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Old 04-21-2008, 10:03 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MikeMartial View Post
Interesting study.

This I found concerning:

A role for leucine as an enhancer of insulin sensitivity also implies the possibility that prolonged very high intakes of leucine might lead to insulin resistance, in an analogous way to insulin resistance resulting from prolonged hyperglycemia. This might ultimately lead to a blunting of the stimulation of muscle protein synthesis by food intake. Moreover, because parts of the signaling pathways from insulin to protein synthesis are shared with those involved in the regulation of glucose ****bolism, as discussed previously (26), there is the possibility that overstimulation by leucine could lead to abnormalities of glucose ****bolism.


scary

i dont want no diabetes
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