y important in a person's body because it is used everywhere, About Hypoglycemia at http://www.dynanet.com/~bodychem/hypoq.html put it well when they state: " Glucose is used by every cell in your body." The amount of glucose in the blood is controlled mainly by the hormones insulin and glucagon. Too much or too little of these hormones can cause blood sugar levels to fall too low (hypoglycemia). Other hormones that influence blood sugar levels are cortisol, growth hormone, and catecholamines (epinephrine and norepinephrine). The pancreas, a gland in the upper abdomen, produces insulin and glucagon. The pancreas is dotted with hormone-producing tissu
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