Feeling tired? Hangry? Having an 11am slump? Craving biscuits at 3pm? It may be your blood sugar. You might associate glucose monitoring with diabetes, but, she says, it’s not just people with ...

We all know about the two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. While type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease wherein the pancreas does not produce insulin, type 2 diabetes is more lifestyle ...

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices provide real-time blood sugar readings 24 hours a day, allowing people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes to closely track blood glucose levels and trends. Most ...

When blood sugar levels dip too low, the liver converts glycogen into glucose ... Effects of preceding ethanol intake on glucose response to low-dose glucagon in individuals with type 1 diabetes: a ...

Jessie Inchauspé, aka the Glucose Goddess, has become a viral sensation thanks to her simple blood sugar ‘hacks’ designed to minimise blood sugar spikes. Her rise to fame has seamlessly ...

Glucagon's primary function is to counteract this effect by stimulating the release of stored glycogen from liver and muscle cells into the bloodstream. This glycogen conversion process, known as ...

Veiga-Fernandes and colleagues reported on their findings in Science, in a paper titled “Neuronal-ILC2 interactions regulate pancreatic glucagon and glucose homeostasis.” In their report the ...

Glycogen storage disease (GSD) refers to a group of rare genetic conditions that affect how the body stores and breaks down glycogen. The most common type is type I, also called von Gierke disease ...

This study reports on the in vivo dynamics of insulin-producing cells (IPCs) in Drosophila. IPC activity is shown to be modulated by the nutritional state and age of the animal, with convincing ...