The problemis the insulin - this hormone that acts like a key to get the sugar out of theblood into the muscle cells, where it can power your movements.

问题是在于胰岛素- 这种激素的作用就像一种把糖从血液中取出然后放入肌肉细胞内的关键元素，它可以驱动你的动作。

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They found that sleep deprivation seemed to trigger a diabetes-like condition, harmed hormone production, and interfered with the ability to use carbohydrates.

他们发现，睡眠不足似乎引发类似糖尿病的症状，阻碍激素产生，并干扰碳水化合物的消化。

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Researchers have discovered that some people have a rare genetic mutation that decreases their cells' use of a particular growth hormone: insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1).

研究人员发现了一些人已经发生了极少量的基因变异，这种变异减少了细胞对某种生长激素（即，胰岛素样生长因子1（IGF1)）的使用。

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Example, protein hormones are insulin which we've talked about before and glucagon, and growth hormone which we haven't talked about but that's very important during periods of life like adolescence, when rapid growth of your bones is occurring.

例如,我们以前讲过的胰岛素,还有胰高血糖素都是蛋白质激素,生长激素也是,尽管我们还没有讲过它,但它在人的青春期阶段,起着非常重要的作用,骨骼在此时期快速生长

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