How pancreas controls blood glucose levels

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]When you eat something sweet, [music] glucose from your food is absorbed through the intestine and enters your bloodstream.

[00:00:07]Your pancreas senses [music] this rise using specialized beta cells that monitor blood glucose directly.

[00:00:15]In [music] response, it releases insulin, a hormone that signals body cells to pull glucose out of the blood and use [music] or store it. In type 1 diabetes, these beta cells are destroyed. insulin is not released [music] and glucose keeps rising in the blood leading to persistently high sugar levels. The hallmark symptoms of high sugar levels are [music] excessive thirst, frequent urination, constant fatigue, blurred vision, and slow healing. All caused by glucose pulling water out of cells, and overwhelming the kidneys [music] as they try to remove the excess sugar from the blood.