Sentences with phrase «sugar than normal cells»
Cancer cells use much more sugar than normal cells, and they do it by changing the way they use these energy sources from the environment.
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The metabolism of bone cells determines how much sugar they use; if the bone cells consume more sugar than normal, this can lower the glucose level in the blood.
Remember, the purpose of insulin is to escort sugar from our blood to our cells, so this huge spike that occurs when we eat refined sugars causes more sugar to get pulled out of the blood a lot faster than normal.
Cancer cells are known to have anywhere from ten to seventy times more insulin receptors than normal cells and depend upon anaerobic metabolism of sugar for fuel.