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...testosterone together, and you get a whopping increase." Why? Some research suggests that testosterone's role in women is diversionary: it attaches to so-called steroid-binding globulins in the blood that would otherwise latch onto estrogen molecules and render them inert. The testosterone is taken away to the liver, while the estrogen is free to make a lust-inducing dash for the brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biology: The Chemistry of Desire | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...course, to grouse about the power of packers, who are constantly finding ways to cut costs--through mergers, automation and assaults on labor unions. But the three largest companies--Tyson Foods, Cargill and Swift & Co.--have their own woes. About $300 million in beef and by-products like liver and tongue (which American consumers generally disdain) are caught in the pipeline for foreign countries. In the far bigger domestic market, the packers are watching closely to see how consumers respond. Even then, it is unclear how a drop in demand would ripple through the industry. As Cargill spokesman Mark Klein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Now, Mad Cow? | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

...BIGUANIDES This class of drugs signals the liver to produce less glucose and sensitizes muscle tissue to absorb more glucose from the blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Diabetes: What You Can Do | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...FOOD IS DIGESTED Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose--energy blocks for the cells. Glucose is absorbed from the intestines into the blood, where it travels to the liver and other organs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: The Body's Sugar Factory | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...GLUCOSE IS RELEASED The liver is programmed to release a certain amount of glucose into the blood and save the rest for future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: The Body's Sugar Factory | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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