Why isn't glucose normally found in urine?

Answer 1

Glucose is not in Urine because the body transforms all the extra glucose into fat and stores in the the body instead of excreting it with urine. Glucose can be seen in urine in uncontrolled Diabetes millitus, when the blood glucose level is higher than the kidneys threshold of glucose reabsorbtion, then the extra glucose gets excreted with urine instead of getting reabsorbed by the kidneys.

Answer 2

Glucose is not in Urine because the body transforms all the extra glucose into fat and stores in the the body instead of excreting it with urine. Glucose can be seen in urine in uncontrolled diabetes.

Answer 3

The function of the kidneys is to filter out unwanted substances (particularly uric acid) while retaining wanted substances. Glucose is a nutrient, the body uses it. It would be wasteful to excrete it. Of course, there are some diseases which will result in glucose in the urine. Particularly, diabetes melitus.

Answer 4

Because the glucose cell is too big to normally fit through the pores of the capillaries in the section of the kidney where filtration takes place.

is reabsorbed by the tubule cells