Glucagon is used to treat insulin coma or insulin reaction resulting from severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Symptoms of severe hypoglycemia include disorientation, unconsciousness, and seizures or convulsions. Give glucagon if: * The patient is unconscious * The patient is unable to eat sugar or a sugar-sweetened product * The patient is having a seizure, [...]

By Medical News Today and written by Christian Nordqvist There are four major classes of biomolecules – carbohydrates, proteins, nucleotides, and lipids. Carbohydrates, or saccharides, are the most abundant of the four. Carbohydrates have several roles in living organisms, including energy transportation, as well as being structural components of plants and arthropods. Carbohydrate derivates are [...]

Fad diets in Sweden, of all places. Yet, I’ve said this all along. Many people should be eating low carbohydrate food, high fat, protein, and fiber, low or no red meat, minimal poultry (birds), minimal pork, natural sugars, lots of wheat, vegetables, soy, fish, physical activity and good sleep. Why? Because it’s healthy first of [...]