Diabetes and the body
In this film we're going to explain how your body processes the food you eat in order to provide all your body cells with the energy they need, and also what happens when you have diabetes and this system doesn't work properly. When you eat food that contains carbohydrate it's broken down in the stomach and digestive system into glucose, which is a type of sugar. sugar. We need glucose from food because that's what gives us energy.Carbohydrate containing foods are things like starchy foods, sugary foods, milk, and some dairy products and fruit. This glucose then moves into the bloodstream and the body detects that the blood glucose level is rising. In response to that the pancreas, which is a little gland that sits just underneath the stomach, starts to release a hormone called insulin and it's insulin that helps our body get the energy from the food we eat. The blood stream then takes the glucose and the insulin to every cell in our body that needs it. To make this...