Controlling blood sugar

• body response to high blood glucose levels?

  •pancreas secretes insulin

  •causes glucose to move from bloodstream into cells to be used for respiration

  •excess glucose converted into glycogen as energy store.
• body response to low blood glucose levels?

  •pancreas secretes glucagon

  •causes liver and muscle (where its stored) cells to convert glycogen into glucose.
• What is type 1 diabetes?

  •Pancreas cannot produce

  (enough)insulin

  •insulin injection needed
• What is type 2 diabetes?

  •cells do not absorb glucose as they should

  •obesity increases risk of development.