In 2006, scientists in Toronto reported that they could cure diabetic mice by eliminating the nerves to the beta cells. They did this by adding capsaicin, the substance that makes hot peppers hot.
Especially interesting was the finding that the treatment reduced insulin resistance, and the researchers postulated that insulin resistance may play a large role in type 1 as well as type 2 diabetes, suggesting that the two types share more factors than once thought.
The news blanketed...
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