Hey guys, I didn't know the question from someone that wanted to know what is the hormone

glucagon.

I've talked a lot about insulin, but I haven't really talked about glucagon.

And you're pancreas.

You have two cells.

You have the beta cells that basically make insulin, but you also have alpha cells, which

make another hormone called glucagon, and glucagon basically opposes insulin.

So if insulin will lower blood sugar, then glucagon will raise blood sugar.

How?

By breaking down glycogen, which is stored sugar in your liver.

It also will make new glucose, if it needs to, that's called gluconeogenesis.

It will also activate fat release.

That's why it's one of the major fat burning hormones.

It will inhibit fat storage.

Insulin will cause fat storage.

It will also increase bile release as well.

So we want higher amounts of glucagon and lower amounts of insulin.

Now the question is, what triggers glucagon?

Number one, lower blood glucose or lower insulin.

Okay?

It's a ketogenic diet in a minute fasting.

All right.

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