Controlling blood glucose

• What happens if blood glucose levels are too high?

  • Insulin is secreted by the pancreas
  • Glucose moves from blood into liver and muscle cells
  • Insulin makes the liver turn glucose into glycogen
• What happens if blood glucose levels are too low?

  • Glucagon is secreted from the pancreas
  • Glucagon makes glycogen in liver turn into glucose
  • Glucose is released into the blood by the liver
• What is Type 1 diabetes?

  The pancreas produces little to no insulin
• How is Type 1 diabetes treated?

  Insulin injections
• What is Type 2 diabetes?

  Where a person becomes resistant to their own insulin
• How is Type 2 diabetes treated?

  Regular exercise and low-carb diet
• Why are diabetes dangerous?

  They can lead to blood glucose levels rising to the dangerous point of death