probiotic fermentation-enhancing effects in the digestive system, RS even improves long-term insulin sensitivity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forever Young] Reference

Diabetes can be caused either by either a defect in insulin production (type I) or a defect with the insulin receptors (type II).    From Wordnik.com.  [2008 June - Telic Thoughts] Reference

If not enough insulin is produced or it doesn't function normally, sugar builds up in the blood, damaging nerves and blood vessels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diabetes diet? Think tasty, but healthful] Reference

Its almost the short term insulin somehow sat in the subq region, and took its sweet time getting into my system, and then hit all at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes] Reference

Type 1 diabetes, formerly known as insulin-dependent, sees the pancreas failing to produce the insulin which is essential for survival.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

This is known as insulin resistance or insulin sensitivity.    From Wordnik.com.  [About Today] Reference

For example, some women have what's called insulin resistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2002] Reference

Medtronic recalls insulin infusion equipment (source: Star Tribune).    From Wordnik.com.  [Rocket News] Reference

You can become a type 2 who uses insulin, which is not the same thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes] Reference

They make insulin, which is a hormone, but their body is resistant to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2002] Reference

The most powerful of these is Somatomedins - C also called insulin-like-growth factor - 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

She raised 2 Type 1 children and now she struggles with the idea of insulin for herself ...?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes] Reference

People with type 1 diabetes cannot make insulin, which is needed to help break down the sugar in your body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blisstree] Reference

The pancreas releases a hormone, called insulin, which enables the glucose to enter the cells and be used as fuel.    From Wordnik.com.  [WSOCTV.com - Local News] Reference

It's been discovered that this substance destroys the brain cells 'receptors for insulin, which is used by the brain to make new memories.    From Wordnik.com.  [KETV.com - Local News] Reference