BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -Blood sugar, or glucose, is the main sugar found in your blood. It comes from the food you eat, and is your body’s main source of energy. Your blood carries glucose to all of your body’s cells to use for energy. Diabetes is a disease in which your blood sugar levels are too high.

Detailed explanation-2: -(blud SHUH-ger) Glucose (a type of sugar) found in the blood. Also called glycemia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Glucose is referred to as “blood sugar” because it circulates in our bloodstream as a source of readily available energy. It is also stored in the body as glycogen for energy reserves during times when sufficient glucose may not be available in the blood.

Detailed explanation-4: -The A1C test measures your average blood sugar level over the past 2 or 3 months. An A1C below 5.7% is normal, between 5.7 and 6.4% indicates you have prediabetes, and 6.5% or higher indicates you have diabetes.

Detailed explanation-5: -glucose, also called dextrose, one of a group of carbohydrates known as simple sugars (monosaccharides). Glucose (from Greek glykys; “sweet”) has the molecular formula C6H12O6. It is found in fruits and honey and is the major free sugar circulating in the blood of higher animals.