Glucose

Group 1 who ingested 300ml water and 50g of glucose refer to figure 2 showed an increase in blood sugar levels that stayed above baseline for 80minutes. The results didn’t show what was expected as since it was a foodstuff that only contained carbohydrate. It also had a high GI and therefore was expected to raise blood glucose levels more quickly than those that also contain fats and protein. Also liquids that contain carbohydrates will cause blood glucose levels to rise faster than solids that…

Blood sugar regulation is the process by which the levels of blood sugar, primarily glucose, are maintained by the body within a narrow range. This phenomenon of tight regulation is commonly referred to as glucose homeostasis. Insulin and glucagon are the most well-known of the hormones involved. Blood sugar levels are regulated by negative feedback in order to keep the body in homeostasis. The levels of glucose in the blood are monitored by many tissues, but the cells in the pancreas's Islets…

when the patient’s muscles solely rely on anaerobic respiration to supply energy for the activity they are doing, however anaerobic respiration is supplied from the glycogen stores in the muscle’s cells (the oxygenated blood is cut off, thus the glucose is also cut off from the working muscle, so glycogen is used). Dynamic or aerobic exercises involve the movement and contraction of a large muscle mass but with a small pressure on the muscle (for example, climbing or running up the stairs,…

hormone of the body. It regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and protein by promoting the absorption of, especially, glucose from the blood into fat, liver and skeletal muscle cells. In these tissues the absorbed glucose is converted into either glycogen via glycogenesis or fats (triglycerides) via lipogenesis, or, in the case of the liver, into both. Glucose production and secretion by the liver is strongly inhibited by high concentrations of insulin in the blood. Circulating insulin…

Exercise is essential for people with Diabetes to achieve better blood glucose control. Although regular exercise has a positive impact on both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes as it improves blood glucose balance, it appears to be more beneficial to the people with Type 2 Diabetes. Regular exercise helps to reduce weight and to minimise the risk of coronary heart disease. Regular exercise increases insulin sensitivity and also improves glucose tolerance. Additionally regular exercise helps to…

imitates the glucose regulating function of a healthy pancreas. An artificial pancreas does not replace the actual pancreas. It only takes over one of the responsibilities of the pancreas, which is regulating blood glucose levels. This system observes blood glucose levels and alters the delivery of insulin to lower high blood glucose levels and reduce the occurrence of low blood glucose automatically. The artificial pancreas system consists of three types of devices, namely continuous glucose…

- the more sugar in the bloodstream, the more insulin is released. Insulin then goes on to ‘store’ glucose in the liver and muscles in the form of glycogen. If too much insulin is released, your blood sugar will to drop too low causing low-blood sugar. This causes you to crave sugar and the vicious cycle continues. Every time you have more sugar you set this in motion again – the higher the glucose in the blood, the more insulin is needed to bring it down. We were never designed to eat the…

the brain are using more energy, this is because the brain runs on glucose, it shows this by recognising positrons (sobatomic particles) which is admitted by weakly radioactive glucose (sugar) PET scans show that different brain areas are active when speaking, seeing, hearing or thinking takes place (Coon, Mitterer, 2011). CHANGE!! In order to perform this process, the individual is required to inhale none-toxic radioactive glucose (Bernardo J. Carducci Date?), this substance is then taken in…

Summary of visit: I arrived at patients home they were sitting outside waiting for me. She had company so I asked her if she wanted me to go at a different time she stated she was okay with me staying. I sat down and I asked her how she was doing she responded that besides her prior complaint she wanted to discuss her inability to sleep at night. She went on to describe her signs and symptoms. Her brother then approached me and he wanted to discuss diabetes management. We spoke about nutrition…

aged 22 ±1.2 year (range 21-24 year), fasting glucose concentration of high carbohydrate meal is 4.9 ±0.071 mmol ( range, 4.6-5.2 mmol) and fasting glucose concentration of high protein meal is 5.0± 0.098 mmol (range, 4.7-5.5 mmol).There is no significant differences between the two test meals in the fasting values. Metabolic response Results for plasma glucose is depicted in the line graphs (individual time points) and the mean trends in plasma glucose with corresponding the AUCs for two…