The term castration is sometimes also used to refer to the removal of the ovaries in the female, otherwise known as an oophorectomy or, in animals, spaying. Estrogen levels drop precipitously following oophorectomy, and long-term effects of the reduction of sex hormones are significant throughout the body.
With the help of the hormone insulin, cells are able to pull in glucose from your bloodstream to use as fuel. Nearly all carbohydrate-containing foods, from fruits to breads, have some level of glucose, although fruits are usually the highest sources. Since glucose can elevate your blood sugar quickly, if you are diabetic, you may want to avoid regularly consuming foods high in glucose.
The glucose in your blood comes from the food you eat. Complex carbohydrates, found in pasta or cereal, for example, are long chains of sugar molecules that are broken down by enzymes to simple sugars, such as glucose. Sucrose, or table sugar, is also broken down to form glucose.Because carbohydrates and sucrose in food are broken down to form glucose, the level of glucose in your blood goes up after you eat. Like most of the chemicals in your blood, the level of glucose must be tightly controlled. If it has 1 percent glucose, then the glucose in the sample is really 10 percent, because you diluted it 10-fold. 2  Repeat steps 1â6, of this section, for all of your foods and juices. 3  Make a data table of your results in your lab notebook.