Eating carbs makes your body naturally release insulin for a short time—this is different from when doctors give insulin through an IV for a long time.

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Carbohydrate ingestion, with transient endogenous insulinaemia, produces both sympathetic activation and vasodilatation in normal humans.

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2002 May

When healthy people eat a carb-rich meal, their body naturally releases a spike of insulin—about 588 units—and this happens without any shots or IVs, just like the claim says.

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Carbohydrate ingestion, with transient endogenous insulinaemia, produces both sympathetic activation and vasodilatation in normal humans.

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DOI: 10.1042/CS1020523

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When healthy people eat a carb-rich meal, their muscles get more blood flow and their blood vessels relax, even though their body also sends signals to tighten blood vessels—this might help their body absorb sugar from the meal better.

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