Blood Sugar After Eating

• What happens to blood sugar levels when you eat?


  Blood sugar rises
• How does the pancreas respond to a rise in blood glucose?


  The pancreas detects the rise and secretes insulin
• What hormone does the pancreas secrete when blood glucose rises?


  Insulin
• Where does insulin travel after being secreted by the pancreas?


  To the liver
• What does the liver do with glucose when insulin is present?


  The liver absorbs glucose and converts it into glycogen
• What happens to blood glucose levels after the liver converts glucose into glycogen?


  Blood glucose returns to normal