Scientists Explain How Alcohol Causes Hypoglycemia (Too Low Blood Sugar)
Scientists at the leading Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now disclosed the mystery how alcohol may cause exaggerated insulin secretion resulting in severe hypoglycemia (too low blood sugar). This mechanism, which is described in the latest number of Endocrinology, explains how alcohol ingestion may harm the human brain by decreasing the blood glucose concentration to inappropriately low levels.
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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on January 7th, 2008