My thesis is that there are undoubtedly negative effects from over - or under -
utilization of glucose by tissues; else evolution wouldn't be trying to mitigate the over - or under - supply by lipogenesis and gluconeogenesis.
The latter effect would be anticipated based on the premise that amyloid - beta promotes
full utilization of glucose anaerobically, as I discussed previously.
Peterson ME, Winkler B, Kintzer PP, Altszuler N: Effect of spontaneous hyperadrenocorticism on endogenous production and
utilization of glucose in the dog.
Indeed, increased uptake and
utilization of glucose has been reported for many human tumors.
In the same way, eating too few or too many carbs will not affect the levels of glucose in the blood — these must be maintained above 60 mg / dl if glucose is to enter the brain which is essential for life even under ketosis — but may strain or stress our tissues which must downregulate or upregulate
their utilization of glucose to match the flux of carbs into the body.
Insulin does several things in our bodies: it increases the uptake and
utilization of glucose, turns glucose into fat and glycogen, and prevents metabolism of that fat and glycogen.
This study shows that green tea decrease fat production, increases fat breakdown, and increase
the utilization of glucose.
This study shows that green tea decrease fat production, boost fat breakdowns, and increase
the utilization of glucose.
Research studies indicate that rapidly growing tumors utilize increased amounts of glucose and the end product of
this utilization of glucose is an acid environment that is conducive to continued tumor growth.