Why is blood glucose sometimes called blood sugar?

Answer 1

Glucose is the kind of sugar that circulates in the blood.

For example, lactose (sugar found in milk), is a disaccharide (ie two linked sugar molecules) made up of one glucose molecule and one galactose molecule. Galactose is almost like glucose, but it will be changed into glucose in the liver and then released into the blood. All carbohydrates, including starches and grains, eventually get broken down and converted into glucose molecules, which are then released into the blood.

Answer 2

When you eat, your body converts food into glucose (blood sugar), which gives energy to your cells. In healthy people, the hormone insulin helps deliver glucose, or "sugar," to the cells. People with Diabetes either don't make enough insulin or have problems using it, which causes glucose to build up in the blood. Over time, high levels of blood sugar can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves and heart.

Answer 3

Glucose is called glucose because it is the simplest form of monosaccharide. There are many, many, many different names for sugar, of which glucose is the simplest. The others such as dextrose refer to different varieties of glucose, in this case the sugar that comes from fruits, like grapes. It's like a general name and a more specific name and sometimes used interchangeably. Why do they do that? Because of customary use because medical terminology is almost like its own language and in languages there are often more than one way to say the same thing.

Answer 4

to carry it to the muscles which need energy.

Answer 5

The body converts Carbs to glucose

Answer 6

Because glucose is a type of sugar !