• Question: What is insulin?

    Asked by Adiboo to Duane, Andy on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Insulin is a hormone that is made in the Pancreas. It is very important as the body uses it to control the amount of glucose that is in the bloodstream. For example, insulin tells skeletal muscle to take in glucose from the blood and use it as a fuel or store it as glycogen.

    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Insulin as Andy says is a hormone, it is also a protein, that is why it cannot be taken as a tablet and needs to be injected by people with diabetes.

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