Glucose can be converted to _____________ and ________________ when glucose need

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Glucose can be converted to _____________ and ________________ when glucose needs are met by the body (and stored in the body).

The normal fasting blood glucose levels are _____________. The random glucose levels are

___________ . Prediabetes glucose levels are ___________ and diabetes glucose levels are

__________

How is glucose homeostasis achieved (explain using glyogenolysis, glycogenesis and gluconeogenesis).

when a normal healthy person is fasting or starving

when a normal healthy person is over eating

Why is glucose can be technically considered as  “ nonessential nutrient” ?

Explanation / Answer

1 Glucose -1-phosphate and then into Glucose-6-phosphate

2 FBS= Less than 100 mg/dl RBS =below 200 mg/dl.prediabetes 100-125mg/dl

3 During fasting periods the pancreas continiously release a small amount of insulin ,another pancreatro

In well fed state the source of blood glucose is through diet .All cells use glucose as a fuel .The major fuel of the brain in well fed state is glucose.After consumption of a large meal glucose levels in the blood spike up .When a person eats meal ,insulin secretion increases and moves glucose from the blood into muscle ,liver and fat cells .In those cells insulin

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