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- adjective Resembling
insulin or some aspect of it.
Etymologies
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In normal children, growth hormone makes the cells of the liver churn out another hormone, called insulinlike growth factor, or IGF-1, and this hormone makes the children grow.
NYT > Global Home By NICHOLAS WADE 2011
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In normal children, growth hormone makes the cells of the liver churn out another hormone, called insulinlike growth factor, or IGF-1, and this hormone makes the children grow.
NYT > Home Page By NICHOLAS WADE 2011
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It stimulates the release of growth factors, one of which is insulinlike growth factor–1 IGF-1, that help your insulin attach to the insulin receptors and that stimulate the production of even more insulin receptors.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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It stimulates the release of growth factors, one of which is insulinlike growth factor–1 IGF-1, that help your insulin attach to the insulin receptors and that stimulate the production of even more insulin receptors.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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Several studies show it can normalize blood-sugar levels in Type II diabetics, which has led researchers to suspect that it may work by either stimulating the release of insulin, or have an insulinlike effect on its own.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Several studies show it can normalize blood-sugar levels in Type II diabetics, which has led researchers to suspect that it may work by either stimulating the release of insulin, or have an insulinlike effect on its own.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Several studies show it can normalize blood-sugar levels in Type II diabetics, which has led researchers to suspect that it may work by either stimulating the release of insulin, or have an insulinlike effect on its own.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Several studies show it can normalize blood-sugar levels in Type II diabetics, which has led researchers to suspect that it may work by either stimulating the release of insulin, or have an insulinlike effect on its own.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Naturally occurring hormones in milk include estrogens and progestins, androgens, and insulinlike growth factors, to name just a few.
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005
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Naturally occurring hormones in milk include estrogens and progestins, androgens, and insulinlike growth factors, to name just a few.
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005
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