Our bodies control the amount of glucose in our blood by using two teams of hormones.

The first team is led by the hormone insulin. Insulin acts to decrease the amount of glucose in our blood, by signalling to cells to take up all the glucose they can find and to either store it or use it.

The second team is made up of hormones like glucagon and cortisol, and this team acts to increase the amount of glucose in our blood.

It is useful to think about insulin and the other hormones as messengers...

Imagine if .....

Insulin had a Twitter account and was following The Liver .....

Glucagon had a Twitter account and was following The Liver .....

The Liver had a Twitter account and was following Insulin and Glucagon .....