Controlling blood glucose

• When and Why is insulin produced by the pancreas

  To decrease the blood glucose level when it gets to high
• When and why is glucagon produced by the pancreas

  it is produced to increase the blood glucose levels when it gets too low
• What is type 1 diabetes

  Where the pancreas produces little or no insulin
• What can happen to a person if they have little or no insulin

  The persons blood glucose level could rise to a level that could kill them
• Type 1 diabetes needs to be controlled in the following ways :

  • insulin therapy
  • Limiting intake of foods rich in simple carbohydrates
  • Regular exercise
• What is type 2 diabetes

  a condition where the person becomes resistant to their own insulin