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How aspartame tricks your body Aspartame, 200 times sweeter than sugar, tricks the body into thinking it’s consuming glucose. When you ingest aspartame, it stimulates the vagus nerve, which signals the pancreas to release insulin—even though no actual sugar is present. This unnatural insulin response, repeated over time, leads to insulin resistance, a precursor to …
The Guardian: Low-carb diets work. Why does the American Diabetes Association push insulin instead? The American Diabetes Association takes millions from companies that stand to profit from our reliance on drugs. Is that affecting their guidance? For a glimpse into how big business influences the $4tn US healthcare system, look no further than the world’s …
We’re another step closer to reducing the need for round-the-clock insulin injections to manage diabetes after a new study showed how insulin-producing cells could be regenerated in the pancreas. The breakthrough was made by getting pancreatic ductal progenitor cells – that give rise to the tissues lining the pancreas’s ducts – to develop to mimic the function …