Sentences with phrase «absorbed by the liver cells»

A certain amount of the glucose is absorbed by the liver cells and converted to glycogen, which is your body's reserve energy source which is activated when you have low glucose levels.

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By hindering LMPTP, the drug reawakens insulin receptors on the surface of cells — especially in the liver — which normally absorb excess sugar from the blood when they detect insulin.
The remainder are absorbed by other cells, including those in the liver, spleen and kidneys.
While glucose is absorbed directly into the blood from the digestive tract, to be used as energy by our cells, fructose must first be processed by the liver, where is shunted into the metabolic pathway that leads to fat synthesis.
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