Serum glucose

1. Intermittent fasting decreases serum glucose in mice.

   “reduced serum glucose and insulin levels”

   Animals

   Intermittent fasting dissociates beneficial effects of dietary restriction on glucose metabolism and neuronal resistance to injury from calorie intake

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·30 Apr 2003

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1. Serum glucose is associated with bone mineral density in humans (4.64 mg/cm2 higher BMD per mmol/L serum glucose (95% CI 1.46–7.82)).

   “In men, the mean age-adjusted BMD at the lumbar spine (in mg/cm2) increased 4.64 per mmol/L serum glucose (95% CI 1.46-7.82)”

   HumansAge-adjusted associationlumbar spinemales

   Hyperinsulinemia and bone mineral density in an elderly population: The Rotterdam Study

   Bone·1 Jun 1996

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