NS 1150- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 31 pages long!)

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Nutritional Science
• Course: NS 1150
• Professor: David Levitsky

Document Summary

Blood glucose response: hypoglycemia, blood glucose levels will start to come down quicker than normal, drop down to, symptoms (mostly related to sympathetic activation--connected to dangerous levels. Sweating: muscle tone, tries to cool body, gets ready for active response to environment, blood is drawn from the digits, gastrointestinal system will shut down, won"t absorb anything. Fatigue: two major kinds i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. i. ii. Fasting hypoglycemia (stop eating for extended periods of time: mechanisms meant to keep blood glucose up don"t work, blood sugar drops. Reactive hypoglycemia: hyperinsulin response (to sugar you just ate, spike in insulin drives blood glucose very low, causes--quite controversial. 2: liver disease (liver can"t produce more glucose, drugs, oral hypoglycemic drugs if you are a type 2 diabetic, will activate beta cells, etc ii. Treatment: ketogenic diet, antibacterial drugs, salicylates (such as aspirin, antipsychotic medications, alcohol i. One of its effects is to block gluconeogenesis: will block gluconeogenic process.