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Can Lowering Blood Insulin Reduce COVID19 Risk?

Research finds that lowering blood insulin levels can reduce the risk of COVID-19 Keeping insulin levels in the blood within strict, healthy parameters is a daily goal for diabetics. But now, researchers from Japan have discovered that regulating blood insulin levels may even help reduce the risk of COVID-19. In a study published this month in the journal Diabetes, researchers from Osaka University discovered that a protein called GRP78 helps the virus that causes COVID-19 to bind to and enter cells. Have  Researchers found that SARS-CoV-2 binds to a protein on the surface of cells?   Researchers from Osaka University found that SARS-CoV-2 binds to a protein on the surface of cells, and the expression of this protein is promoted in the high blood insulin levels of elderly, obese and diabetic patients   GRP78 is a protein found in adipose tissue (ie fat). Elderly, obese and diabetic patients are all more susceptible to COVID-19. Although the reasons are still not fully under