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If your cells aren't glucose sensitive & don't absorb glucose correctly then where does the glucose go?

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Hyperglycemia: If glucose isn't metabolized properly due to lack of insulin or insulin resistance, the glucose rises in the serum causing hyperglycemia and some of the glucose spills into the urine usually when the circulating blood sugar exceeds 180 or thereabouts.

Answered 9/22/2015

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