http://diseasesofthedigestivesystem.com/why-does-melatonin-get-past-the-digestive-system-but-insulin-doesnt.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:50:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://diseasesofthedigestivesystem.com/why-does-melatonin-get-past-the-digestive-system-but-insulin-doesnt.html/comment-page-1#comment-5150 gangadharan_nair Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:26:21 +0000 http://diseasesofthedigestivesystem.com/why-does-melatonin-get-past-the-digestive-system-but-insulin-doesnt.html#comment-5150 Insulin is a protein, which are digested in the stomach and gut and in order to be effective at controlling blood sugar, can not be taken orally. Insulin is a protein, which are digested in the stomach and gut and in order to be effective at controlling blood sugar, can not be taken orally.

]]> http://diseasesofthedigestivesystem.com/why-does-melatonin-get-past-the-digestive-system-but-insulin-doesnt.html/comment-page-1#comment-5149 tucden89 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:26:21 +0000 http://diseasesofthedigestivesystem.com/why-does-melatonin-get-past-the-digestive-system-but-insulin-doesnt.html#comment-5149 Basically, it has nothing to do with insulin being a hormone. If you swallowed insulin, it would be destroyed once it mixed with the acids in your stomach. For that reason, it has to be directly injected into the blood. Basically, it has nothing to do with insulin being a hormone. If you swallowed insulin, it would be destroyed once it mixed with the acids in your stomach. For that reason, it has to be directly injected into the blood.

]]> http://diseasesofthedigestivesystem.com/why-does-melatonin-get-past-the-digestive-system-but-insulin-doesnt.html/comment-page-1#comment-5148 Mr. Peachy® Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:26:21 +0000 http://diseasesofthedigestivesystem.com/why-does-melatonin-get-past-the-digestive-system-but-insulin-doesnt.html#comment-5148 No scam. The term, hormone, has nothing to do with their chemical composition. It has to do with their action in the body. Insulin is a blend of amino acid residues while melatonin is 5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine, which is an entirely different chemical makeup. Hence, melatonin is not broken down by the digestive system and insulin is... long before it gets into the blood which is required before it can do it's job... getting glucose past the cell walls. No scam. The term, hormone, has nothing to do with their chemical composition. It has to do with their action in the body. Insulin is a blend of amino acid residues while melatonin is 5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine, which is an entirely different chemical makeup. Hence, melatonin is not broken down by the digestive system and insulin is… long before it gets into the blood which is required before it can do it’s job… getting glucose past the cell walls.

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