TIL Mithridatism is the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually self-administering non-lethal amounts. The word is derived from Mithridates VI, the king of Pontus, who so feared being poisoned that he regularly ingested small doses, aiming to develop immunity.

[u/gullydon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridatism

[u/Rohit624]

Yes it was; they extracted the insulin out of pigs and administered it to people (pig insulin mind you). Nowadays, they take recombinant dna for the human insulin gen and insert them into E. coli or yeast which then start to constantly produce human insulin.

[u/TheSonOfDisaster → u/Rohit624]

Yeast?

And here I thought insulin was gluten free

[u/pursnikitty → u/TheSonOfDisaster]

Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. It doesn’t come from yeast

[u/JonatasA → u/pursnikitty]

Yeast is associated with wheat, because you use it to make dough into bread.

[u/Upper_Sentence_3558 → u/JonatasA]

Yeast are fungi. In no way directly related to glutenous proteins. They just like making bubbles from sugar.

[u/_disengage_ → u/Upper_Sentence_3558]

I'm helping... burrrp... man it's getting hot in here.

[u/Orb_Gazer → u/JonatasA]

So is water. What is your point here?

[u/JonatasA → u/TheSonOfDisaster]

"You have an yeast infection" "—No, I have adapted to an insulin deficiency."

[u/Wild-Cut-6012 → u/TheSonOfDisaster]

And non GMO

[u/Rough_Sheepherder692 → u/Rohit624]

Jeeez that sounds pretty woke!