Insulin is the body’s subway pusher, shoving glucose into the cell no matter the consequences. If the normal amount of insulin can’t get the glucose in, then the body calls for reinforcements: even more insulin. But the main cause of the insulin resistance is that the cell was already overflowing with glucose. Because the cell is overfilled with glucose, glucose spills out of the cell, leading to increased blood glucose levels. This leads to the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. If you now give more insulin, or drugs that stimulate the production of insulin, then yes, temporarily, more glucose can
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