Comments on: hormones and type 1 diabetes http://slightlyodd.com/2009/07/hormones-and-type-1-diabetes?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hormones-and-type-1-diabetes multipurpose collection of stuff Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:51:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cam http://slightlyodd.com/2009/07/hormones-and-type-1-diabetes/comment-page-1#comment-165 cam Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:46:24 +0000 http://slightlyodd.com/?p=140#comment-165 Basically, the presence of a hormone can either boost some kind of activity, or reduce some kind of activity. In this case, the presence of insulin serves to reduce the amount of glucose which is made by the liver. This is really important as it means that even without consuming glucose, blood sugar levels will still tend to rise due to the body's own production of glucose from (mostly) glycogen, and later due to synthesis of glucose from various other substrates including amino acids. Basically, the presence of a hormone can either boost some kind of activity, or reduce some kind of activity. In this case, the presence of insulin serves to reduce the amount of glucose which is made by the liver. This is really important as it means that even without consuming glucose, blood sugar levels will still tend to rise due to the body’s own production of glucose from (mostly) glycogen, and later due to synthesis of glucose from various other substrates including amino acids.

]]> By: Testosterone Dude! http://slightlyodd.com/2009/07/hormones-and-type-1-diabetes/comment-page-1#comment-164 Testosterone Dude! Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:16:30 +0000 http://slightlyodd.com/?p=140#comment-164 OK, I enjoyed your post, but I do have a translation request. Not from your reference, but from your article.... I followed you just fine until we got to this... Hormones don’t just act as activating agents though, they also act as inhibitory agents. We saw this in the example of the increased rate of lipolysis without insulin. Insulin also acts as an inhibitory agent for hepatic gluconeogenesis – the production of glucose from a substrate in the liver. Could you elaborate? Thanks much! OK, I enjoyed your post, but I do have a translation request. Not from your reference, but from your article….

I followed you just fine until we got to this…

Hormones don’t just act as activating agents though, they also act as inhibitory agents. We saw this in the example of the increased rate of lipolysis without insulin. Insulin also acts as an inhibitory agent for hepatic gluconeogenesis – the production of glucose from a substrate in the liver.

Could you elaborate?

Thanks much!

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