Know basics of diabetes
What is blood sugar?
When you eat, some part of the food breaks down into sugar. There
are many types of sugars that are formed but one of these sugars is
glucose – the body’s main source of fuel. The cells require sugar to give
us energy for our daily activities and functioning. There is a reserve
supply of sugar in liver also.
What is Insulin?
When the level of sugar increases in bloodstream after meals, pancreas
senses it and in response makes insulin. This Insulin enters the
bloodstream and helps take sugar from the bloodstream into the body’s
cells where sugar is used up by cell for its requirements. So Insulin
basically acts as a “key” that opens the cell for sugar.
How does sugar and insulin work together?
In order to function properly, the body needs a healthy balance
of sugar and insulin. Normally, the pancreas senses the amount of sugar in the
bloodstream and releases the right amount of insulin.
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