NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Blood Sugar, Gluconeogenesis

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Nutrition
• Course: NUTR 1010
• Professor: neufeld

Document Summary

Eating a diet high in fibre will help you avoid developing. Every cell can use glucose for energy. Red blood cells, brain and nerve cells rely on glucose. The body regulates blood glucose levels closely to make sure we have enough. Regulated by hormones released from the pancreas: insulin and glucagon. Glucose and glycogen provide energy for physical activity/exercise. If your body is low on glucose, glycogen can be turned into glucose via gluconeogenesis. Your body needs protein to make: organs, muscle, skin, enzymes, hormones, blood, everything. Your body will steal protein from blood, organs and muscle to make glucose if necessary. Your body can"t metabolize fat without a little bit of carbohydrate to get it started. If you eat too little carbohydrates, there"s not enough to feed your brain and red blood cells. You start making ketone bodies out of fat. In egypt = great emptying of urine. In india = sweet urine that attract ants!