Glucose, in high concentration, reacts with proteins at arbitrary locations, effectively gluing them together. This is bad, so the immune system detects this (w

Glucose, in high concentration, reacts with proteins at arbitrary locations, effectively gluing them together. This is bad, so the immune system detects this (with a receptor called RAGE) and sends in reinforcements to eat the mess up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAGE_(receptor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAGE_(receptor)