The Pancreas and Blood Sugar Regulation
This video describes how blood sugar is regulated by the 2 main pancreas hormones, insulin and glucagon, as well as what happens when regulation goes wrong.
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The Pancreas – endocrine cells 0:04
Insulin and Glucagon 1:08
How different nutrients impact blood sugar 1:41
Negative feedback regulation 4:21
How insulin decreases blood sugar 6:38
How excess glucose is stored 7:33
How glucagon increases blood sugar 8:25
How stored nutrients are broken down 8:44
Hyper and hypoglycemia 9:23
Hypoglycemia symptoms 10:23
Hyperglycemia 11:59
Type 1 diabetes 11:17
Type 2 diabetes 14:44
Symptoms of insulin resistance 15:30
How insulin resistance occurs 16:00
Complications of long-term high blood sugar 18:32
How to reverse insulin resistance 19:09