Guide

No, getting tetanus from eating food isn’t a route of transmission; illness follows spores entering deeper tissue through a wound.

No, testosterone therapy usually doesn’t raise blood sugar; in diabetes it can lower glucose and insulin needs, so close monitoring is smart.

Yes, by mid-pregnancy, flavors from your meals reach amniotic fluid and later breast milk, shaping early taste learning.

Yes, in men with low testosterone, treatment can modestly reduce blood glucose; it’s not a stand-alone diabetes therapy.

Yes, testosterone can lower blood glucose, and in people using insulin or sulfonylureas it may trigger hypoglycemia.

Yes, humans build carbohydrate from non-carb precursors via gluconeogenesis in the liver and kidneys.

No, current research doesn’t show a reliable glucose-lowering effect from THC in people.

Yes, human cells create monounsaturated fats by desaturating and elongating saturated fatty acids like stearate and palmitate.

No, body fat doesn’t melt; the body breaks it down and exhales the carbon as carbon dioxide while water is formed and excreted.

Yes, the COVID-19 shot can cause a short-term bump in blood sugar for some people, mainly those with diabetes; readings usually settle within days.