EmpeiriaKeeping blood sugar steady
Clinically: Glucose homeostasis
Blood sugar rises after a meal and settles back within about two hours. Overnight it sits in a narrow band. Healthy people spend nearly all their time in that band without noticing any of it happening.
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After you eat, your pancreas releases insulin to move sugar out of the blood and into your cells. Between meals a second hormone does the opposite, and your liver releases stored sugar. The two together keep the level steady.
After you eat, your pancreas releases insulin to move sugar out of the blood and into your cells. Between meals a second hormone does the opposite, and your liver releases stored sugar. The two together keep the level steady.
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In clinical terms
Opposed insulin and glucagon secretion, with hepatic glucose output, holding plasma glucose within a narrow range across feeding and fasting.