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Insulin increases the number of transport proteins that facilitate the entry of glucose into a cell. If a person cannot make insulin or cannot respond to insulin, what will happen?
A. Glucose will accumulate in the blood
B. The blood plasma will become hypertonic
C. The blood plasma will become hypotonic.
D. Cells will have to use an alternative energy source because glucose can’t enter them.
E. The cells will lose water to the plasma.

If you don’t make or can’t respond to insulin you are diabetic (type I in the first case, type II in the second). So glucose will accumulate in the blood.

This will make the blood plasma hypertonic, since there will be more stuff dissolved in the plasma.

As a result, cells will lose water to the plasma, decreasing the hypertonicity.

In other words, this is a very poorly written multiple choice question since A B and E are all true.

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For example: What’s gone wrong with insulin production and how does that affect the body’s ability to fuel itself with glucose (blood sugar)? Please explain for type 1 and type 2!

Insulin is needed so that the cells can utilize the sugars in your blood for energy.
Type 1 is because your body does not manufacture enough or any insulin.
Type 2 is that your cells do not react correctly to the insulin and therefore do not use the sugar in the blood correctly. AKA Insulin resistant.

The pancreas stop producing insulin when the body’s own immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Therefore, it is an autoimmune disease.
Destroyed cells will not ever make the hormone insulin again.

It has not been established yet, as to why this happens. However it is thought to be in connection with genes, though having the right gene is not enough.

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My mother and I use insulin and she is leaving to another state for 2 days. We use insulin from the same bottle. I was wondering if I could leave a few syringes with my insulin in the fridge so she can take the bottle with her. Thank you in advanced.

yes, you can safely do that.

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Insulin resistance is a condition where normal amounts of insulin do not elicit a normal degree of insulin response. In insulin resistant individuals (without diabetes), the concentrations of blood insulin are higher than normal. Describe all relevant events.

First, insulin resistance is the result of ‘metabolic syndrome’ which is a condition that results from excess carb intake, poor nutrient intake, and inadequate amounts of exercise to burn off the excesses. Insulin resistance is merely a term to describe the condition of someone who is on their way from just having metabolic syndrome to becoming full blown (type two) diabetic. When target cells become less responsive to the signalling of insulin and blood sugar begins to build up, the natural response is for the source cells to produce more insulin in an effort to move the glucose from the blood into the cells. After reading the following source material, you will have a clear understanding of all of the relevant events.

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I’m on vacation and my father forgot to pack his insulin. He has type 1 diabetes, needs two shots a day, and took a shot this morning before leaving. His doctor’s office is closed at this time of night, what would be the best solution to getting more insulin at this point?

Thanks in advance.

Find a local Urgent Care clinic, or ER. Go in and tell them the situation before your father has an emergency and really needs the ER. They should be able to prescribe the proper dose and fill a prescription for the duration of the trip.

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Mark Sisson says insulin is a major factor in fat gain and that it is NOT all about the calories.

Who is right?

Is it insulin or calories that get you fatter?

Calories… It’s obvious.
If people are saying different, they’re just trying to sell something and come up with a gimmick.

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What are the different ways insulin is administered and I have heard things about taking insulin orally, but how does that work because won’t our enzymes break it down before it reaches the blood stream?

Different ways which insulin is administered are
1.Injection-Insulin is injected under the skin,so that it can be slowly absorbed by the blood stream
2.Insulin pump
3.Inhalation
3.Trans dermal
4.Intra nasal(under investigation)
5.Oral insulin-Since insulin can be digested by the protease’s, the oral pills are having a protective coating which prevent the insulin being digested in the stomach(studies are going on in the field of oral insulin pills,since the present day pills are less efficient)

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