Question

Is insulin a hormone or a protein?

Answer 1

Answer: hormone

Explanation: Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that helps your cells bring in sugar. So people who have diabetes have high blood sugar because the sugars in the blood aren't in the cells. So basically they starve to death because they're eating eating eating but the energy stays in the blood but not in the cells.

Answer 2

Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas. It is very important when it comes to metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and protein because it helps absorb glucose from the blood into fat, liver, and skeletal muscle cells.