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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by andy_ppp on Friday December 02, 2016 @09:32AM (#13088768)
Er... you are just assuming by process I mean digest.

To be clear:

> glucose building up in the bloodstream with no real way to utilize it

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Inability to process carbs and sugar. Maybe your description is more accurate.

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by bonesinger on Friday December 02, 2016 @09:49AM (#13088919)
Using the term "inability to process carbs and sugar" is misleading and totally not the same thing as insulin resistance.

Its generally assumed that processing carbs is the act of digestion. You're using the word processed in the wrong situation here.

EDIT: Also you can still process carbs, you just can't utilize glucose in the blood as a diabetic.

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by andy_ppp on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:08AM (#13089101)
Okay, so if I replace "process" with "utilise" we are good?
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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by imdsm on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:26AM (#13089291)
Yeah I'm with you on this. If someone assumes by one word you mean another word, and by using the other word, you're wrong, well, I think their logic is flawed.
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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by bonesinger on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:39AM (#13089443)
I guess, sorry if I am coming across as touchy. I'm a diabetic and there is a ton of misinformation out there about it!
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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by o_____________o on Friday December 02, 2016 @01:24PM (#13090949)
It's nice to see amicable resolutions online.
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