How does the brain function without glucose? How does glucose get to the matrix of a cell? What types of cells perform glucose catabolism? How are endothelial cells produced? Why does glucose have to be reabsorbed into the bloodstream?
Why does glucose have to be reabsorbed into the bloodstream? What pancreatic cells produce glucagon? What is the process for mixing insulin? With the aid of a comparative diagram, describe the insulin secretion pattern from the human pancreas following a meal, from that of a normo-glycemic pat...
Increased hunger. When glucose (sugar) cannot enter your bloodstream correctly, you become low on energy, signaling your body that you need to eat so you can give your body the sugar it needs to create energy. This results in a secondary response causing your body to convert this excess sug...
Heart disease.Drinking one can of a sugar-sweetened drink per day increased the risk of a heart attack in men by 20% when compared to the risk for men who rarely drink sugary drinks. People who drink more sugary drinks are also more likely to weigh more and have a less healthy diet. ...
Alcohol is not digested upon absorption, nor chemically changed in the bloodstream. As the blood goes through the lungs, some of the alcohol moves across the membranes of the lung's air sacs (alveoli) into the air, because alcohol will evaporate from a solution — that is, it is volat...
break down a starch, however. If you drink a can of soda full of sugar, glucose will enter the bloodstream at a rate of something like 30caloriesper minute. A complex carbohydrate is digested more slowly, so glucose enters the bloodstream at a rate of only 2 calories per minute (...
Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects your body’s ability to process food. Much of the food you consume is turned into glucose (sugar) and released into the bloodstream. Your pancreas then releases insulin, which allows the sugar to enter your body’s cells to be used as energy. ...
also affect how your body reacts to the carbs you eat. If you have a diabetes complication calledgastroparesis, which delays your stomach from emptying, your body will absorb food much more slowly. When you break food down more slowly, it takes longer for glucose to enter your bloodstream. ...
After eating a meal, carbohydrates break down into glucose, which acts as the primary source of energy for the body. Glucose enters the bloodstream and stimulates the pancreas to make insulin, which allows the glucose to enter the cells and be used for energy production. Excess glucose gets st...
“If the gut wall (microvilli) becomes damaged, the entire contents of the intestines can now make its way into your system.”[Note from Tim: this is where the “feces in the bloodstream” post title comes from] Full of Bile While this digestive disaster is taking place, there are severa...