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I am bit confused.
Say someone has just eaten a meal rich in glucose. Glucose travels to the tissues that need it in order to make ATP. So here is why I am confused or maybe I am not able to connect the dots.
Tissues need ATP to do work so why is it that insulin has to be released in order for that to occur? Like, insulin is released in response to high blood glucose concentrations so it promotes cells to uptake glucose but I would think that glucose should be uptaken by cells regardless. That's the whole idea of eating. Only when blood glucose levels are still high should insulin be released. I feel like I am missing out on something.
What I am saying is, how does the process exactly go? Thank you!
Say someone has just eaten a meal rich in glucose. Glucose travels to the tissues that need it in order to make ATP. So here is why I am confused or maybe I am not able to connect the dots.
Tissues need ATP to do work so why is it that insulin has to be released in order for that to occur? Like, insulin is released in response to high blood glucose concentrations so it promotes cells to uptake glucose but I would think that glucose should be uptaken by cells regardless. That's the whole idea of eating. Only when blood glucose levels are still high should insulin be released. I feel like I am missing out on something.
What I am saying is, how does the process exactly go? Thank you!