Fructose and glucose look similar molecularly, but fructose is metabolized differently by the body and prompts the body to
secrete less insulin than does glucose (insulin plays a role in telling the body to feel full and in dulling the reward the body gets from food).
Not exact matches
Type 2 diabetes patients, who represent the 85 % of people with diabetes, have fewer beta cells and
less ability to
secrete insulin in response to glucose.
When your body breaks down carbohydrates, and to a
lesser extent, proteins into glucose, your pancreas
secretes insulin to bring down your blood sugar.
The lower the Glycemix Index of a food, the slower it raises blood sugar levels, and the
less insulin needs to be
secreted at once to deal with it.
Secondary messengers acts to repair the doorbell so that the cell doors open in response to glucose, resulting in
less insulin needing to be
secreted.
More muscle mass increases metabolic rate so you burn calories more effectively, and it helps you to use glucose better resulting in
less insulin needing to be
secreted.
Each molecule of proinsulin breaks into one molecule of C - peptide and one molecule of
insulin, so
less C - peptide means
less insulin has been
secreted into the bloodstream.
Secondary messengers acts to repair the doorbell so that the cell doors open in a timely response to glucose, resulting in
less insulin needing to be
secreted.
The more
Insulin secreted (depends on amount of food consumed), the
less fat is burned.
Less commonly, an insulinoma (
insulin -
secreting pancreatic tumor) will cause hypoglycemia.