Article
[Insulin sensitizers].
Revue medicale de Liege - 1 Jan 2000
Scheen A J, Paquot N
Abstract excerpt
Insulin resistance has a genetic background and its phenotypic expression is triggered by fat diet, lack of physical activity and obesity. It provokes a stress on B cells, tends to increase blood glucose levels, is intimately associated with the metabolic syndrome and represents a major cardiovascular risk factor. Insulin resistance may be favourably influenced by simple life-style changes. If necessary, drugs...
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