You Know About Insulin. And Now, the REST of the Story . . .
When we digest carbohydrates, blood sugar rises. If it goes too high it causes problems. Everybody knows that insulin lowers blood sugar levels, right? Less well-known is that regulation of blood...
View ArticleCould Glucagon Be Just as Important as Insulin in Diabetes?
Everybody knows that insulin is the key hormone gone haywire in diabetes, right? Did you know it’s not the only one out of whack? Roger Unger and Alan Cherrington in The Journal of Clinical...
View ArticleDr. Roger Unger and his Glucagon-Centric Diabetes Model
Perhaps we’ve been wrong about diabetes all along: the problem isn’t so much with insulin as with glucagon. At least one diabetes researcher would say that’s the case. Roger Unger, M.D., is a professor...
View ArticleIs Diabetes Caused by Poor Regulation of Glucagon?
Most folks assume that the hormone called insulin is at the heart of diabetes: either there’s not enough of it or it’s not working right. But thats’s not the only possible mechanism for diabetes. I’ve...
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