date:May 29, 2014
Stimulates muscles like exercise
When the researchers gave PDX to groups of obese, diabetic rats, they found that the chemical acted on the body in a similar way as physical exercise, stimulating the release of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in muscle cells.
Once in the bloodstream, IL-6 controls glucose levels in two ways: it signals to the liver to reduce glucose production and acts directly on the muscles to increase glucose uptake, researcher Andre Marette said.
When they performed the same experim