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Growth Hormone, Insulin, and Insulin-Like Growth Factor I: Revisiting the Food and Famine Theory
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Growth Hormone, Insulin, and Insulin-Like Growth Factor I: Revisiting the Food and Famine Theory

M A Hussain, O Schmitz and E R Froesch
Physiology (Bethesda, Md.), Vol.10(2), pp.81-86
01/04/1995
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1152/physiologyonline.1995.10.2.81

Abstract

In the so-called "food and famine theory," insulin and growth hormone play major roles in the regulation of substrate combustion during the postprandial period as well as in the fasting state. Insulin-like growth factor I supports the actions of both insulin and growth hormone.

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