Question

What are the two principal tasks of insulin?

Answer 1

There are different types of biochemical substances in our body which perform different necessary biological activities in our body.

This chemical substances are mainly known as the hormones.

And there are many types of hormones in our body and the insulin is one of the most important hormones in our body.

The important tasks of insulin are :

1) Controlling the blood sugar levels in our body.

2) Helping in the digestion of the food materials.

Answer 2

Two principal tasks of insulin :

• The main task of the insulin is to maintain the sugar level in the body. The insulin is secreted from the "islets of Langerhans of the pancreas". Insulin signal the liver, the fat and the muscle cells to act on the glucose and store the extra glucose of the body in the form of a glycogen. If the body contains the extra energy then insulin do the signal to the liver to convert the glucose in the form of glycogen and store in the liver.
• Insulin also helps to break the fat and the protein to produce energy.