Peter Attia· MD
insulin while an amazing and important hormone is not benign and there's a big difference between taking 100 units of insulin a day to achieve normal glycemia and taking 20 units of insulin a day to achieve normal glycemia
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
insulin while an amazing and important hormone is not benign and there's a big difference between taking 100 units of insulin a day to achieve normal glycemia and taking 20 units of insulin a day to achieve normal glycemia
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