The Importance Of Glucose To Brain Function

1. Glucose plays an important role in brain function. Glucose enhances memory, stimulates calcium absorption and increases intercellular communication. Glucose metabolism is disturbed by the following factors: depression, manic depression, anorexia and gluttony.

2. Alzheimer's patients record lower glucose levels than other brain disorders, resulting in stroke or other vascular diseases. The researchers found that a dietary supplement of 75 grams of glucose increased memory test scores.

3. When glucose is absorbed into liver cells, it will reduce the secretion of glucose, resulting in muscle and fat cells to increase glucose absorption. But too much blood glucose is converted into fatty acids and triglycerides in the liver and adipose tissue.