Dr. Rood's Sugar High

Last week, Dr. Rood put on a presentation for the class to show how the human body reacts to the intake of sweets. His blood sugar level was recorded every five minutes. The data colected is shown in the graph below.

 

The x-axis shows the time (minutes) while the y-axis is the blood sugar level.

Insulin response is the reason for the body to react the way shown in the graph. When someone has a meal with many carbohydrates, blood sugar level increases and insulin is released. The carbohydrates get broken down into sugars and get transported to the muscles and fat cells by the insulin.  While the blood sugar level decrease, so does the insulin level. This act of transportation continues until your blood sugar level reaches its normal state.