Word: insulin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...select group aged three to 45 at high risk of developing Type I diabetes will be treated with small doses of insulin to prevent the disease. Currently, insulin is only used to treat those already afflicted with the disease...
...hoping that insulin treatment before the disease expresses itself will prevent the disease altogether," says Dr. R. Paul Robertson, professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota. "In the best of all possible worlds, this method would prevent or delay Type I diabetes," he says...
Type I or juvenile-onset diabetes occurs when a body's immune system attacks the cells that create insulin. Insulin is necessary for the body to break down sugars for energy. The disease progresses slowly with few symptoms...
Rather than count calories, Montignac measures foods by their "glycemic index," or the blood-sugar level they induce. Sugar, he contends, stimulates the overproduction of insulin, which leads the body to store fat. Thus foods with a high index, such as potatoes and white bread, should not be combined with fats like butter...
...Good Life: Such medicines are not any part of life's 'telos' (sorry, Aristotle), they are more of a precondition for returning to the world of energy, mental concentration and varied feelings. Some very loose analogies can be found with thyroid medication for those who need it, insulin for diabetics and in fact adequate nutrition for everyone: intake of any chemicals and nutrients to sustain a decent life is not the final goal but the means to be fully capable of pursuing other goods...