The Claim
In healthy adult humans, hyperinsulinemia induced via euglycemic clamp is associated with increased nitric oxide-dependent leg blood flow, with approximately 40% of insulin-mediated vasodilation attributable to nitric oxide, compared to 20% during saline infusion, indicating enhanced endothelial nitric oxide activity during insulin stimulation.
What the research says
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When insulin levels go up in healthy adults, it helps blood flow better in the legs by turning on a molecule called nitric oxide — and it works about twice as well as when insulin isn’t active.
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In healthy adult humans, hyperinsulinemia induced by a euglycemic clamp is associated with increased nitric oxide-dependent leg blood flow, with approximately 40% of insulin-mediated vasodilation attributable to nitric oxide, compared to 20% under saline infusion, indicating a significant enhancement of endothelial nitric oxide activity during insulin stimulation.
What the research says
1 studyThe study shows that when insulin levels go up in healthy people, blood flow in the legs increases and about 40% of that effect is due to more nitric oxide being made—just like the claim says.
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