Diabetes

Question 1

Type 1 diabetes

Answer 1

When your body has an inability to produce insulin in order to create the release of glucose from the glycogen stored in the liver, therefore the person suffering doesn’t receive energy from the glycogen stores, so needs insulin in the form of an injection.

Question 2

Type 2 diabetes

Answer 2

The pancreas still makes insulin although it may be less than required, therefore the glycogen stores cannot be fully turned back into glucose to be used.

Question 3

Insulin

Answer 3

A increasing the rate of glycogen release

Question 4

Glucagon

Answer 4

Hormone used to stimulate the release of glycogen