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The Types of Basal Insulin
The beta cells that live in the pancreas normally secrete insulin into the blood stream 24 hours a day. They do this according to two general patterns. First, there is basal insulin secretion. This supplies a constant and low level of insulin to the body over a full 24-hour period, regardless of whether food is...
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The Answers to Your Questions About Continuous Glucose Monitors
Following the live webinar The Info Hiding in Your Continuous Glucose Monitor Readings, our team collected your questions and recorded a Q&A session with Dr. Alice Cheng. In this session, the following questions about CGMs are answered: What information does a CGM summarize? Where is the best place on the body to wear a...
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Amylin – Insulin’s Less-Discussed Partner
Discussions of diabetes typically focus on insulin, which is made by the beta cells in the pancreas. Notably, the beta cells also make another hormone called amylin. Indeed, these cells secrete amylin into the bloodstream whenever they secrete insulin. The hormone has several effects. It acts on alpha cells in the pancreas to inhibit their...
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Automatic Insulin Delivery (AID) Systems for Type 1 Diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes have extremely low, or absent insulin levels. This usually occurs because their immune system attacks and destroys the insulin producing cells in their pancreas. Insulin is a crucial hormone that maintains the health of muscle and fat and prevents glucose levels from rising. In its absence, muscle and fat are...
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Diabetes Basics Part 8: What Tools Can Effectively Lower Glucose Levels?
Several blogs on this platform discuss the role of modest changes in diet, physical activity, weight, and the benefit of CGM for achieving good glucose levels. These represent the foundation upon which an optimal regimen can be built, and like any foundation, it needs to be firm. Other blogs discuss specific glucose lowering drugs. This...
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What Are the Types of Insulin Therapy?
There are 2 broad types of insulin therapy. They are basal insulin, also called long-acting insulin, and meal-related or prandial or short-acting insulin. All insulins must be given by injection, because it cannot be absorbed through the intestines. Basal insulin is typically injected once or twice daily. There is also one type of basal insulin...