Question

Read about the process of insulin regulation and identify the missing terms.

Sandy just ate a breakfast of chocolate milk, a cream-filled donut, and a sugary toaster pastry. Her blood glucose levels will rise quickly because the ______ she ate will break down to glucose in the stomach and small intestine and be released in the bloodstream. To regulate these high levels of glucose, her_______ will produce insulin that tells the cells to let the glucose in. Extra glucose will be stored by the liver as_________.

Answers:

Carbohydrates, Simple Sugars, or Lactose

Liver, Pancreas, or Intestines

Glucagon, Glycogen, or Glucose

Answer 1

Answer: Carbohydrates, pancreas and glycogen.

Explanation: Carbohydrates are broken into simple molecules of glucose to provide energy to every cell in the body.

The high levels of glucose are controlled by hormone called insulin which is secreted by beta cells of pancreas in our body.

Our body uses the glucose it needs from carbohydrates right away and then stores the remaining part as glycogen in our liver and muscles. Glycogen is a complex  carbohydrate that your system quickly converts to glucose when carbohydrates from food are not available.