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Which blood glucose regulation hormone is secreted in the fed state? The fasting state?

User Irahorecka
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Insulin

After we eat, our bodies secrete insulin that counteracts a rise in blood glucose by increasing the uptake of glucose by cells. When we have taken in no food for several hours, our bodies secrete glucagon.
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I think insulin is secreted in the fed state and glucagon in the fasting 
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