Litmus Answers - November
posted in Uncategorized |1) Increased blood sugar levels causes an increase in insulin release. True or False
The answer is true. This means you should be wary of your sugar intake, high levels of sugar intake will have a direct effect on your bodies insulin production which results in a number of physiological responses. The role of insulin is to encourage uptake of glucose by many organs. If sugar is high, insulin release will be high, uptake in the organs of glucose will be high, resulting in a steep crash of glucose and insulin - a crash is felt in the way of an energy lull. Protect against this by monitoring your sugar intake and aiming for balanced blood sugar levels.
2) Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes are graded by severity. Type 1 most severe and type 2 less so. True or False
Absolutely False. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are two different forms of diabetes and have no relationship to severity. Either condition if left untreated or if unmanaged are extremely severe.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease which results in the destruction of insulin producing cells in the pancreas, resulting in inadequate insulin supply to the body.
Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder that characteristically brings insulin resistance, insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia.
3) The width of your arm span is the same as your height. True or False?
This is true - go on stand up and try. This is a phenomenon that is described in the Vitruvian man picture that resulted from some of Leonardo Da Vinci’s discoveries of the human body.
4) Increased insulin levels in the blood prevents energy from being drawn from fat stores. Is it True or is it False?
True - again another reason to watch your sugar intake. Remembering question 1. An increase in sugar causes an increase in insulin levels and an increase in the uptake of glucose by the organs. This uptake means the body is primarily running on its glucose supplies rather than through metabolising fat stores. If you are looking to lose some fat stores, you should be trying to keep sugar levels and insulin at bay, it’s not just about the calories, where they come from is also important!