Please explain the sugar insulin process in the human body.?!


Question: My 10 year old son eats way to much sugar. I try to tell him what could happen but he thinks I'm kidding. PLEASE put it in simple terms. I will have him read your comments.


Answers: My 10 year old son eats way to much sugar. I try to tell him what could happen but he thinks I'm kidding. PLEASE put it in simple terms. I will have him read your comments.

Glucose is a form of sugar that is present in many foods, including sweets, potatoes, pasta, and breads. The body uses glucose to provide energy. It is stored in the liver, muscles, and fatty tissue. The pancreas produces a hormone (a chemical produced in one part of the body, which travels to another part of the body in order to exert its effect) called insulin. Insulin is required to allow glucose to enter the liver, muscles, and fatty tissues, thus reducing the amount of glucose in the blood. In diabetes, blood levels of glucose remain abnormally high. In many forms of diabetes, this is because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin

Insulin is the hormone that is released by the pancreas, which helps the cells (muscles, organs) absorb sugars. Without this process the cells don't have energy to work properly. But you are the mother, why do you let him do this? Are you expecting a 10 year old to understand this and do what's best? Here's more info;





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