Hormone+Essay+WB

Write a one page essay based on your notes from class about Insulin hormone. Your focus is up to you.

At least one page double spaced in standard History/English format (Times New Roman, Font 12) 25 points 2 points: At least one page. 2 points: Correct font. 3 points: Introductory sentence or two explaining purpose of essay. 10 points: Three topics with a couple sentence explanation of each. Correct and thorough content. Original wording. 3: Concluding sentence or two explaining what you hoped the reader learned. 5 points: Style (grammar, interesting)

The purpose of this essay is to discuss one of the most important hormones in the human body: Insulin. Insulin is a peptide hormone found in the human body. Insulin is important, because it encourages the uptake of glucose in the human body. Insulin also speeds the use of glucose by the cells in the body.This is necessary, because this is where the body gets energy. Insulin is secreted from the pancreas when the body's glucose levels are at their highest. Glucose levels are at their highest after eating a meal, because the sugars from the foods move into the bloodstream. When the pancreas fails to secrete a safe amount of insulin, type 1 diabetes occurs. People with type 1 diabetes are forced to take multiple injections of insulin into their bloodstream daily, which makes up for the lack of insulin being produced by the pancreas. This type of insulin is acquired in a pharmacy, and usually comes from pigs. When insulin receptors are simply absent in the body, or is they stop working, type 2 diabetes occurs. Type 2 diabetes is widely spread among children, and is treated through dieting and exercising. Due to recent advances in medical technologies, synthetic insulin is available. Synthetic insulin is created using real human DNA, and performs exactly as traditional insulin does.