How Cells Change Food Being Human Body Energy?

Almost all the cells in our organs, be it heart, brain, muscles, including the heart needs energy to work. As we feel, that we are the energy source of the food we eat every day. The following explanation is based on knowledge of how the glucose produced from food, then is converted into energy. The human body will digest food and mix it with a liquid acid and enzymes in the stomach. After the stomach digests food, carbohydrates such as starches and sugars are converted into glucose. The small intestine and the stomach will absorb glucose, and then released into the bloodstream. While in the blood, glucose will be used as energy or stored in our body that would be used if needed later. To be able to utilize glucose for energy, the body needs insulin. In the absence of insulin, glucose remains in the bloodstream that causes high blood sugar levels.

Almost all the cells in our organs, be it heart, brain, muscles, including the heart needs energy to work. As we feel, that we are the energy source of the food we eat every day. The following explanation is based on knowledge of how the glucose produced from food, then is converted into energy.

The human body will digest food and mix it with a liquid acid and enzymes in the stomach. After the stomach digests food, carbohydrates such as starches and sugars are converted into glucose.

The small intestine and the stomach will absorb glucose, and then released into the bloodstream. While in the blood, glucose will be used as energy or stored in our body that would be used if needed later.

To be able to utilize glucose for energy, the body needs insulin. In the absence of insulin, glucose remains in the bloodstream that causes high blood sugar levels.

How Our Bodies Make Insulin

Insulin is actually another form of hormones that are created by the beta cells in the pancreas. Beta cells are very sensitive, especially to glucose in the bloodstream. Typically, Beta Cells will check blood glucose levels every few seconds, and if necessary, Beta cells can release insulin to take up glucose in accordance with the amount of energy required.

One example, if you consume foods containing carbohydrates such as rice, the level of glucose in the blood will increase. After that, the cells Beta will trigger the pancreas to release insulin in the required amount into the blood.

Insulin Helps Unlock Cells

When insulin is released from pancreatic, insulin will harness the flow of blood to go to almost all the cells of our body and tell these cells to open so that glucose can enter. After the entry of glucose, the cells will convert it into energy to be used at that time or saved to be used another time.

If glucose begins to be absorbed by cells, the blood sugar levels gradually decline. Decreasing the amount of glucose to be notified to the pancreas by beta cells. Thus, the pancreas will slow down or reduce the amount of insulin that is released into the bloodstream.

How to Balance Insulin and Blood Sugar

Every day, whether it was day or night, insulin and blood sugar levels can rise and also could decrease, the amount of glucose and insulin in the blood stream is very dependent on how much food we consume. If our bodies working properly, then the body can keep the blood sugar in normal circumstances. Normal blood sugar is in the range of 70 and 120 mg per deciliter. In people who do not have diabetes, blood sugar levels can rise as high as 180 shortly after a meal or at mealtime. Then, two hours after a meal, usually sugar levels will drop to the position of 140. After 3 or 4 hours of blood sugar levels are back down to a lower level, for example to position 70.

So, to be able to still have the energy, the body will try to use glucose as required and release insulin in the right amount. That's how our bodies maintain the energy for the body to live, work, move and perform various functions even when we sleep though.

How to Insulin Helps Body Save Glucose Excess 

As described previously that insulin is that helps the cells of our body in converting glucose into energy. Moreover, it turns out insulin also helps our bodies store excess glucose for later use.

For example, if we consume food in large numbers, and the body does not need it, then a lot of glucose that will not be used instead? Insulin automatically helps the body retain glucose for any time is converted into energy.

How insulin do this is to change glucose into glycogen which will then be stored in the muscles and in the liver.

Do not stop until there, in fact insulin also helps the body store fat and protein. Almost all cells of the body needs protein to grow and work. The body also needs fat to protect the nerves and makes several important hormones. If you've run out of energy source, usually the body can also use fat as an alternate energy source.

More details on how cells in human organs can produce energy can be seen in the video below.