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Old 04-29-2008, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg View Post
No, when insulin that we inject is manufactured they actually remove the C-Peptide from insulin. This is done because in the creation of insulin they have to break it down to it's most basic form and pull the insulin out. It would then cost more money to add the C-Peptide in. That's on top of the fact that C-Peptide breaks down alot faster than insulin and therefore would make it expire much sooner.

Therefore injected insulin contains no C-Peptide.
Even though there are claims that they would help us ward off complications.

YouTube - Love Diabetes: The blasphemy of C-peptide Removal
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