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Old 02-02-2006, 05:06 AM
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ok now here is where i am running into a problem guys. From my understanding and trial and error i've seen that fenugreek can increase insulin sensitivity.

"It was concluded that 2 g of a powdered mixture of traditional medicinal plants in either raw or cooked form can be successfully used for lowering blood glucose in diabetics."

"Administration of Fenugreek extract to STZ-diabetic rats reduced blood glucose level by 58%, restored liver glycogen content and significantly decreased kidney glycogen as well as liver glucose-6-phosphatase activity"

Both these quotes from pubmed. Now here in lies my confusion. If by utilizing fenugreek, i am decreasing blood glucose levels (increasing insulin sensitivity) then where is this glucose going? is it being shuttled to muscle? fat cells? is my fat cell insullin sensitivity increasing? or will the use of stims to inducrease fat and muscle insulin resistance stop those sugars from being shuttled to fat?

Man this shit is killing me, I wish I knew exactly what to exspect, none of the studies i've found have measured insulin response in seperate areas, they only seem to be concerned with blood/kidney/liver glucose levels and that doesnt translate into info I can use.
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