Hibernating bears could hold a clue to treating diabetes

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If a human ate tens of thousands of calories a day, ballooned in size, then barely moved for months, the health outcomes would be catastrophic. Scientists have long been puzzled why this same behavior doesn’t lead to diabetes in grizzly bears—until now

, or about 37 million people, have Type 2 diabetes. However, unlike humans, bears can mysteriously control their insulin resistance—turning it on and off like a switch.

Because humans share most of our genes with bears, understanding the role of these eight proteins could teach scientists more about human insulin resistance, Perry says.Grizzly bears—found in parts of the western U.S., Canada, and Alaska—experience three stages in a year: Active, hyperphagia, and hibernation. In the spring and summer, the massive mammals spend their time foraging, mating, and caring for young.

During this time, bears consume up to 20,000 daily calories and gain up to eight pounds each day to prepare for the upcoming winter. Hibernating bears experience periods of wakefulness, during which they move around but don’t eat. When the study bears awoke, the team fed them honey water—a favorite treat—for two weeks, then collected their blood. The team already had blood samples taken from the same bears during the spring and summer.

 

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They're treated by the best doctors?

humans are not bears.

I thought scientist's were studying bear hibernation and diabetes decades ago? I'm sure I read about it yrs ago

Balanced diet! Meat & Berries! Salmon! Cardiac Diet! Humans don’t hibernate and slow burn our excess! Also, no additives or preservatives!

Are we saying fat people don't sleep enough?

mahsaamini

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Hibernating is the amswer!

please don't it will lead to more SuperSized muricans ask MMFlint

Every time I read about the hibernation process in bears, I always thought about this 'puzzled' What do bears have in their metabolism? Thousands of calories a day curiosity 🧐🐻

I’m not entering my email to finish reading the article

NatGeo Oh my gosh!!!

NatGeo Well, they're not eating sweets, junk food, processed food and consuming alcohol. That's one deduction.

NatGeo the goal here is not to cure diabetes, just to develop drugs to keep the drug business loaded, come on everyone knows that.

NatGeo Cracker Barrel.

NatGeo We do have humans who eats thousands of calories a day and have catastrophic health issues but we can’t say they are unhealthy. We have to praise them and claim body positivity.

NatGeo They don't eat when they're not hungry. You're welcome.

NatGeo Hibernation

NatGeo Because they don’t eat junk!

NatGeo 😂 I’ve lost faith in these Scientists 🤡🌎

NatGeo You mean like this guy?

NatGeo Muricans have the right to bear arms 🐻 grr!

NatGeo I thought it was ok to be fat now? Pick a medical narrative please.

NatGeo Because bears don’t eat gmo’s, artificial sweeteners and fast food at every meal.

NatGeo Because they were designed this way. Humans were not. Is this even a real story?

NatGeo Might the answer be that grizzly bears aren’t humans? Just a thought.

NatGeo Well, they do hibernate and they don’t eat mych carbs.

NatGeo

NatGeo Yeah but the bear's eating like salmon and blueberries not fried chicken and taco bell

Isn't this mindset how The Lizard got created 💀

Amazing

Bear: The face of a master

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Probably has something to do with them not eating a bunch of processed 'food like substances' made from petroleum byproducts🙄

Instead, stop eating fatory suga

Please make this info public faster!

Don't stop believing in yourself

MahsaAmini Be our voice, please.

so we gott hibernate?

OMG I hope scientists don't start killing bears for diabetes research peta

For type 2 maybe

- nickjonas might find this interesting

save_shams_baby_life

What makes bear diabetes?salmon fish?

Can I sleep all winter as well?

Beautiful !!

Oh my gosh!! That’s exciting news!!!

People can Control Thier Insulin Too. It's Called a Intermitten Fast,it's when you stop eatting until your suger Level goes down to 120-150 before you eat again and Taking No Insulin in this 24 to 36 Hours period. By Doing this you make the Liver Take over Naturally.A Healthy Way

Good advancement.

Besides controlling diabetes, bears have also learned how to control the stock market and BTC price lately.

This

Mentally strong?

Don't they mainly eat stuff that wouldn't spike your blood sugar to begin with?

They don't eat processed sugars would be 1

If you don’t wanna pay to read this or you want to not have to login with your email here, you can read about this at this free site. Shame on you National Geographic for blocking this information.

Sure wish I could read this article but instead you have it behind a pay wall. Or some kind of login bullshit. ClickBait

Don't bears eat the thyroid gland? I know that's bad for people.🐼

Also they don’t drink soda, although the do occasionally steal a picnic basket.

Ice cream, doughnuts, cakes, cocacola, milkshakes, milkteas, sundaes, pizza, pastries, candies,etc are not on their diet.

'If a human ate tens of thousands of calories a day, ballooned in size, then barely moved for months, the health outcomes would be catastrophic.' If?

مهسا_امینی

Yes we have hope but the research will disappear when the insulin producers will make an irresistible offer to the scientists.

Bears eat different food to humans , they dont eat chemicals in there food or eat sugar in there diet , or sit watch tv or eat processed crap , bears live organic lifestyle , thats the reason

Basically, Bears in their own environment don’t eat sweetened foods or soda so the study fed hibernating bears some honey drink and measured their insulin They forced bears sweetened drinks to establish the outcome of a study they rent have done. Just cut synthetic sugars out!

podziękujcie Google, że nie przeczytam tłumaczenia.

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I have practiced Internal Medicine for many years. I have prescribed Ursodiol about ten times in my career. Please tell us more about these bear expressed proteins. LBEBEN

why don't our diseases affect this other animal? IDK maybe because it's a different fucking species 😂

Sleep for months! Good idea?

We already know. Eat a nutrient dense low carb diet. Leave the bears alone. It’s not their responsibility to solve our problems.

A natural diet?

This paywall is giving me diabetes

msolurin No preservatives

msolurin Bears don’t manufacture toxic Chromium6 or high fructose corn syrup. ☠️

msolurin Wow that's fascinating - oh, paywall. 🙄

F * us humans ! Always meddling without giving a 💩!

Let’s hope so my daughter is T1

I just assumed that it was because Humans aren't Bears

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Doesn’t affect me

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