Gut Hormone Has 'Remote Control' On Blood Sugar

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 23:28 in Health & Medicine

A gut hormone first described in 1928 plays an unanticipated and important role in the remote control of blood sugar production in the liver, according to a new report. What's more, the researchers show that rats fed a high-fat diet for a few days become resistant to the glucose-lowering hormone known as cholecystokinin.

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