The Pancreas

The Pancreas:

The pancreas is an organ (gland) that is situated near (behind) the stomach and produces some substances called enzymes and hormones. The pancreas sends these digestive hormones through its pancreatic duct into the beginning of the small intestine (the duodenum), and these digestive enzymes too help us to digest food in the intestines.

Of the four hormones it produces, the hormone known as “glucagon” increases the amount of the sugar glucose in the blood, and hormone known as “insulin” decreases the amount of sugar glucose in the blood. Insulin also helps the body to absorb amino acids and create proteins with them.

So, if our pancreas becomes weak, it may not produce these enzymes and hormones in correct proportion. We may have poor digestion, high blood sugar (diabetes), low blood sugar, poor ability to create proteins from amino acids, overweight from storing too much fat and so on.