My understanding is that diabetics have a pancreas that does not produce insulin or the body has stopped reacting to insulin, which mean they can get really high blood sugar because nothing metabolizes is.
But why does that cause diabetic people to also get low blood sugar more often than non-diabetics? If I eat a cake, my body produces a bunch of insulin to metabolize, then I go work out for an hour, my blood sugar won’t be as low as a diabetic who did the same.
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Hi there! So, inside your body, there’s a special sugar called “glucose” that gives you energy to do things like run, play, and think.
When you eat food, your body breaks it down into glucose, which then goes into your bloodstream and travels to all the different parts of your body that need it.
For non-diabetics, their bodies are really good at keeping their blood sugar levels from going too low.
One way this happens is that their body releases a hormone called “insulin” which helps move the glucose from the bloodstream into the cells where it’s needed.
Another way is that when their blood sugar levels start to get too low, their body can quickly make more glucose from stored energy in the liver and muscles.
So, non-diabetics don’t really have to worry too much about keeping their blood sugar from going low because their body does it automatically for them!
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