Blood sugar is quite literally, the sugar, or glucose, found in your blood, and it comes from the foods we eat. This glucose is what fuels us and gives us energy. And while you might think it’s just the sugar we eat that ends up in our blood, it’s actually any carbohydrate, as carbs are broken down into glucose.After glucose ends up in the bloodstream, the pancreas excretes a hormone called insulin to keep blood sugar levels in check. Insulin essentially sweeps up the glucose and stores it in our cells (especially muscles) for energy. Or it gets converted to glycogen and stored in the liver, or it can be stored as fat in the body’s fat cells.If we need energy, the pancreas releases another hormone, glucagon, which does the exact opposite: it releases stored glucose.Still with me? It’s a pretty intuitive system, and it’s essential that it works optimally for us to thrive.
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