How does insulin lower the blood glucose level if it is too high?

Answer 1

Insulin enables the sugar to get out of the blood and into the cells where it is needed for the cells to function. If you don't have insulin because the pancreas is not producing it (as in Diabetes) then the sugar will not be able to get into the cells, therefore there will be a high concentration in the blood. On the other hand, if you are diabetic and you take too much insulin, then too much sugar will go into the cells and there will not be enough sugar left in the blood.

Answer 2

Insulin is the hormone that tells the body to break down sugar in the blood for cellular absorption. Your body will try to maintain optimal blood sugar levels using your pancreas to produce insulin and glucagon. Insulin's effects will lower blood sugar and glucagon will raise it.

Answer 3

Insulin works in several ways. In the short term insulin will cause glucose to be taken up by the muscle and adipose tissue. This occurs by causing sequestered glucose transporters to be moved to the cell surface. Insulin also changes the actions of intracellular machinery. Insulin will activate glycogen synthetase and deactivate glycogen phosphorylase. This takes the glucose within the cell and stores it in glycogen. Insulin will also cause storage of glucose as fat in the liver and adipose tissue. Insulin also has innumerable long term affects by affecting gene translation. Insulin will cause the cell to produce different enzymes in the glucose handling pathways as well as several other pathways.

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Answer 4

Insulin allows cell membranes to accept glucose from the blood. Cell membranes in the body are constructed not to accept glucose unless "permitted" by an insulin molecule.

Once insulin is present, the body is able to consume sugar from the blood, and sugar in the blood decreases.

Answer 5

Insulin works in several ways. In the short term insulin will cause glucose to be taken up by the muscle and adipose tissue. This occurs by causing sequestered glucose transporters to be moved to the cell surface. Insulin also changes the actions of intracellular machinery. Insulin will activate glycogen synthetase and deactivate glycogen phosphorylase. This takes the glucose within the cell and stores it in glycogen. Insulin will also cause storage of glucose as fat in the liver and adipose tissue. Insulin also has innumerable long term affects by affecting gene translation. Insulin will cause the cell to produce different enzymes in the glucose handling pathways as well as several other pathways.

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Answer 6

Insulin is released by the pancreas then the liver extracts the glucose. The insulin makes the liver turn the glucose into glycogen.

Answer 7

Insulin controls how high or low your BG is. More insulin will lower it, while less will raise it.

Answer 8

Insulin lowers blood sugar level.