Blood glucose levels

• Glucose is a type of sugar that provides energy for body
• too much glucose = makes blood thick and move slowly
• Too little glucose = dizziness
• Glucose is water soluble ( floats freely in water)
• Glycagen is insoluble in water and is not a hormone
• When glucose isn't immediately used, it is absorbed by the body and turned into glycogen
• Managed by the pancreas:

  • insulin
  • glucagon
• BGL increases, insulin is released -> causes the liver to take glucose from the bloodstream and converted and stored as glycogen
• BGL decreases, Glucagon released -> glucose released by liver to raise BGL
• Glycogen is the stored version of carbohydrates
• insulin is released from the pancreas when the blood glucose is to high
• insulin is released by the beta cells of the pancreas
• once insulin is released fat cells take in glucose form the blood
• glucagon is released from the pancreas when blood glucose is too low
• The release of glucagon stimulates the liver to release glycogen into the bloodstream