Tag Archives: insulin

Who Discovered Insulin

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Anna

It was back in the day in 1921 that Frederick Banting and Charles H Best discovered insulin. Banting and Best injected the hormone into a diabetic dog and found that it effectively lowered high blood glucose levels to normal. So … Continue reading →

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Bad pancreas!!

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Anna

I couldn’t help but notice how most everyone keeps on blaming pancreas on the havoc it wreaked that results in diabetes. Lazy pancreas, cranky pancreas, misbehaving and more. Some folk are texting it. However the real culprit is the immune … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Sick Days

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Anna

Most everyone gets sick once in a while; it’s not uncommon to get a cold or flu or another illness. However when you have diabetes, your body sees a sickness as a form of a stress and releases hormones to … Continue reading →