Understanding Diabetes
Food is fuel for our every cell of our body. When we eat food our digestive system breaks down our food into one of three chemical groups, glucose, amino acids or fats.
Glucose is released into our blood stream so it can be delivered to each of our cells. Once our blood sugar level begins to in the bloodstream sensors in our pancreas release a hormone called insulin. Insulin then goes to each of our cells and attaches to an insulin receptor in our cells that allows the glucose to leave the bloodstream and enter the cells. Once glucose enters the cell it is used as energy for each of our cells. As more of our cells take in the glucose from our bloodstream the level of glucose in the bloodstream begins to decrease. As the glucose level in the bloodstream decreases we start to feel a sense of hunger and want to eat to start the process over again. The pancreas sensing that our blood sugar level is dropping will release another hormone called glucagon to cause the liver and the muscles to release glucose that has been stored in those organs to bring our blood sugar back up again. This is the simple process of how we use food as fuel.
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