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BODYBUILDING, INSULIN + COVID: A FATAL COMBINATION?

 By Steve Blechman   A new study published, November 23, 2020, in the journal Cell Metabolism found that giving insulin to type 2 diabetics infected with the coronavirus increased mortality and death. According to the researchers, “COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to multi-organ injuries and significant mortality in severe and critical patients, especially among those individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) as a comorbidity. While attenuated mortality was observed with aggressive glucose control, it was unclear whether therapeutic regimens including insulin treatment were beneficial for patients with COVID-19 and T2D. This retrospective study investigated 689 patients with COVID-19 and T2D from a cohort of 3,305 cases from Wuhan, China. Unexpectedly, we found that insulin treatment for patients with COVID-19 and T2D was associated with a significant increase in mortality (27.2% versus 3.5%; adjusted HR, 5.38 [2.75-10.54]). Further analysis showed that insulin tre

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