B7- controlling blood sugar
- Created by: superlouasaur
- Created on: 28-04-15 20:19
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- Controlling blood sugar
- Insulin
- Controls blood sugar levels
- High simple sugars cause your blood sugar levels to rise rapidly
- This is because simple sugars are digested and absorbed into the blood really quickly
- The level of sugar in your blood needs to be kept steady- body uses insulin to control it
- When the blood sugar level gets too high,the pancreas releases insulin which causes sugar to be removed from the blood
- Diabetes
- Type 1
- Pancreas stops producing insulin
- This means that the blood sugar level of a person suffering from type1 diabetes can rise to a dangerous level
- Controlled by injecting insulin into the blood
- Type 2
- Late onset diabetes- caused by poor diet or being obese
- The body no longer responds to its own insulin, or doesn't make enough. blood sugar can rise dangerously
- Controlled by exercise and eating carefully controlled diet
- Type 1
- Insulin
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