Top Ten Reasons Not to Start Insulin Therapy
By Dr. Bill Quick

Reason #8

Reason #8

Insulin isn't natural - it's synthetic. [Agree. Most insulin products now-a-days are made by chemistry, and no longer extracted from pig or beef pancreases. So what? It's a heck-of-a-lot purer than it used to be: until about 1972, the stuff people used was 90% insulin and 10% impurities; it's now 99+ pure insulin, identical to human insulin, and allergic reactions are almost unheard of.]

By Dr. Bill Quick— Last Modified: 11/12/2012, First Published: 12/08/2011