Advanced Psychology+1000

📝 First we need to understand what insulin does to the body: After you eat a meal, the food is broken down into glucose, which is the simple sugar that creates the main source of energy for the body's cells. These cells cannot use glucose without the help of insulin, which is a hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin helps glucose to enter the cells and convert it into energy. However if the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the body is unable to use the insulin that is present, the cells cannot use glucose.( In Type 1 diabetes the pancreas no longer works at all after the first few months of diagnosis. ) If no insulin is produced by the body excess glucose builds up in the bloodstream, resulting in high blood sugar readings. Ordinarily a person who does not suffer with diabetes can overeat and their pancreas produces all the necessary insulin required to deal with the extra intake of food. I am a Type 1 diabetic and if I overeat I need to match the ...