Diabetes Flashcards
What is our number one resource for Diabetes?
Diabetes Canada Guidelines
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
Metabolic disorder characterized by the resence of hyperglycemia due to defective insulin secretion, insulin action, or both.
What percent of Canadians live with diabetes? Percent of undiagnosed, prediabete, diagnosed?
10% & 30%
How much higher are medical costs for those with diabetes?
2-3x higher
Which major complications lead to mortality in diabetes?
Heart attack and Stroke (CVD) ~80% of death in daibetes
What 3 hormones work together to maintain Euglycemia?
Somatostatin
Glucagon
Insulin
What hormone is produced from alpha islet cells? beta islet cells? Delta cells?
alpha- glucagon
beta- insulin
delta - somatostatin
Describe beta cells.
~50% of endocrine mass of pancreas
produce insulin and amylin
insulin released in response to elevated blood glucose levels
Describe alpha cells.
~35% of endocrine mass of pancreas
produce glucagon
Glucagon released in response to low blood glucose levels
How does insulin affect glycogenesis and gluconeogenesis?
Increases glycogenesis
Decreases gluconeogenesis
How does glucagon affect glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis?
increases glycogenolysis
Increases gluconeogenesis
Which hormone is released in fasting state? Fed state?
Fasting: Glucagon
Fed: insulin
What is the major site of glucose uptake?
Muscles
Where is glycogen made, stored and broken down?
The liver
What happens if the amount of glucose entering the liver is greater than the storage capacity of glycogen?
Insulin promotes its conversion to fatty acids
What happens to TG’s when there is insulin defeciency or starvation?
Lipolysis occurs and TG’s split back to glycerol and FA’s, ketone bodies used as an energy source.
How much glucose does the brain use?
~20%
T or F. The brain needs insulin to use glucose.
False; insulin is not required for the brain to uptake glucose