The 'Bear' Facts on Obesity and Diabetes [Consumer.Healthday.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/6/144:00 AM

The ways grizzly bears deal with hibernation and fluctuating weight might offer valuable new clues to human obesity and diabetes, new research suggests.

The study authors note that the tissues of obese people with type 2 diabetes become dangerously insensitive to insulin, the hormone that helps control the level of sugar in the blood.

However, unlike people, insulin levels in grizzly bears do not change, the researchers found. Instead, the bears' cells seem to be able to control their ability to respond to insulin.

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