"When you have low insulin and low IGF-1, the body goes into a state of maintenance, a state of standby," Dr. Longo said.

“当你的胰岛素和IGF - 1都较低时，身体就会处于类似于‘待机’的维护状态，”隆哥博士说。

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Low glycemic index foods are better for you because they produce only small fluctuations in blood glucose and insulin levels compared with high glycemic index foods like rice and potatoes.

低血糖指数食物对人有益，相对于一些如大米和土豆等高血糖指数食物，小麦片仅仅使人体血液中的葡萄糖和胰岛素水平有细微的波动。

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The mutation seems to prevent diabetes by allowing people to get by on very low levels of insulin, Long says.

有这种基因突变的人身体对胰岛素的需要非常小，所以不得糖尿病。

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But the remaining five other patients did not respond as quickly to the insulin infusion and developed low blood sugar because the computer continued to administer medication.

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Low insulin levels is one of the common factors to have been recorded in people who live to over 100.

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As the authors, Bremer et al., note in Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Trends in US Adolescents and Their Association with Insulin Resistance-Related Parameters, (J Nutr Metab. 2010), teens who are low and medium soda drinkers consume considerably less sugar sweetened beverages than high consumers (an overall mean consumption between .05 and 2.5 servings per day respectively, compared to an overall mean of 7.1 servings, or 57 ounces per day).

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