Saturday, May 31, 2008

Heal Diabetes With GTF Introduction

Heal Diabetes Using GTF Blog is to introduce Glucose tolerance factor (GTF) base products to the world. GTF is known used by the cell with insulin transfer glucose from blood into cells. Read more about GTF products with this Heal Diabetes Using GTF Blog.

What is GTF

What is GTF

GTF is short for glucose tolerance factor. GTF exists in all human tissues, and serves mainly to maintain the body’s normal sugar metabolism. Because it transports glucose into all cells in the body in coordination with insulin and insulin receptors, it is known as “glucose tolerance factor.” GTF must be present for insulin to activate insulin receptors. GTF is a complex material containing a core of trivalent chromium plus minerals, vitamin, and amino acids.

People normally obtain trivalent chromium from their food. This trivalent chromium is converted to GTF and helps maintain the normal metabolism of glucose. If a person suffers from a long-term shortage of trivalent chromium, their body will produce less GTF, and the glucose absorbed by their digestive system will not be taken into cells and converted to energy. Since highly concentrated blood sugar cannot be fully absorbed by the kidneys, the person will exhibit the clinical symptoms of diabetes, and the excess glucose will turn up in the urine. GTF plays an important role in the absorption of glucose by the kidneys:

Whenever the blood sugar concentration is higher than normal for a long period of time, there will be a large increase in GTF consumption as the body attempts to reabsorb excess glucose. GTF that has performed its function is excreted into the urine by the renal tubules, which severely depletes the body’s supply of trivalent chromium and causes the gradual loss of kidney function. This is one of the main reasons why diabetes occurs. Apart from this, overwork, pregnancy, obesity, old age, alcoholism, surgery, and disease may accelerate the loss of chromium from the body and worsen chromium deficiency. By making it harder for blood sugar to enter cells, chromium deficiency will induce the clinical symptoms of Type II diabetes.

Article source: Dr. Mao Chia-hung (Doctor of endocrinology, University of Wisconsin)

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