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Pancreatic beta cells help maintain normal blood glucose levels by producing the hormone insulin — the master regulator of energy (glucose).

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On average, participants who were able to regain normal glucose metabolism lowered their fasting glucose level by 12 percent, or 13 milligrams, dropping from 105.4 to 92.4 milligrams of glucose per deciliter of blood.

In research reported online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation on February 14, Joslin clinical researchers, led by Dr. Allison Goldfine, took tiny samples of muscles from three categories of people: some who were healthy, some with a family history of diabetes who showed signs of insulin resistance although their blood glucose levels were normal, and some with full - blown type 2 diabetes.

The pancreas responds to this sudden glucose shift by releasing insulin to restore blood sugar levels back to a normal range.

Here is a view of blood glucose levels in normal people as measured by Professor JS Christiansen (from Ned Kock via CarbSane):

Paradoxically, eating some dietary carbs can even decrease average 24 - hour blood glucose levels by increasing insulin sensitivity in normal cells.

The general signs of insulin resistance may make it difficult to pinpoint but it can be diagnosed clinically by taking a fasting insulin level (over 25 ml / U / L) or blood insulin and glucose levels obtained during 120 min of a standard (75 g glucose) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), see normal valuesglucose levels obtained during 120 min of a standard (75 g glucose) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), see normal valuesglucose) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), see normal valuesGlucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), see normal values below.

In individuals who had stomach surgery, food can pass quickly into the small intestine, which can result in quick glucose absorption, great increase of blood glucose levels followed by quick insulin release and the fall of glucose under normal levels (reactive hypoglycemia).

After administering the same amount of sugar solution to all participant, researchers found that the glucose solution decreased blood levels of testosterone by as much as 25 percent, regardless of whether the men had diabetes, prediabetes or normal glucose tolerance.

Initially, extra insulin is produced by the pancreas to make up but in time they are unable to make enough to ensure that blood glucose levels stay normal.