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In healthy middle-aged people, insulin helps the heart take in more sugar for fuel, but it doesn't make more blood flow to the heart. That means the heart can get more sugar without needing more blood flow.
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Insulin-Stimulated Myocardial Glucose Uptake and the Relation to Perfusion and the Nitric Oxide System
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2004 Jan-FebThe study shows that insulin helps the heart take in more sugar without increasing blood flow, just like the claim says.
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