Food

I’ve watched this episode of Human, it’s the first season & the episode is called “Fuel”. This episode talks about how our bodies react to different foods.

It starts off talking about glucose. I know (& I bet any other diabetics) know how much glucose affects your energy. The program introduces insulin & says how it works. Insulin carries the glucose to the organs in your body. They use the analogy that cells have doors, & what insulin does is that it opens those doors. Athletes’ cells are 3x more sensitive to insulin. I am type 1 diabetic, so I know a lot about insulin and glucose. Insulin is what I have to inject into my body every day. What I really love is that now I can use my phone to scan my libre.

Glucose is what (I thoroughly recommend) my freestyle libre checks, you can check it out here https ://www.freestylelibre.co.uk/libre/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMItL-X5obK8QIVSrDtCh0moQxZEAAYASAAEgKmmfD_BwE

Back to more about this program. When the body needs energy, the storage is the liver. It gets the energy it needs from the liver. When the energy in the liver has run low, it goes to the last resort & uses fat.

What happens is, when the glucose is consumed, it’s sent to the liver & there, it creates an acid, called keytones. When glucose levels drop, both adrenaline & cortisol levels rise. More about keytonescc Co: I actually went into ketoacidosis, I talk about it more in my essay which you can find here:

https://juniperunltd.com/blogs/community/adapting-to-the-new?utm_source=Engaged%20Juniper&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6.9%20Adapting%20To%20The%20New&_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIlQySFJRNCIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJkYW5pZWwuYi5nb2xkZW5AZ21haWwuY29tIn0%3D

The places in your brain that are stimulated when we’re hungry are the ones which tell our brain to eat. I guess that’s biological proof for hangry, because your brain releases the anger hormone when you’re hungry.