Comments on: The science behind blood glucose control: unveiled https://www.ymwfy.co.za/the-science-behind-blood-glucose-control-unveiled/ Chronic Care, Tailored Solutions Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Postprandial Blood Glucose and its effect on HbA1c and Heart Health explored. – Your Medication Working For You https://www.ymwfy.co.za/the-science-behind-blood-glucose-control-unveiled/#comment-76 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:47:10 +0000 https://www.ymwfy.co.za/?p=434#comment-76 […] body relies on glucose for its energy needs. By a process called homeostasis the body maintains a delicate balance of glucose levels in the blood. Too much glucose causes damage […]

]]> By: Incretins: Exploring their impact on blood sugar and beyond – Your Medication Working For You https://www.ymwfy.co.za/the-science-behind-blood-glucose-control-unveiled/#comment-62 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:44:49 +0000 https://www.ymwfy.co.za/?p=434#comment-62 […] It was later found that GLP-1 could stimulate insulin production. This discovery was important as earlier research on GIP, had suggested that other substances in the intestines beside GIP could stimulate insulin production. In 1987 a paper published in the Lancet a scientific journal, confirmed that GLP-1 is a hormone in humans that can stimulate insulin release from the pancreas. […]

]]> By:   GLP 1 Agonists – Your Medication Working For You https://www.ymwfy.co.za/the-science-behind-blood-glucose-control-unveiled/#comment-43 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:07:03 +0000 https://www.ymwfy.co.za/?p=434#comment-43 […] The history of GLP-1 agonists can be traced back to the early 1990’s ,where researcher and physician Dr John Eng was working on developing tests that could identify hormones with potential untested benefits. He came across studies, done by researchers in the early 1980’s at the National Institute of Health (NIH).These researchers had noted that poison from certain snakes and lizards could cause swelling of the pancreas. […]

]]> By:  Euglycemic diabetes ketoacidosis – Your Medication Working For You https://www.ymwfy.co.za/the-science-behind-blood-glucose-control-unveiled/#comment-37 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:43:57 +0000 https://www.ymwfy.co.za/?p=434#comment-37 […] medications. Low glucose levels trigger the alpha cells of the pancreas to release glucagon. Glucagon causes the breakdown of fats, which produces […]

]]> By: The Story of Type 2 Diabetes: From past to present – Your Medication Working For You https://www.ymwfy.co.za/the-science-behind-blood-glucose-control-unveiled/#comment-32 Tue, 13 May 2025 17:18:31 +0000 https://www.ymwfy.co.za/?p=434#comment-32 […] was adopted to replace IDDM. Type 1 diabetes was defined as diabetes caused by death or loss of beta cell function,caused by abnormal activity of the immune system or other unknown factors, resulting in lack of […]

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