pancreas
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pancreas is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between May 23, 2024 and August 13, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “33% know what organ produces insulin (pancreas)”; “GLP-1 tells the pancreas to release more”. It most often appears alongside 1984, 1984 Calendar Meme, ACX.
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- Category: Concepts
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: May 23, 2024
- Last seen: August 13, 2024
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- 1984 (1 shared issues)
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- 1984 Calendar Meme (1 shared issues)
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- ACX (1 shared issues)
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Source Context
Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
33% know what organ produces insulin (pancreas)
Since eating a meal increases blood sugar, your body wants to push blood sugar back down. So GLP-1 tells the pancreas to release more insulin (sugar ↓) and less glucagon (sugar ↑).