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, enzymes break down food into molecules.

Insulin is a peptide therapeutic used to manage type 1 diabetes, which affects more than 20 million people worldwide according to the international diabetes federation. a significant limitation to the broad distribution and use of insulin to treat type 1 diabetes is the fact that it must be administered by injection rather than orally. why is insulin administered by injection and not orally?