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Ingestion of a mixed meal containing glucose completely suppresses hepatic glucose output within 30 minutes in healthy humans.

When you eat a normal mixed meal, your liver stops releasing glucose into your bloodstream within 30 minutes. This is a normal, healthy physiological response driven by insulin. You do not need to worry about your liver continuing to produce glucose while you are digesting food; your body handles this transition automatically.

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Hepatic glucose output was completely suppressed within 30 min of the meal.
Roy Taylor et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1996

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Direct measurement using 13C-NMR and stable isotopes in healthy subjects with rigorous methodology.

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Direct assessment of liver glycogen storage by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and regulation of glucose homeostasis after a mixed meal in normal subjects.

Roy Taylor et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1996

DOI 10.1172/jci118379

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