Nearly across the board in multiple categories graded by the magazine Education Week, California scored below the national average. California earned 69.9 out of 100 points. As a whole, the nation received a C. Massachusetts ranked at the top, followed by New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maryland and Connecticut; all earned a B.
The role of insulin in the body. Insulin is a hormone which plays a number of roles in the bodyâs metabolism. Insulin regulates how the body uses and stores glucose and fat. Many of the bodyâs cells rely on insulin to take glucose from the blood for energy. Insulin helps control blood glucose levels by signaling the liver and muscle and fat cells to take in glucose from the blood.
Insulin is a relatively small peptide hormone produced by Î²-cells in the pancreas. Itâs main job is to signal the liver, muscle and fat tissues to take up glucose from the blood and store it as glycogen. As the glucose level in the blood drops to normal, insulin release slows or stops. If it drops too low, an antagonistic hormone, called glucagon, is released which does the opposite of insulin, stimulating cells to break down glycogen and release glucose.