TY - CHAP AU - Aleksandra Żebrowska AU - Marcin Sikora AU - Przemysława Jarosz-Chobot AU - Barbara Głuchowska AU - Michał Plewa ED - Leszek Szablewski Y1 - 2014-06-18 PY - 2014 T1 - The Effects of Energy Intake, Insulin Therapy and Physical Activity on Glucose Homeostasis in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus N2 - Most tissues and organs, such as the brain, need glucose constantly, as an important source of energy. The low blood concentrations of glucose (hypoglycemia) can cause seizures, loss of consciousness, and death. On the other hand, long lasting elevation of blood glucose concentrations (hyperglycemia) can result in blindness, renal failure, cardiac and peripheral vascular disease, and neuropathy. Therefore, blood glucose concentrations need to be maintained within narrow limits. The process of maintaining blood glucose at a steady-state level is called glucose homeostasis. This is accomplished by the finely hormone regulation of peripheral glucose uptake (glucose utilization), hepatic glucose production and glucose uptake during carbohydrates ingestion. BT - Glucose Homeostasis SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/57590 DO - 10.5772/57590 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -