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Re:MIT creates glucose fuel cell to power implanted brain-co... by debacle on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @01:13PM (#4107056)
An artificial means of controlling blood sugar would alleviate the insulin cycle and prevent the body from storing blood sugar as fat.
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Re:MIT creates glucose fuel cell to power implanted brain-co... by runhomequick on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @01:45PM (#4107273)
Or you could just quit eating so much sugar and other carbohydrates and do the same thing.

There is no actual need for dietary carbohydrates.

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Re:MIT creates glucose fuel cell to power implanted brain-co... by boboblong on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @04:30PM (#4108255)
Why don't you quit reading Hacker News? There's no need for it. In fact, there's no need for using the Internet at all. Hell, why are you even on a computer? All you really need is a warm fur coat and a hatchet. What are you, some kind of hedonist?
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Re:MIT creates glucose fuel cell to power implanted brain-co... by sp332 on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @02:03PM (#4107394)
That only works if your extra calories come from glucose intake. It wouldn't help for complex carbs, fat, or protein.
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Re:MIT creates glucose fuel cell to power implanted brain-co... by debacle on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @02:12PM (#4107464)
Your extra calories always wind up as glucose in your blood sugar.
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Re:MIT creates glucose fuel cell to power implanted brain-co... by TheSOB88 on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @04:17PM (#4108190)
Not true AFAIRC. Lipids are absorbed as lipids (fatty acids), proteins as amino acids. Aminos can be broken down into sugar, though.
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