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Where does the glucose go?
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When you digest something, glucose is put into the blood. Some of it goes into the liver to be stored. Insulin rises, and causes some of the glucose to be accepted by the muscles where it is used or stored. But there must be limit to how much the liver, muscles and blood can hold if you keep eating. Does the gut ever stop digesting food because there is already too much glucose stored? I believe that if you are diabetic, sugar is dumped into the urine. But what if you are a non-diabetic glutton who eats, say, a Marie Callendar’s lemon merengue pie in a setting. Where did that sugar go? Thanks for your attention to my dumb questions. Russ Farris
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Directly into FAT. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – When you digest something, glucose is put into the blood. Some of it goes into the liver to be stored. Insulin rises, and causes some of the glucose to be accepted by the muscles where it is used or stored. But there must be limit to how much the liver, muscles and blood can hold if you keep eating. Does the gut ever stop digesting food because there is already too much glucose stored? I believe that if you are diabetic, sugar is dumped into the urine. But what if you are a non-diabetic glutton who eats, say, a Marie Callendar’s lemon merengue pie in a setting. Where did that sugar go? Thanks for your attention to my dumb questions. Russ Farris
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – When you digest something, glucose is put into the blood. Some of it goes into the liver to be stored. Insulin rises, and causes some of the glucose to be accepted by the muscles where it is used or stored. But there must be limit to how much the liver, muscles and blood can hold if you keep eating. Does the gut ever stop digesting food because there is already too much glucose stored? I believe that if you are diabetic, sugar is dumped into the urine. But what if you are a non-diabetic glutton who eats, say, a Marie Callendar’s lemon merengue pie in a setting. Where did that sugar go? Thanks for your attention to my dumb questions. Russ Farris
your hips and your waistline non diabetics will produce enough insulin to "use up" all glucose in the blood, and than any "extra" is stored – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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When you digest something, glucose is put into the blood. Some of it goes into the liver to be stored. Insulin rises, and causes some of the glucose to be accepted by the muscles where it is used or stored. But there
As far as I know, glucose is not stored in the muscle cells Does the gut ever stop digesting food because there is already too much glucose stored?
no, job of stomach/intestine is to digest I believe that if you are diabetic, sugar is dumped into the urine. But what if you are a non-diabetic glutton who eats, say, a Marie Callendar’s lemon merengue pie in a setting. Where did that sugar go?
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As far as I know, glucose is not stored in the muscle cells
Glucose is stored in muscle cells in the form of glycogen, as it is in the liver. An overnight fasted 70kg man will have about 400g of glycogen in muscle cells and 75g of glycogen in the liver. — Charly Coughran
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Russ Farris writes:
<< … I believe that if you are diabetic, sugar is dumped into the urine. But what if you are a non-diabetic glutton who eats, say, a Marie Callendar’s lemon merengue pie in a setting. Where did that sugar go? It goes to Heaven, to be with Jesus … along with all those socks that vanish from the laundry 
And speaking of Marie Callender’s … Dang, those products should be declared illegal … talk about a deadly combo of fats and carbs … sheesh. Susie
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As far as I know, glucose is not stored in the muscle cells Glucose is stored in muscle cells in the form of glycogen, as it is in the liver. An overnight fasted 70kg man will have about 400g of glycogen in muscle cells and 75g of glycogen in the liver.
Hmm… thanks… just learned something John Thomas Smith http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith house for sale information at http://www.pacifier.com/~tkaufman
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To all those who have asked this question, here is another answer to consider. The human body is a wonderful machine. It is very efficient and does not waste much. After digestion, when food has been turned into glucose for the cells to use as fuel, a strange thing happens. This is related to a person’s metabolism. If a person is sedentary and does not exercise much, they usually have a slow metabolism and as a result, not all the glucose provided for the cells to use is used up. The body, being efficient, will convert that excess glucose to fat and store it. A person with a faster metabolism will burn up more of the glucose. In a diabetic, since insulin is the catalyst for cells to absorb the glucose, much of the glucose just floats around in the blood causing the various problems that diabetics suffer from. The key is to take in enough food to provide for the needs of one’s body, but not an excess amount. For each of us, it is different. We need to find what works for us. Bob Type 2 almost 10 yrs
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – To all those who have asked this question, here is another answer to consider. The human body is a wonderful machine. It is very efficient and does not waste much. After digestion, when food has been turned into glucose for the cells to use as fuel, a strange thing happens. This is related to a person’s metabolism. If a person is sedentary and does not exercise much, they usually have a slow metabolism and as a result, not all the glucose provided for the cells to use is used up. The body, being efficient, will convert that excess glucose to fat and store it. A person with a faster metabolism will burn up more of the glucose. In a diabetic, since insulin is the catalyst for cells to absorb the glucose, much of the glucose just floats around in the blood causing the various problems that diabetics suffer from. The key is to take in enough food to provide for the needs of one’s body, but not an excess amount. For each of us, it is different. We need to find what works for us. Bob
Bob. I decided to respond to your post because it reminded me of Cezanne. I know from past experience that this is not the most artistic group on Usenet so please let me give you a little background on Mr. Cezanne. Cezanne was one of a group of impressionist painters that included Monet, Manet, Renoir and Degas. It also included Pisarro but people don’t talk about him as much (probably because he was Jewish). Which is too bad because Pisarro was certainly as talented as say Renoir and Degas. (Degas rhymes with Renoir, by the way.) (Renoir rhymes with "moi".) Anyway, Cezanne was probably the most independent of the impressionists and throughout his lifetime exhibited wide mood swings. Unfortunately he did not exhibit his paintings as often as his mood swings. What produced these mood swings? Apparently, he suffered from diabetes much like you, me, Nicole Johnson, Ella Fitzgerald and someone who is related to Tony Bennett. Not to mention Mama Cass, King Fahd and My aunt Ruth. Not only was Cezanne a diabetic but so was his friend Renoir’s wife. Renoir painted a wonderful painting of Madame Renoir. The soft golds and whites in the painting(plus the magnificent reds) were beautiful and luminous. Madame is staring right at Renoir with a look I’m sure he had seen all too often in their life together. I’m not sure if this was before or after they had dismissed the voluptuous Gabrielle, but it was sometime to be sure. Yes, the portrait presents a soft, but somehow loving look at his diabetic wife (not yet dead at 56) who was loved by Renoir but not by Mary Cassatt. Since I am not allowed to post the site where the painting is displayed I will tell you that the painting’s name is Madame Renoir and Bob. It’s out there. I’m sure you can find it. One of my favorite Renoir quotes…. "I never think I’ve finished with a nude until I’ve pinched it."