How to Use glucose in a Sentence

glucose

noun

• The brain consumes energy in the form of glucose, which can run low.
  — Matthew Robison, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
• Your body makes insulin so your cells can store and use that glucose.
  — Sherry Christiansen Updated, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2023
• Insulin is a hormone that tells cells in the body to absorb glucose, or sugar, from the blood.
  — Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
• Relevant to diabetes, the BMP measures the blood glucose levels at the time of the test.
  — Brad Reisfeld, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• The new dose controlled his blood glucose well, and so our new goal was to wean him fully off of insulin.
  — Ricardo Nuila, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
• Here are the highlights: The Apple Watch was supposed to monitor blood glucose from the start.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2023
• In the short-term, glucose tablets or drinking some fruit juice can help raise blood sugar levels.
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
• This includes any third-party app that claims to track blood glucose using one of the devices.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• The records do show that tests revealed Jack’s blood glucose level had been nearly three times the normal range.
  — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
• Because the cells are resistant to insulin, glucose remains in the blood.
  — Gary Gilles, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2023
• This means that when semaglutide is hanging around, this process is not able to occur, and the blood glucose level stays low.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• Blood Sugar Food has one of the biggest impacts on blood glucose (sugar).
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 16 Apr. 2023
• Exercising after a meal means the muscles can help absorb the glucose from the food.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 26 July 2023
• This slower breakdown helps to prevent flooding of the bloodstream with glucose all at once.
  — Barbie Cervoni Ms, Rd, Cdces, Cdn, Verywell Health, 4 May 2023
• So avoiding lows and avoiding staying out of range, being on the higher side of glucose levels [too].
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2023
• As a wood frog’s body freezes, its liver converts glycogen to sugary glucose.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2023
• When eating bagels and cream cheese, for example, her glucose spiked to levels that surprised her.
  — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• Glucerna Mini Treat bars are intended to serve as a healthy dessert choice or small snack that won't spike glucose levels.
  — Stacey Hugues, Verywell Health, 2 Feb. 2023
• Exercise helps with your heart, blood pressure and glucose.
  — Marcia Simon, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
• And then working with Abbott and bringing the awareness of those glucose monitors.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Nov. 2023
• But those who ate the majority of their calories earlier in the day spent more time with their blood glucose levels in the target range.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 16 June 2023
• The kidneys can filter out some glucose from the bloodstream, Dr. Marks says—but at some point, the excess begins to spill over into the urine, pulling water out of the body’s tissues along with it.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 1 Nov. 2023
• Galega contains guanidine, which, in 1918, was shown to lower blood glucose.
  — Liz Seegert, Fortune Well, 4 May 2023
• Because of this, the body taps a different energy source and breaks down glucose stores instead of turning to oxygen.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
• Being overweight can increase your risk of high blood glucose, but flaxseeds may help counteract this.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
• Instead of your body using glucose as energy, the glucose remains in the bloodstream.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 22 Dec. 2023
• At-home glucose and blood pressure monitoring provide the data that can be viewed via the telehealth app.
  — Kshitij Gupta, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• CGMs measure glucose between cells in the body, displaying glucose levels on a small device or a phone app.
  — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2024
• Trevor has a continuous glucose monitor that pings his mom’s phone when his blood sugar is too low or too high.
  — Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
• That allowed prescriptions to be based on a patient’s body mass index number as opposed to their blood glucose score.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024