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Your Body's Secret Sugar Sponge

How your leg muscles physically bypass insulin.

Your Body's Secret Sugar Sponge
Your leg muscles contain special glucose transporters called GLUT4 receptors that do not even require insulin to function. When physically activated, they literally vacuum excess sugar straight out of your bloodstream like a dry sponge soaking up a spill.
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