Low insulin secretion tied to depressive symptoms in women

[Northerner]

Middle-aged women with insulin secretion levels in the lowest quintile appear to have more than twice the risk of developing new-onset depressive symptoms compared with those with higher insulin secretion levels, according to research published online Dec. 10 in Diabetes Care.

Tasnime N. Akbaraly, Ph.D., of University College London, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study involving 3,145 adults (23.5 percent women) with an average age of 60.6 years to examine the correlation between glycemia, insulin resistance, and insulin secretion with subsequent new-onset depressive symptoms.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-insulin-secretion-tied-depressive-symptoms.html

 

[trophywench]

Don't offer much hope for middle aged T1 women then, does it? LOL

BUT it does actually tell you that the brain recognises when something ain't right with the body it's in, and that endogenous insulin production does one helluva lot more than just regulating glucose.........

Fascinating.