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what is hyperglycemia?

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too much of a high concentration of gluecose in the bloodstream

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what is hypoglecmia?

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a too little concentration of glucose in the blood stream

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what do the enzymes in your saliva do?

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break down long carbohydrate molecules / starch

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step by step how to reduce glucose in the bloodstream

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. long carbohydrate molecules broken down into individual gluecose molecules by enzymes in saliva
. pancrease releases insulin
. insulin turns gluecose molecules into gycogen
. liver stores the glycogen molecules

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step by step how to increase gluecose in bloodstream

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. glycogen molecules stored in liver need to be seprated
. glucagon created by the alpha cells in the pancrease splits the glycogen molecules into gluecose molecules

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